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Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
American Businessman
Born: Oct 24, 1932
Died: Jul 16, 2012
Life People Work World You Your
Related authors: Bill Gates Henry Ford Jim Rohn John D. Rockefeller Les Brown Peter Drucker Steve Jobs Warren Buffett
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. Stephen Covey
Freedom Change Creative Will Independence Power Awareness Every Imagination Respond Independent Give Self Self-Awareness Ultimate Human Endowment Human Freedom Us Choose Conscience Four
Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships. Stephen Covey
Life Trust Communication Relationships Most Principle Glue Effective Essential Holds Ingredient Foundational
Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply. Stephen Covey
Understand Reply Listen Intent
Leadership is a choice, not a position. Stephen Covey
Leadership Choice Position
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. Stephen Covey
Positive You Creative Positive Energy Problems Energy Down Defensive Others Solving More Empathy Toward Get Goes Show Deep
The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too. Stephen Covey
You Culture People Cheating Become Too Else Everyone Everyone Else More More People Rationalize Cheat Feel Because Becomes Dishonesty Vicious Cycle Suddenly Downward Need
Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. Stephen Covey
Respect Integrity Honesty People Moral Authority Moral Following Like Principles Timeless Authority Universal Treating
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities. Stephen Covey
Strength Differences Lies Similarities
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. Stephen Covey
Main Main Thing Keep Thing
Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. Stephen Covey
Adversity Character Challenges Our Physical Through Develop Lifting Weights Overcoming Opposition Just Muscles
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen. Stephen Covey
You Giving Understanding Reflect Back Point Point Of View Emotional Like Another Person Listen Oxygen Them Really View
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey
Success Leadership Management Ladder Determines Leaning Climbing Efficiency Wall Whether Against Right
If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting. Stephen Covey
Doing Getting Going Keep
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey
Leadership Management Discipline First Out Carrying Putting First Things Effective Things
The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. Stephen Covey
Mistake Approach Correct Instantly Learn Proactive Acknowledge
If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm. Stephen Covey
Life Work Attitude You Big Changes Paradigm Small Primary Want Your
Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge. Stephen Covey
Great Result Challenge Meet Hundred Synergy Respectful Thousand Plus Determine Ten More Beyond Ideas Equals Go Preconceived Human Human Beings Happens Beings Even Profound Two
Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen Covey
History Live Imagination Out Your
Seek first to understand, then to be understood. Stephen Covey
First Seek Understand Understood Then
Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Stephen Covey
Spiritual Experience Remember Spiritual Beings Spiritual Experience Having Human Human Beings Human Experience Beings
Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. Stephen Covey
You Goals Achieve Pure Setting Setting Goals Unless Stop Them Fantasy Plan Specific
A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life. Stephen Covey
Life You Constitution Vision Values Else Everything Everything Else Statement Solid Criterion Something Write Mission Becomes Overnight Which Your Measure Expression Fundamentally
You can't talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into. Stephen Covey
You Yourself Problems Way Out Talk Behave Your
Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way. Stephen Covey
Better Our Synergy Way Than Your
Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. Stephen Covey
Blame People Behavior Find Physical Environment Reactive Affected Sources Often External
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution. Stephen Covey
Life About Accumulate Contribution
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