
Stephen Covey Quotes
Stephen Covey, the visionary author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, revolutionized personal and professional development. His philosophy emphasized principle-centered leadership, empowering individuals to align their actions with timeless principles for sustainable success.
Key Lessons from Stephen Covey:
- Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.
- Begin with the end in mind.
- The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.
- I believe in this concept that you learn by teaching.
- We become what we repeatedly do.
- If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.
- Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
- Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.
- Live out of your imagination, not your history.
- Leadership is a choice, not a position.
- Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
- The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.
- Every time you think the problem is 'out there,' that very thought is the problem.