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Stephen Covey
American
Businessman
Born:
Oct 24
,
1932
Died:
Jul 16
,
2012
Life
People
Work
World
You
Your
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Mind over mattress.
Stephen Covey
Mind
Over
Mattress
We become what we repeatedly do.
Stephen Covey
Become
Repeatedly
Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying.
Stephen Covey
Creative
People
Other
Tell
India
Solutions
Find
Both
Could
Arguing
Had
Alternate
Lot
Times
Get
Listen
Literally
Justifying
Them
Each
Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.
Stephen Covey
Life
Together
Balance
Organization
Own
Powerful
Execution
Sure
Disciplines
Forget
Get
Want
Then
Act
Your
Team
Four
What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.
Stephen Covey
Heart
Air
Feel
Understood
Body
Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
Stephen Covey
Happy
People
Others
Mentality
Instead
Abundance
Pie
Genuinely
Gets
Successes
Larger
In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.
Stephen Covey
Education
Good
School
Jobs
Degrees
General
Fail
Tests
Get
Grades
Cram
Want
Procrastinate
Then
Us
Successfully
Many
Even
Need
There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.
Stephen Covey
Work
Education
You
Together
Responsibility
Chemistry
Those
System
Mormonism
Take
Emphasis
Industry
Got
Lot
Heavy
Work Ethic
Ethic
Initiative
Elements
Light is the greatest disinfectant in nature and also in organizations.
Stephen Covey
Nature
Light
Also
Greatest
Organizations
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
Stephen Covey
Work
Technology
Innovation
People
World
Despite
Our
Markets
Thriving
Most
Gains
Product
Organizations
Family home evening is more for the purpose of teaching values and gospel principles, displaying talents and enjoying different kinds of family fun and activities.
Stephen Covey
Home
Family
Values
Different Kinds
Kinds
More
Purpose
Talents
Principles
Gospel
Different
Teaching
Fun
Displaying
Evening
Activities
Enjoying
There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.
Stephen Covey
Strong
Sometimes
Pressure
Meet
Data
Unrealistic
Within
Expectations
Ethical
Reason
Companies
Violations
Trust is central to an economy that works.
Stephen Covey
Trust
Economy
Central
Works
How can you possibly reconcile the justice of God with the idea that only through Christ can you be saved? Most of the world lives and dies and never even hears of Christ. There has to be some mechanism set up for all those who have ever lived to have an opportunity to hear of Christ.
Stephen Covey
God
You
Justice
World
Opportunity
Christ
Saved
Those
Possibly
Reconcile
Some
Only
Through
Never
Idea
Most
How
Hear
Hears
Up
Dies
Who
Mechanism
Even
Lived
Ever
Lives
Set
If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.
Stephen Covey
Family
You
Statement
Criterion
Purpose
Mission
Make
Which
Decisions
Then
Use
Your
The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.
Stephen Covey
History
Problems
Will
Every
Society
Our
Solutions
Throughout
Prospering
Self-Evident
Principles
Always
Timeless
Common
Enduring
Based
Universal
Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism.
Stephen Covey
Time
Every
Every Time
See
Cultures
One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.
Stephen Covey
People
One Of The Things
India
Admired
About
Spiritualism
Things
A little over 5% of the world's population produces almost 29% of the world's goods and services.
Stephen Covey
World
Almost
Over
Goods
Little
Produces
Population
Services
I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.
Stephen Covey
Believe
More
Football
Football Coach
He
Louis
Than
Just
Much
Coach
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