If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things. Stephen Covey heartinspiringmoving 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. Stephen Covey nextsoulideas Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism. Stephen Covey culture When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary. Stephen Covey levelsteachingfeelings Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust environment, your strategy won't be executed. Stephen Covey variablesimportantpaper Trust is the one thing that affects everything else you're doing. It's a performance multiplier which takes your trajectory upwards, for every activity you engage in, from strategy to execution. Stephen Covey executionstrategyperformances Writing distills, crystallizes, and clarifies thought. Stephen Covey writing Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices. Stephen Covey intuitioncommunicationchoices Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust. Stephen Covey qualityprinciplesrelationship 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-workmissingopportunity Listen, involve, synergize at work. Then you will bury the old and create an entirely new winning culture which will unleash people's talents and create complementary teams where strengths are made productive and weakness are made irrelevant through the strengths of others. Stephen Covey teamwinningpeople It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize. Stephen Covey heartinspirationalcharacter If you don't set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you're on the WRONG building. Stephen Covey laddersclimbinggoal Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better. Stephen Covey sacrificegiving-upmean You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life! Stephen Covey weaknessemotionalpeople Every exaggeration of the truth once detected by others destroys our credibility and makes all that we do and say suspect. Stephen Covey destructionhonestytruth Without trust, the best we can do is compromise. Stephen Covey without-trustcompromisecan-do A life of integrity is the most fundamental source of personal worth. Stephen Covey personal-worthfundamentalsintegrity The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time. Stephen Covey abilitygrowskeys 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
