A Collection of Quotes from Stephen Covey

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A Collection of Quotes

from

Stephen R. Covey

Stephen Covey was an American educator, author,

businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular

book was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective

People.

Born) 1965

Died) 2012

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“If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won’t require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could have ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without.” - Stephen Covey

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” - Stephen Covey


“An empowered

organization is one in

which individuals have the

knowledge, skill, desire,

and opportunity to

personally succeed

in a way that leads to

organizational success.”

- Stephen Covey


“To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you are going so that you better understand where you are now so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.” - Stephen Covey Infographic published by Neil Beyersdorf

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“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey Infographic published by Neil Beyersdorf

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“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” - Stephen Covey


“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.” - Stephen Covey


“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” - Stephen Covey


“Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.” - Stephen Covey


“Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to quality of life!” - Stephen Covey


“Leadership is communicating others’ worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.” - Stephen Covey


“If we want to make small changes, we can work on changing our behavior but if we want to make significant, quantum changes, we need to work on our basic paradigms*.” - Stephen Covey

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“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.” - Stephen Covey


Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

1) Be Proactive 2) Begin with the End in Mind 3) Put First Things First 4) Think Win/Win 5) Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood 6) Synergize 7) Sharpen the Saw.”


“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” - Stephen Covey


“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” - Stephen Covey


“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” - Stephen Covey


“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” - Stephen Covey


“People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them.” - Stephen Covey


“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.” - Stephen Covey


“Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).” - Stephen Covey


“You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into.” - Stephen Covey


“Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.” - Stephen Covey


“The way we see the problem is the problem.” - Stephen Covey


“To know and not to do is really not to know.” - Stephen Covey


“As long as you think the problem is out there, that very thought is the problem.” - Stephen Covey


“Start with the end in mind.” - Stephen Covey


“Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic.” - Stephen Covey


“To retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.” - Stephen Covey


“We're responsible for our own lives.” - Stephen Covey


“You can't change the fruit without changing the root.” - Stephen Covey


“Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make.” - Stephen Covey


“The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.” - Stephen Covey


“The way we see things is the source of the way we think or the way we act.” - Stephen Covey


“People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.” - Stephen Covey


“If you don't let a teacher know what level you are by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance you will not learn or grow.” - Stephen Covey


“To learn and not to do is really not to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.” - Stephen Covey


“Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.” - Stephen Covey


“It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.” - Stephen Covey


“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.” - Stephen Covey


“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.” - Stephen Covey


“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.” - Stephen Covey


“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.” - Stephen Covey


“There are three constants in life… change, choice, and principles.” - Stephen Covey


“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” - Stephen Covey


“Stephen Covey, in his book The 8th Habit, describes a poll of 23,000 employees drawn from a number of companies and industries. He reports the poll's findings: • 37 percent said they have a clear

understanding of what their organization is trying to achieve and why

• One in five was enthusiastic about their team's and their organization's goals

• One in five said they had a clear "line of sight" between their tasks and their team's and organization's goals

• 15 percent felt that their organization fully enables them to execute key goals

• 20 percent fully trusted the organization they work for.” - Chip Heath


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