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Stephen R. Covey – autor bestsellerowych pozycji na temat przywództwa, rozwoju osobistego, twórca teorii 7 nawyków skutecznego działania, mówca motywacyjny.

W roku 1996 amerykański tygodnik Time umieścił Stephena R. Coveya na liście najbardziej wpływowych ludzi Ameryki. W roku 1998 Covey uhonorowany został m.in. odznaczeniem Thomas Moore College Medallion. W tym samym roku otrzymał także międzynarodową nagrodę pokojową – Sik'h 1998 International Man of Peace Award.

Covey posiadał dyplom licencjata z zarządzania na uniwersytecie Utah, a także MBA z Harvard University. Był także wykładowcą na Brigham Young University w Provo.

Covey w 1984 porzucił karierę uniwersytecką i założył w Salt Lake City organizację Covey Leadership Center. Została ona przejęta w 1997 przez FranklinQuest i obecnie nosi nazwę Franklin Covey Company.

Publicznie Covey występował też jako członek Kościoła Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich . Był ojcem dziewięciorga dzieci oraz dziadkiem pięćdziesięciu jeden wnucząt. Zmarł w lipcu 2012 w wieku 79 lat w wyniku obrażeń odniesionych w wypadku rowerowym w kwietniu tego roku. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. Październik 1932 – 16. Lipiec 2012
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Stephen Covey: Cytaty po angielsku

“People are working harder than ever, but because they lack clarity and vision, they aren’t getting very far. They, in essence, are pushing a rope… with all of their might.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Źródło: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

“Attending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Źródło: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Źródło: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”

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Źródło: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.”

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Źródło: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make”

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Źródło: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Your attitude determines your altitude”

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“The power to distinguish between person and performance and to communicate intrinsic worth flows naturally out of our own sense of intrinsic worth.”

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Źródło: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11 : Thirty Methods of Influence

“Until you live, learn how to live.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw..”

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First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004), p. 63
The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004)

“Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.”

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Źródło: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11

“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”

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Źródło: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 4 : Primary Greatness, p. 58

“Wisdom is synergy of mind and heart.”

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First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Our life is result of our choices.”

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First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Make your life work instead of making life full of work.”

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First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.”

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Źródło: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11

“Self growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Źródło: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 62

“…when you get a good night's sleep and wake up ready to produce throughout the day.”

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Źródło: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 59

“Instead of looking at fragments, try to see the whole picture.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Źródło: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004), p. 53

“We don't invent our missions, we detect them.”

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As quoted in What Matters Most : The Power of Living Your Values (2001) by Hyrum W. Smith , p. 111

“math>\textstyle\frac{3}{4} of world problems and bewilderment would be lost if we understood our opponents.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

“We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Źródło: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004), p. 62

“THE MOMENT OF CHOICE
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka First Things First

Źródło: First Things First (1994), p. 169

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Peter Drucker, and Warren Bennis, as quoted by Covey, in The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), this has sometimes become misattributed to him.
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“Because of the space between stimulus and response, people have the power of choice; therefore, leaders are neither born nor made — meaning environmentally trained and nurtured. They are self-made through chosen responses, and if they choose based on principles and develop increasingly greater discipline, their freedom to choose increases.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

Źródło: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness‎ (2004), p. 62

“There will be real happiness, peace of mind and balance, when living by heart and right-mindedly.”

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Stephen R. Covey książka First Things First

First Things First (1994), Disputed

“Change happens at the speed of trust. (cf. The SPEED of Trust, 2008)”

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First Things First (1994), Disputed