The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey The 8th Habit, then, is not about adding one more habit to the 7 - one that somehow got forgotten. It's about seeing and harnessing the power of a third dimension to the 7 Habits that meets the central challenge of the new Knowledge Worker Age. The 8th Habit is to Find Your Voice and Inspire Others to Find Theirs. Stephen Covey voicechallengesinspire Technology and tools are useful and powerful when they are your servant and not your master. Stephen Covey technologypowerfulteamwork It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. Stephen Covey apologyheartcharacter I know it is possible not only to restore trust but to actually enhance it. The difficult things that we got through with the important people in our lives can become fertile ground for the growth of enduring trust - trust that is actually stronger because it's been tested and proved through challenge. Stephen Covey challengesmotivationalpeople Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you. Stephen Covey feedbackmotivationalgiving I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a program of regular exercise increases one's efficiency in every facet of life, including the depth and restfulness of sleep. And the time taken can be minimal; just a few minutes of calisthenics and running in place in one's room or jogging around the yard or block is often sufficient. Exercising doesn't take time. It saves time. Still, few consistently do it. Stephen Covey blocktakenrunning You can say you love someone - but unless you demonstrate that love through your actions, your words become meaningless. Stephen Covey love-someoneactionmotivational During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep them on earth. This is somewhat comparable to the pull of the flesh when our alarm goes off early in the morning. Unless we put "mind over mattress" and carry out the resolves made the night before, we will experience our first defeat that day. Not sufficient to finish. Mission aborted. Stephen Covey strugglemorningnight Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice. Stephen Covey voiceviewsbelieve 'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis. Stephen Covey focusexpectationsopportunity 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 We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came. Stephen Covey purposereflectionway Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior. Stephen Covey our-actionsprincipleslaw Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits. Stephen Covey designpeoplepast In order to have influence, you have to be influenced. Stephen Covey self-improvementleadershiporder Without exception, empathy is always appropriate. Stephen Covey appropriateempathyexception If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. Stephen Covey independentleadershipself Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to the scholar, education of the conscience is vital to the truly proactive, highly effective person. Training and educating the conscience, however, requires even greater concentration, more balanced discipline, more consistently honest living. It requires regular feasting on inspiring literature, thinking noble thoughts and, above all, living in harmony with its still small voice. Stephen Covey voiceathletethinking You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation of good relationships with others. Stephen Covey disciplineselfroots As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. We can subordinate feelings to values. Stephen Covey personal-developmentdecisionfeelings
