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
I love interaction with audiences. If were my choice, I would spend most of my time interacting with audiences. Walking around and asking them to challenge me.
I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.
I don't read blogs but occasionally people tell me about what they contain, and I do take questions that come from blogs.
Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
The more involved you are, the more significant your learning will be.
It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside.
If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.
Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.
Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have.
You can buy a person's hands but you can't buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.
Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make