Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
Stephen CoveyPeople don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.
Stephen CoveyEmployers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
Stephen CoveyVital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow.
Stephen CoveyIf you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within; it is a function of your independent will. You are a disciple, a follower, of your own deep values and their source. And you have the will, the integrity, to subordinate your feelings, your impulses, your moods to those values.
Stephen Covey