We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people. Stephen Covey More Quotes by Stephen Covey More Quotes From Stephen Covey If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms. Stephen Covey focuswantattitude 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 perspectivemotivationalpeople Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves. Stephen Covey time-managementmanagementchallenges We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. Stephen Covey creativityaccomplishmentself-esteem If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, Stephen Covey imaginationmemoriespast I believe that there are parts to human nature that cannot be reached by either legislation or education, but require the power of God to deal with. Stephen Covey legislationhuman-naturebelieve Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy. Stephen Covey inspirationlovelife To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent. Stephen Covey interpersonal-skills7-habitsloyal A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it's personal, it's positive, it's present tense, it's visual, and it's emotional. Stephen Covey affirmationingredientsemotional True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit. Stephen Covey greatnessteamworksuccess The enemy of the "best" is often the "good." Stephen Covey priorities-in-lifeinspirationenemy Network marketing has come of age. It's undeniable that it has become a way to entrepreneurship and independence for millions of people Stephen Covey independencemarketingpeople It's easy to say ''no!'' when there's a deeper ''yes!'' burning inside. Stephen Covey catching-firevisioncharacter People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something. Stephen Covey feel-betterself-esteemhappiness True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless principles, which will build trust and respect from the entire organization. Those with formal authority alone will lose this trust and respect. Stephen Covey choicesorganizationprinciples Frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values and priorities. Stephen Covey frustrationmirrorsreflection The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it. Stephen Covey goalcouragepromise Once we are self-aware, we must choose purposes and principles to live by; otherwise the vacuum will be filled, and we will lose our self-awareness and become like groveling animals who live primarily for survival and propagation. People who exist on that level aren't living; they are "being lived". Stephen Covey uniqueanimallying The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game. Stephen Covey keysgamesintegrity Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies. Stephen Covey our-actionsselfthinking
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