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
Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall. — 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… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Network marketing has come of age. It's undeniable that it has become a way to entrepreneurship and independence for millions of people — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When people have a real sense of legacy, a sense of mattering, a sense of contribution, it seems to tap into the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Listen, involve, synergize at work. Then you will bury the old and create an entirely new winning culture which will unleash people's… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
We may find it convenient to live with the illusion that circumstances or other people are responsible for the quality of our… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Contrary to what most people believe, trust is not some soft, illusive quality that you either have or you don't; rather, trust… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow! — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People are social beings and want interaction and social learning is the primary form of learning, just as word of mouth advertising… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
It's not what people do to us that hurts us. In the most fundamental sense, it is our chosen response to what… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The more deeply you understand other people, the more you will appreciate them, the more reverent you will feel about them. To… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors. — 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
The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success. — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I think that [respect for people] is of profound importance because it means you are caring and you trust them to do… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people… — 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
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