Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character. Stephen Covey characterbelievepeople The need to leave a legacy is our spiritual need to have a sense of meaning, purpose, personal congruence, and contribution. Stephen Covey legacyspiritualneeds Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent. Stephen Covey executionbehaviorsometimes Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. Stephen Covey blameenvironmentpeople All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default. We reactively live the scripts handed to us by family, associates, other people's agendas, the pressures of circumstance - scripts from our earlier years, from our training, our conditioning. Stephen Covey circlesselfyears Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize. Stephen Covey excellent-worktwopeople Success in one role can't justify failure in another. Stephen Covey justifybalanceroles The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses Stephen Covey weaknessdifferencesessence Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world. Stephen Covey lensespowerfulworld It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective. Stephen Covey climbingwallhard-work If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success. Stephen Covey funeraldefinitionswant While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind. Stephen Covey positive-thoughtsmindbelieve The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power. Stephen Covey true-leaderdemocracyexercise In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day. Stephen Covey decisions-we-makeself-confidenceindependent If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty. Stephen Covey one-thingcertainifs The greatest and most inspiring mountain climbing achievements in history are not so much stories of individual achievement, but are stories of the extraordinary power of a unified, talented, prepared team that stays loyally committed to one another and to their shared vision to the end. Stephen Covey climbingteammotivational If you want the secondary greatness of recognized talent, focus first on primary greatness of character. Stephen Covey greatnessinspirationalcharacter Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement. Stephen Covey selfviewsopportunity Leadership is communicating people's worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it themselves. Stephen Covey communicateleadershippeople I am fortunate to have a very helpful team that enables me to spend time doing things that are important but not necessarily urgent. People who have no such team need to also make these larger decisions so that they can cheerfully say No to that which is urgent but not important. Stephen Covey teamdecisionpeople
