This book focuses on the six habits you need to develop to become and STAY a high performer. While the book is geared towards executives, the advice is applicable to anyone. The habits (HP6) are: seek clarity, generate energy, raise necessity, increase productivity, develop influence and demonstrate courage. Burchard breaks each of these down further and gives solid definitions and examples. The book is filled with writing prompts and introspective questions so you can decide how your own performance is showing up. Most important, he includes insight as to the common causes of failure among high performing executives.