Live out of your imagination, not your history. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances. Stephen Covey force circumstances 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 speak opportunity Seek to understand before you seek to be understood. Stephen Covey understood Some people achieve the top of the ladder and only then realise it was standing against the wrong wall. Stephen Covey ladders wall people The highest challenge inside organizations is to enable each person to contribute his or her unique talents and passion to accomplish the organization's purpose. Stephen Covey passion unique organization Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing, not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the quality of their relationships with others. Stephen Covey disappointment winning people The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings. Stephen Covey humility humble heart We must not let the actions or words of others determine our responses. Magnanimous people make the choice to respond to the indignities of others based upon their own principles and their own value system rather than their moods or anger. Stephen Covey choices principles people To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy. Stephen Covey legacy Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it. Stephen Covey emotional strength self-esteem The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead. Stephen Covey principles mean firsts Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, "like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic". Stephen Covey individual chairs management If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless. Stephen Covey wells ifs commitment I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home. Stephen Covey wall home thinking Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them. Stephen Covey change goal life Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building. Stephen Covey ladders effectiveness success Our lives are the results of our choices. To blame and accuse other people, the environment, or other extrinsic factors is to choose to empower those things to control us. Stephen Covey lynching choices people One of the best ways to educate our hearts is to look at our interaction with other people, because our relationships with others are fundamentally a reflection of our relationship with ourselves. Stephen Covey heart inspirational relationship All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements Stephen Covey broken-relationship broken agreement Common sense is not always common practice. Stephen Covey common-sense practice common
