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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Belief is another word for paradigm. It's a synonymous. Your belief of the way things are. Values are the way things should be, it's a paradigm of the way things should be. Beliefs are the paradigms of the way things are.
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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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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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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We often get so busy "sawing" (producing results) that we forget to "sharpen our saw" (maintain or increase our capacity to produce results in the future).
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Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
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Only after we can learn to forgive ourselves can we accept others as they are because we don't feel threatened by anything about them which is better than us.
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Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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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?
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This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.
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When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.
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Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant.
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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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We're often so busy cutting through the undergrowth we don't even realise we're in the wrong jungle.
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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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You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
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Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.
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The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.
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Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when we ignore them. But because these principles apply to everyone, whether or not they are aware, this limitation is universal. And the more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely.
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Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.
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Leaders are not born or made - they are self made
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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.