Author: Stephen Covey

Quotes

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

- Stephen Covey

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.

- Stephen Covey

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

- Stephen Covey

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

- Stephen Covey

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

- Stephen Covey

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

- Stephen Covey

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

- Stephen Covey

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

- Stephen Covey

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

- Stephen Covey

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