Stephen Covey Quotes - Page 17

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• Everyone has values; even criminal gangs have values. Values govern people's behavior but principles govern the consequences of those behaviors.

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  People, Vision, Principles

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• The more people train their counsciousness, the more sensitivie they are to it. It's like you had your own voice coming to you.

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  Voice, People, Like You

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• The only thing that endures over time is the 'Law of the Farm.' You must prepare the ground, plant the seed, cultivate, and water if you expect to reap the harvest.

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  Time, Garden, Law

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• 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.

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  Ideas, Soul, Next

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• Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of "me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?"

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  Motivational, Sacrifice, Thinking

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.309, Simon and Schuster

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• Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already miles down the road; to redo; to live with unexpressed and unsolved problems; to deal with the results of not giving people psychological air.

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  Air, People, Giving

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life. This is a key leverage point.

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  Exercise, Keys, Giving

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• Affirm people. Affirm your children. Believe in them, not in what you see but in what you don't see - their potential.

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  Motivational, Children, Believe

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

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  People, Choices, Blame

  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.98, Mango Media Inc.

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• Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, "How do you maintain that serenity and peace?" He replied, "I never leave my place of meditation." He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

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  Morning, Heart, Meditation

  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.419, Mango Media Inc.

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• I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to give a larger perspective and to constantly sense the interdependent nature of life.

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  Believe, Book, Reading

  Source: zenhabits.net

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• I define discipline as the ability to make + keep promises and to honor commitments.

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  Motivational, Commitment, Discipline

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.

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  Law, Laws Of Life, Obedience

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.122, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

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  Attitude, Integrity, Self Esteem

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Self, Roots, Discipline

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• Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

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  Life, Change, Ideas

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• Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.

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  Thinking, Self, Our Actions

  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.530, Mango Media Inc.

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• The leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'Wrong jungle!' ... Busy, efficient producers and managers often respond ... 'Shut up! We're making progress!'

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  Learning, Knowledge, Tree

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.273, Simon and Schuster

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• A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it's personal, it's positive, it's present tense, it's visual, and it's emotional.

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  Emotional, Ingredients, Affirmation

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.133, Simon and Schuster

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• People are social beings and want interaction and social learning is the primary form of learning, just as word of mouth advertising is the highest form of advertising.

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  People, Want, Mouths

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we've put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day.

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  Empowering, Purpose, Way

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Freedom, Independent, Giving

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect.

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  Organization, Choices, Principles

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• Intrinsic security doesn't come from what other people think of us or how they treat us. It doesn't come from our circumstance or out position. It comes from within. It comes from accurate paradigms and correct principles deep in our own mind and heart. It comes from inside-out congruence, from living a life of integrity in which our daily habits reflect our deepest values.

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  Integrity, Heart, Thinking

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.377, Mango Media Inc.

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• Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities.

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  Reflection, Frustration, Mirrors

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.206, Mango Media Inc.

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