Stephen Covey Quotes

While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.

Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.

All my life I have dealt with objective matters; hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to carry out official functions.

Never confuse activity with productivity.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

You can't do it unless you organize.

I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

Organize and execute around priorities.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

The more you have to do, the more you have only NOW to get it done. That's why busy people get the most done.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone

In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow.

School doesn't really teach you how to interact with people properly, you learn that outside of school.

Your people smarts will prove ten times more valuable than all the book smarts you can't get.

It's strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can't even answer it.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

Success in dealing with people depends on sympathetic grasp of the other person's viewpoint.

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities

There is something I call social intelligence. You can do a lot in life on your own and you can do all kinds of stuff, but if you're really bad with people, if you're really naive or aggressive and push people away, if you don't know the political environment you're in, it invalidates all the things you know. You're not going to get anywhere.