Stephen Covey Quotes
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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.
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The principle of fasting is taught in almost all major world religions as a means of developing a higher level of self-mastery and self-control, and also a deeper awareness of how really dependent we are.
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The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be.
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Actually I did not invent the seven habits, they are universal principles and most of what I wrote about is just common sense. I am embarrassed when people talk about the Covey Habits, and dislike the idea of being some sort of guru.
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The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.
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How does humility manifest itself in leadership and in life? A humble person is more concerned about what is right than about being right, about acting on good ideas than having the ideas, about embracing new truth than defending outdated position, about building the team than exalting self, about recognizing contribution than being recognized for making it.
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You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!
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True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
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Difference is the beginning of synergy.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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Seek to understand rather than be understood.
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Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?
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If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.
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Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
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Whether you're on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can't trust one another there's going to be trouble.
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When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’
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Management is formal authority given from above. Leadership is moral authority given from below and all around.
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Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
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There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.
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Trust is clearly a key competency. A competency or skill that can be learned, taught, and improved and one that talent can be screened for.
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Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
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I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.
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It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.