The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook
Stephen R. Covey
Top 10 Best Quotes
“If you don’t make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, then you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default.”
“You have control over three things: what you think, what you say, and how you behave. To make a change in your life, you must recognize these gifts are the most powerful tools you possess in shaping the form of your life. —SONYA FRIEDMAN”
“the present moment. What can you get done today, tomorrow, or next week that will bring you that much closer to your final destination? See if you can project a bit and schedule just the first three steps on your list into your planning system. The rest will come later. Then go for it! Move ahead each day with the vision of that goal in mind and keep pressing forward.”
“many so-called mental and emotional illnesses are really symptoms of an underlying sense of meaninglessness or emptiness.”
“You live your life in terms of roles—not in the sense of role-playing, but in the sense of authentic relationships and responsibilities you’ve committed to. You may have important roles in your family, in the community, at work, or in other areas of your life. Roles represent responsibilities, relationships, and areas of contribution.”
“YOUR LIFE DOESN’T JUST “HAPPEN.” Whether you know it or not, it is carefully designed by you—or carelessly designed by you.”
“We are limited, but we can push back the borders of our limitations.”
“True effectiveness is a function of two things: that which is produced (the golden eggs), and the producing asset or capacity to produce (the goose).”
“To change the situation, you must first change yourself. To change yourself, you must first change your perceptions.”
“That person values the differences because those differences add to his knowledge, to his understanding of reality. When we're left to our own experiences, we constantly suffer from a shortage of data. Is it logical that two people can disagree and both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real. You see the young lady; I see the old woman. We're both looking at the same picture, and both of us are right. We see the same black lines, the same white spaces. But we interpret them differently because we've been conditioned to interpret them differently. And unless we value the differences in our perceptions, unless we value each other and give credence to the possibility that we're both right. . .we will never be able to transcend the limits of that conditioning. . .I value you. I value your perception. I want to understand.”
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Book Keywords:
logotherapy, synergy, perspective
