Stephen Covey
United States
24 Oct 1932 // 16 Jul 2012
Educator, Author, Businessman
24 Oct 1932 // 16 Jul 2012
Educator, Author, Businessman
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Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it immediately.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989)
The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it.
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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