In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Stephen CoveySelf-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.
Stephen CoveyCompliance does not foster innovation, trust does. You can't sustain long-term innovation, for example, in a climate of distrust.
Stephen CoveyI believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to give a larger perspective and to constantly sense the interdependent nature of life.
Stephen Covey