Quotes from Stephen R. Covey

am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

we need to apologize and we need to do it sincerely. Great deposits come in the sincere words:

As a principle-centered person, you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole—the work needs, the family needs, other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternative decisions—you'll try to come up with the best solution, taking all factors into consideration.

If we don't continually invest in improving our own PC, we severely limit our options. We're locked into our present situation

Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves.

No control problems involve taking the responsibility to change the line on the bottom of our face—to smile, to genuinely and peacefully accept these problems and learn to live with them, even though we don't like them. In this way, we do not empower these problems to control us.

Your vision is the end, the destination. Principles are the means, like the flight plan. Vision is who you really are and what you could become. Principles are those unalterable truths you feel so strongly about that you are willing to accept them as your own set of values.

This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute. We are the instruments of our own performance, and to be effective, we need to recognize the importance of taking time regularly to sharpen the saw in all four ways.

Character Ethic taught that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.

And being influenceable is the key to influencing others.

focusing on what, not how; results, not methods.

quien no puede cambiar la trama misma de sus pensamientos nunca podrá cambiar la realidad, y por lo tanto no hará ningún progreso.

As we make and keep commitments, even small commitments, we begin to establish an inner integrity that gives us the awareness of self-control and the courage and strength to accept more of the responsibility for our own lives.

How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?

I admit this is very hard to accept emotionally, especially if we have had years and years of explaining our misery in the name of circumstance or someone else's behavior. But until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

There are organizations that talk a lot about the customer and then completely neglect the people that deal with the customer—the employees.

For thirty days work only in your Circle of Influence. Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

In the long run, if it isn't a win for both of us, we both lose. That's why Win/Win is the only real alternative in interdependent realities.

Many people wait for something to happen or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with

Anytime we think the problem is out there, that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us.

definición del liderazgo: enseñaba que liderazgo es comunicar la valía y el potencial de los demás con tanta claridad que se inspiren para verlo en ellos mismos.

The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing.

If you were to do one thing in your professional work that you know would have enormously positive effects on the results, what would it be?