A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
All things are created twice. All things. Vision is the first creation. For a house it's called the blueprint. For a life… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Make specific appointments with yourself to work on goals, and treat an appointment with yourself as you'd treat an appointment with anybody… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
What difference would a clear vision of my principles, values, and ultimate objectives make in the way I spend my time? — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Before a performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It's not enough to have values without vision ; you want to be good, but you want to be good for something.… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The highest challenge inside organizations is to enable each person to contribute his or her unique talents and passion to accomplish the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You basically get what you reward. If you want to achieve the goals and reflect the values in your mission statement, then… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
To blame and accuse other people, is to choose to empower them, to control us. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
