I completed reading the book yesterday, and I am very impressed by it...but I have to admit that the book fell into my hands at the right time! For if I had the opportunity to of red it before I wouldn't of thought it was so great!

You see I grew up in a small town we're groups of friends are very limited, we sort of all hung out together, and my parents raised me with alot of very positive values. When I turned 15 years old I had met an "awsome" guy, he was fun, he knew everybody, got along very good with him!

He used to smoke alot of pot, but I never touched the drug until after our first year of going out together. He was my best friend and I trusted him! Let me tell you that it wasn't long after, that pot led to drinking often and sniffing cocaine. By the age of 18 my life was ruined, I had dropped out of school, runed away from home, put my parents through hell by stealing food and money off them, spend all my money that I made from my part-time job, on coke!

Sadness and guilt ran through my vaines everysingle day for about 2 years! I would make my parents cry my long term girl friends cry the works!.........Until one day a very special girl and her brother, came to visit me! She had moved to Toronto to persue her education, and she decided to drop by see how I was doing. When she found out all that was going on she immediatly slapped me in the back of the head, and told me that if I was going to live me life this way, fine go ahead and die miserable, but that I had a chance to move in with her in Toronto were she could find me a Job, and start putting my life back on track!

So I left the same day without saying goodbye to my boyfriend, friends, or family. I told my Best friend, that knew everything that was going on, to talk to my parents for me. When I moved there I fell in love with the city and the new enviroment around me, I had trouble getting over my bad habbits but I had alot of help, love and support!

Anyways all this to say that when I decided to go back to highschool, I moved in with my aunt and uncle close by Toronto and I had to take a course wich ofered "The 7 Habbits of Highly Effective teens", and past the course with 80's. I learned how to communicate better, I learned that theres a whole new world out there for succsess just waiting for me. But most of all I learnt how to love, frogive, understand, to be understood, and my favorite Synergize!

Thank you Sean Covey, You've helped turn my life around!
One day I beleive that I will be able to thank you personally, I hope so anyway!

Sincerly, Chantal Essiembre