Stephen Covey Quotes
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Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize.
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The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.
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If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.
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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.
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When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find a pattern. Through their persistent efforts and inner struggle, they have greatly expanded their four native human intelligences or capacities. The highest manifestations of these four intelligences are: for mental, vision; for the physical, discipline; for the emotional, passion; for the spiritual, conscience. These manifestations also represent our highest means of expressing our voice.
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Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.
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I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.
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An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.
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Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
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If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.
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Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.
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All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
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Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family.
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.
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Brands need to reinvent themselves from time to time to stay relevant.
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Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.
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The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end.
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The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle.
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In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center of a person's life.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses
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By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts all other centers in perspective.
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Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.