Stephen Covey Quotes
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Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.
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The more people train their counsciousness, the more sensitivie they are to it. It's like you had your own voice coming to you.
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The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.
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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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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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When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.
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The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power.
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building.
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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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It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence; what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
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We think we see the world as it is, when in fact we see the world as we are.
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Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'
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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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Communication is the most important single activity of man.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.
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One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves.
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Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
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By centering our lives on correct principles and creating a balanced focus between doing and increasing our ability to do, we become empowered to the task of creating effective useful and peaceful lives.
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If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.
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Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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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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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.