Stephen Covey
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5 quotes we’ve traced to Stephen Covey
“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall”
Verified“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply”
Verified“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities”
Verified“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”
Attributed“Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw”
DisputedNot actually Stephen Covey
Often misattributed to Stephen Covey
Famous lines widely pinned on Stephen Covey that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Change happens at the speed of trust”
actually Stephen M. R. Covey
“Courage is not the absence of fear but the awareness that something else is more important”
actually Ambrose Redmoon
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things”
actually Warren Bennis
“We don't see things as they are; we see them as we are”
actually Anonymous
“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior”
actually William Nevins
“You may climb the ladder of success only to find it is leaning against the wrong wall”
actually Allen Raine
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