Thursday, 17 November 2016

Stephen R Covey (Effectiveness to Greatness-take time to sharpen the saw)




Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was 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.

Stephen Covey Quotes

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
Stephen Covey

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
Stephen Covey

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

Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
Stephen Covey

What does it matter how much we do if what we're doing isn't what matters most?
Stephen Covey

In the absence of wake-up calls, many of us never really confront the critical issues of life.
Stephen Covey

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

Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them
Stephen Covey

The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.
Stephen Covey

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
Stephen Covey

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

If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Stephen Covey

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
Stephen Covey

The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
Stephen Covey

By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
Stephen Covey

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.
Stephen Covey

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Stephen Covey

Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.
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

Begin with the end in mind.
Stephen Covey

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Stephen Covey

When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you're pledging your integrity.
Stephen Covey

It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.
Stephen Covey

If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
Stephen Covey

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
Stephen Covey

Nothing is as fast as the speed of trust. Nothing is as fulfilling as a relationship of trust. Nothing is as inspiring as an offering of trust. Nothing is as profitable as the economics of trust. Nothing has more influence than a reputation of trust.
Stephen Covey

Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled.

Stephen Covey

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