Winning Habits: 4 Secrets That Will Change the Rest of Your Life by Dick Lyles (Very good, 2004, Pbk, 111 pgs, Prentice Hall)

Winning Habits: 4 Secrets That Will Change the Rest of Your Life by Dick Lyles is a business parable that identifies four fundamental habits at the heart of success in work and life, and shows how to apply them.  The four secrets are:

1. Be first on, last off, and add extra value
2. Never trade results for excuses
3. Solve problems in advance
4. Always make those around you look good 

Written in the spirit of Who Moved My Cheese? and Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the book follows fictional characters (Albert and Jennifer) to illustrate these habits in action. It's a follow-up to Lyles' earlier bestseller Winning Ways, and was endorsed by Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, and Spencer Johnson.