Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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Leadership without mutual trust is a contradiction in terms.
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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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While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
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Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.
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Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.
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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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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.
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Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe this is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds.
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I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important.
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Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"
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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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Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.
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Principles are the basis for developing a vision and value system for all.
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It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.
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It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.
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If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow
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Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
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As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.
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If you don't choose to do it in leadership time up front, you do it in crisis management time down the road.
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When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.