Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. Stephen Covey motivationalinspirationallife To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before. Stephen Covey changegoalneeds Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant. Stephen Covey becomingskillsmotivational The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. Stephen Covey life-changinginspiringinspirational While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses. Stephen Covey efficiencyresponseeffectiveness The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them. It's whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride. Stephen Covey humilitymistakemotivational Live your life by a compass, not a clock. Stephen Covey live-your-lifecompassclock Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem. Stephen Covey lightjudgingcommitment Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow! Stephen Covey empoweringpeopleideas Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things. Stephen Covey familykindnessrelationship See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy. Stephen Covey creativeexerciseopportunity 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 ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external. Stephen Covey passionmotivationjobs What you do has far greater impact than what you say. Stephen Covey best-leaderimpactleadership Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling. Stephen Covey choicesresponsibilitypeople Listen to your conscience regarding something that you simply know you should do, then start small on it - make a promise and keep it. Then move forward and make a little larger promise and keep it. Eventually you'll discover that your sense of honor will become greater than your moods, and that will give you a level of confidence and excitement that you can move to other areas where you feel you need to make improvements or give service. Stephen Covey honorgivingmoving Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Stephen Covey wiseinspirationallife Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it. Stephen Covey importantmindheart You can't change the fruit without changing the root. Stephen Covey cant-changefruitroots It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction. Stephen Covey headingsinspirational-lifematter Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen Covey couragemotivationalinspirational
