Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
Stephen Richards Coveywas an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth24 October 1932
CitySalt Lake City, UT
CountryUnited States of America
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.
we're responsible for our own lives.
When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to...rather than detracts from...our lives.
But borrowing strength builds weakness.
We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.
Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.
He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"
Inspire (from the Latin inspirare) means to breathe life into another.