Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey
Stephen Richards Coveywas an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University at the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth24 October 1932
CitySalt Lake City, UT
CountryUnited States of America
Stephen Covey quotes about
...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.
Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.
My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.
The environment you fashion out of your thoughts, your beliefs, your ideals, your philosophy is the only climate you will ever live in. The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds the sum of their individual effects.
Your power to choose your direction of your life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation.
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Private victories precede public victories.