Stephen Covey Quotes
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Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.
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Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.
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In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.
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As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole-the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives - you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration. We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.
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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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The core of any family is what is changeless, what is going to be there──shared vision and values.
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When air is charged with emotions, an attempt to teach is often perceived as a form of judgment and rejection.
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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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But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.
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You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless.
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All things are created twice. All things. Vision is the first creation. For a house it's called the blueprint. For a life it's called a mission. For a day it's called a goal and a plan. For a parent it's called a belief in the unseen potential of a child. For all, it is the mental creation which always precedes the physical, or second, creation.
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Whether or not we belong to a church or service organization or have a job that provides meaningful service opportunities, not a day goes by that we can't at least serve one other human being by making deposits of unconditional love.
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I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a program of regular exercise increases one's efficiency in every facet of life, including the depth and restfulness of sleep. And the time taken can be minimal; just a few minutes of calisthenics and running in place in one's room or jogging around the yard or block is often sufficient. Exercising doesn't take time. It saves time. Still, few consistently do it.
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When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens
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Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.
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Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
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None of us see the world as it is but as we are, as our frames of reference, or maps, define the territory.
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Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves.
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To know and not to do is not to know.
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Difference is the beginning of synergy.
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The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them.