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
The key to motivation is motive. It's the why. It's the deeper yes! burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.
Life is a mission, not a career.
The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.
What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
The key to creating passion in your life is to find your unique talents, and your special role and purpose in the world.
Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic".
Seek to understand rather than be understood.
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
Strength lies in differences, not in similarities
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
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.
The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.
Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.