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
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make
There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.
Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.
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.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.
Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!
Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
...to learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
Courage isn't absenct of fear, it is the awareness that something else is important
Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.