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
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.
If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
It's not what people do to us that hurts us. In the most fundamental sense, it is our chosen response to what they do to us that hurts us.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
As you begin to think more in terms of importance, you begin to see time differently.
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.