本书后记和柯维博士生前最后一次访谈摘要

一、我最常被问到的问题
用两句话概括您这本书的内容。
You can pretty well summarize the first three habits with the expression"make and keep a promise." And you can pretty well summarize the next three habits with the expression" involve others in the problem and work out the solution together."
为什么是七个，而不是六个、八个、十个或十五个？它有什么神圣的意义吗？
Nothing is sacred about seven. It just so happens that the three private victory habits(freedom to choose, choice, action) precede the three public victory habits(respect, understanding, creation) and then there is one to renew the rest, and that equals seven. 
When asked this question, I have often said, if there were some other desirable characteristic you would like to make into a habit, you would simply put that under habit 2 as one of the values you are trying to live by. In other words, if punctuality is a desirable trait you want to make a habit, that would be one of the values of habit 2. So no matter what else you come up with, you would put it under habit 2, your value system. Habit 1 is the idea that you can have a value system, that you can choose your own value system. Habit 2 is what those choices or values are. And habit 3 is to live by them. So they are very basic, generic, and interconnected.
如果要向幼年的孩子传授这7个习惯，您会如何入手？
My answer is I think I would live by Albert Schweitzer's three basic rules for raising children: First, example; second, example; third, example. But I wouldn't go quite that far. I would say first, example; second, build a caring and affirming relationship; and third, teach some of the simple ideas underlying the habits in the language of children—help them gain a basic understanding and vocabulary of the 7 habits and show them how to process their own experiences through the principles; let them identify what particular principles and habits are being illustrated in their lives.

我的老板（配偶，孩子或朋友等）真的非常需要了解7个习惯。您建议我怎么做，好让他们也阅读这本书？
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Therefore, build a relationship of trust and openness based upon a character example of trustworthiness and then share how the 7 habits have helped you. Simply let them see the 7 habits in action through your life. Then at an appropriate time, you might invite them to participate in a training program or share your book as a gift or teach some of the basic ideas when the occasion calls for it.
最后一个问题: 您是真的秃，还是单纯为了效率剃成光头的？
Hey, listen, while you're busy blow-drying your hair, I'm out serving my customers. In fact, the first time I heard the expression,"bald is beautiful, " I kicked the slats out of my crib!
二、柯维博士生前最后一次访谈
改变太难了，怎么做我才能改变自己？
您经常告诫人们应该想想自己留下的遗产，您自己的遗产是什么呢？
您曾经说过，你最重要也是最后的忠告是：“像渐强音一样活着。” 那是什么意思？
斯蒂芬 R. 柯维于2012年7月16日逝世，时年79，当时他仍全身心投入在十个不同的写作项目中。他从未有过传统意义上的退休，他的生命如“渐强音”一样，奏至最后一刻。他的思想正以越来越快的速度在传播，影响遍布世界各个角落，改变着学生、决策者和普通人的生活，我们相信，他最杰出的作品，就像他自己说的那样，“我不是高估自己，但我始终抱持一个信念——我最好的作品还在前方。”