Stephen Covey Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

• When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.

  Stephen Covey

  Relationship, Change, Family

• When we listen with the intent to understand others, rather than with the intent to reply, we begin true communication and relationship building. Opportunities to then speak openly and to be understood come much more naturally and easily.

  Stephen Covey

  Communication, Opportunity, Speak

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

• Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Opportunity, People

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.187, Mango Media Inc.

• An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.

  Stephen Covey

  Motivational, Success, Business

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.212, Simon and Schuster

• See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.

  Stephen Covey

  Exercise, Opportunity, Creative

• To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which "life" is made.

  Stephen Covey

  Opportunity, Would Be, Unexpected

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.570, Mango Media Inc.

• 'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis.

  Stephen Covey

  Opportunity, Expectations, Focus

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.184, Mango Media Inc.

• Whether or not we belong to a church or service organization or have a job that provides meaningful service opportunities, not a day goes by that we can't at least serve one other human being by making deposits of unconditional love.

  Stephen Covey

  Meaningful, Jobs, Unconditional Love

• I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.

  Stephen Covey

  Hard Work, Opportunity, Missing

  Source: zenhabits.net

• When your happiness comes primarily from the happiness of others, you know you have moved from a 'me' experience to a 'we' experience. And the whole problem-solving and opportunity-seizing process changes.

  Stephen Covey

  Opportunity, Problem, Process

• Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement.

  Stephen Covey

  Opportunity, Self, Views

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