Stephen Covey Quotes
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Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.
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Perhaps the greatest role of parenting, more than directing and telling children what to do, is helping children connect with their own gifts, particularly conscience.
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The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.
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You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!
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Empathic listening is so powerful because it gives you accurate data to work with. Instead of projecting your own autobiography and assuming thoughts, feelings, motives and interpretation, you're dealing with the reality inside another person's head and heart. You're listening to understand. You're focused on receiving the deep communication of another human soul.
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Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
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Habit 7 is taking the time to sharpen the saw. By renewing the four dimensions of your nature - physical, spiritual, mental and social/emotional, you can work more quickly and effortlessly. To do this, we must be proactive. This is a Quadrant II (important, not urgent) activity that must be acted on. It's at the center of our Circle of Influence, so we must do it for ourselves.
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Every person in the organization must change inside their hearts and minds, so that they themselves become principle centred.
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Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.
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Trust is the glue that holds everything together.
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Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
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Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.
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Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.
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Fundamentally, we are a product of choice, not nature (genes) or nurture (upbringing, environment).
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Trust is a competency. It's something you can get good at. It's a strength you personally, and your team and your company can master. Being good at it will elevate every other strength you have.
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Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act.
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When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.
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I believe that God is the source of all the universal, timeless principles. And to Him, I give all the credit and the glory. However, to a person who is not religious, I believe they can live to the highest level of their conscience and develop spiritual intelligence that surpasses most people, including many religious people, who profess but do not practice.
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Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
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We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.