Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
STEPHEN COVEYThe problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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