Quotes by Effectiveness Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. Stephen Covey efficiencyeffectivenesspeople Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness and trust-based relationships. Stephen Covey effectivenesspatternsself Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people. Stephen Covey effectivenessempathypeople To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness. Stephen Covey effectivenesseggsessence We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind. Stephen Covey effectivenessbusinessmotivational Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure. Stephen Covey effectivenessadventurepeople All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem. Stephen Covey effectivenessrealadvice While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. Stephen Covey effectivenessinspirationalthinking The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your own capabilities. And no one can do it for you. You must cultivate the habit of leadership effectiveness for yourself - and doing so will be the single best investment you will ever make. Stephen Covey investmenteffectivenessimportant We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient. Stephen Covey effectivenessempowermentperspective There are principles that govern human effectiveness - natural laws in the human dimension that are just as real, just as unchanging and unarguably there as laws such as gravity are in the physical dimension. Stephen Covey effectivenessreallaw What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your life? Quadrant II activities have that kind of impact. Our effectiveness takes quantum leaps when we do them. Stephen Covey effectivenessimpactdifferences True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose). Stephen Covey effectivenesseggstwo You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things. Stephen Covey effectivenesspeoplethinking And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support. Sun Tzu effectivenessregulationsupport Every rule in the book can be broken, except one - be who you are, and become all you were meant to be. Sydney J. Harris effectivenessbrokenbook The establishment of the National Park Service is justified by considerations of good administration, of the value of natural beauty as a National asset, and of the effectiveness of outdoor life and recreation in the production of good citizenship. Theodore Roosevelt national-parkseffectivenessadministration It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. Thomas A. Edison effectivenesseffortpeople Physical and psychological spaces of an organization work in tandem to define the effectiveness of the people within it Tim Brown effectivenessspaceorganization The serial bully, who in my estimation accounts for about one person in thirty in society, is the single most important threat to the effectiveness of organisations, the profitability of industry, the performance of the economy, and the prosperity of society. Tim Field effectivenessbullyingimportant«23456789101112»
