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Yesterday Stephen R. Covey released the paperback version of The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, a follow-up to his 1989 book, the outrageously successful The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Many have listed the latter as one the most influential business books of the last century––it sold 15 million copies and his consulting organization, FranklinCovey, has since counseled 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies.

“You better lose yourself in the music, the moment. You own it, you better never let it go. You only get one shot, do not lose your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo.”

That’s Eminem quoted in the first chapter of Make It Happen: The Hip-Hop Generation Guide to Success (Atria, 2005), by Kevin Liles, former president of Def Jam, current executive VP at Warner Music.