Stephen Covey Quotes
In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
Lord, give me the courage to change the things which can and ought to be changed, the serenity to accept things which cannot be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference - Alcoholics Anonymous
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
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.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.
There is no future in a job. The only future is inside oneself. We look inside rather than outside. We become producer rather than consumers of other peoples’ production.
An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success.
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
Our problems don’t stem from our ignorance so much as our disobedience of that which we know to be right.
Very few people have ever experienced the feeling of being completely understood. When they experience it, it can become one of the richest feelings they have ever had.
It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted.
When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.
