More Quotes by Stephen Covey
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.
Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.
To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
