More Quotes by Stephen Covey
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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.
The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
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.
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
