People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Retire from your job but never from meaningful projects. If you want to live a long life, you need eustress, that is,… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you don't know yourself, if you don't control yourself, if you don't have mastery over yourself, it's very hard to like… — 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
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.… — 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
