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People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses

People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses

Stephen Covey
Life, Success, Business
Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.

Stephen Covey
Inspirational, Life, Mind
Stephen R. Covey (2000). “Purpose: Focusing on What Matters Most”, Franklincovey

Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow.

Stephen Covey
Life, Working Together, Quality
Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.

Stephen Covey
Life, Voice, Differences

A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

Stephen Covey
Life, Change, Writing
Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, p.159, Mango Media Inc.

The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.

Stephen Covey
Life, Change, Desire

The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

Stephen Covey
Life, Change, Cheating

Inevitably, anytime we are too vulnerable we feel the need to protect ourselves from further wounds. So we resort to sarcasm, cutting humor, criticism - anything that will keep from exposing the tenderness within. Each partner tends to wait on the initiative of the other for love, only to be disappointed but also confirmed as to the rightness of the accusations made.

Stephen Covey
Life, Change, Cutting
Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.162, Mango Media Inc.

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