Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
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The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.
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Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
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Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations
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Network marketing has come of age. It's undeniable that it has become a way to entrepreneurship and independence for millions of people
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I keep my phone number unlisted and rely on my associates to handle all voice mail, e-mail, faxes.
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Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.
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True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
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If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
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Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make
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Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
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Don't get buried in the thick of thin things.
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True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.
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Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose based on principles and values rather than on moods or condition. Proactive people are agents of change and choose not to be victims, to be reactive, or to blame others.
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What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
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If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to have more freedom, more latitude in your job, be a more responsible, a more helpful, a more contributing employee.
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Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds the sum of their individual effects.
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Before a performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone". Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
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Strength lies in differences, not in similarities
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The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution.
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Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.
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I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past
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To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.
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Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.