Stephen Covey Quotes
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The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your own capabilities. And no one can do it for you. You must cultivate the habit of leadership effectiveness for yourself - and doing so will be the single best investment you will ever make.
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If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
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Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.
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It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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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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We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.
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Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality.
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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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Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree. "What are you doing?" you ask. "Can't you see?" comes the impatient reply. "I'm sawing down this tree." "You look exhausted!" you exclaim. "How long have you been at it?" "Over five hours," he returns, "and I'm beat! This is hard work." 'Well, why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?" you inquire. "I'm sure it would go a lot faster." "I don't have time to sharpen the saw," the man says emphatically. "I'm too busy sawing!"
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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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Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.
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In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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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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Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!
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Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.
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The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self, with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
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Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.
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If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.
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Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
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Principles are the territory. Values are maps.
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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.
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Organize and execute around priorities.
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Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.
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What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time?