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
The place to begin building any relationship is inside ourselves, inside our circle of influence, our own character.
Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements
Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
Our greatest joy and our greatest pain comes in our relationships with others.
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
Leadership is a choice, not a position
It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.
Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.