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Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
American Businessman
Born: Oct 24, 1932
Died: Jul 16, 2012
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Related authors: Bill Gates Henry Ford Jim Rohn John D. Rockefeller Les Brown Peter Drucker Steve Jobs Warren Buffett
The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. Stephen Covey
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When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence. Stephen Covey
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Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. Stephen Covey
Attitude Space Our Response Between Stimulus Where Choose
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize. Stephen Covey
Strength Great Character Heart Great Deal Values Sense Possess Out Security Must Rather Takes Himself Principles Deal Genuinely Quickly Than Person Order Pity Apologize Deep Fundamental Fundamental Principles
Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem. Stephen Covey
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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. Stephen Covey
Success Knowledge Opportunity Collective Way Individuals Leads Empowered Which Succeed Personally Organisation Skill Desire
The true identity theft is not financial. It's not in cyberspace. It's spiritual. It's been taken. Stephen Covey
Spiritual Financial Taken True Identity Identity Theft Been Theft Cyberspace
The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged. Stephen Covey
Spirit Human Acknowledged Human Spirit Deepest Desire
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. Stephen Covey
Life You Job Extremely Retire Making Contributions Meaningful Ever
My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.' Stephen Covey
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Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world. Stephen Covey
Today Future Challenges World Better Meet Our Significant Must Seeking Students Studies Between Economy Global Global Economy Employers Identified Than Taught Currently Being Children Skills Gap Prepared Now Ever-Changing
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. Stephen Covey
Life Creative Learning Goals Own Carefully Our Those Rather Through Force Learn Accomplish Conditions Than Decisions Certain Certain Things Things
People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses. Stephen Covey
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To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know. Stephen Covey
Something Know Learn Really
Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family. Stephen Covey
Life Family School Scaffolding Supplemental Primary Educating Providing Historically Role Children Played
It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are. Stephen Covey
People Confused Amazing Distracted Misdirected How So Many People Many
What is common sense isn't common practice. Stephen Covey
Practice Sense Common Common Sense
If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty. Stephen Covey
Business One Thing Uncertainty Certain Thing
Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value. Stephen Covey
Value Guidelines Principles Permanent Proven Conduct Human Enduring
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. Stephen Covey
You Business Quality Too Relationships Systems Total Perfect Until Principle Continuously Escapes Improve Managers Cannot Interdependent Processes Many Interpersonal Cardinal
We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles. Stephen Covey
Business Strong Live Leaders Principles Business Leaders Who Deep Need
For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution. Stephen Covey
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Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don't think it's necessarily treating people like things. Stephen Covey
People Inevitable Think Outsourcing Like Things Necessarily Treating
Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. Stephen Covey
Everyone Must Stay Employed Proactive Themselves Help
It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field. Stephen Covey
Technology Communication People Field Books Way Ways Television Would Find More More People Fact Exciting New Like Read Very Than Get New Technology New Ways Information Watch
The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life. Stephen Covey
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