Stephen R. Covey livre The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Stephen Richards Covey, né le 24 octobre 1932 à Salt Lake City et mort le 16 juillet 2012 à Idaho Falls, est un auteur, homme d'affaires et conférencier américain. Il était professeur à l'école de commerce Jon M. Huntsman de l'université d'État de l'Utah au moment de sa mort causée par une chute en VTT.
Son livre le plus connu est Les Sept Habitudes des gens efficaces publié en France sous le titre Les 7 Habitudes des gens qui réussissent.

Stephen R. Covey livre The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“But borrowing strength builds weakness.”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: 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.”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
“Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Your attitude determines your altitude”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11 : Thirty Methods of Influence
“Until you live, learn how to live.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
“Often we are so busy with sawing that we forget to sharpen the saw..”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
Stephen R. Covey livre 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)
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11
“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 4 : Primary Greatness, p. 58
“Wisdom is synergy of mind and heart.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
“Our life is result of our choices.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
“Make your life work instead of making life full of work.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
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.”
Source: Principle-Centered Leadership (1992), Ch. 11
“Self growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no higher investment.”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: 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.”
Stephen R. Covey livre The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People (1989), p. 59
“Instead of looking at fragments, try to see the whole picture.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
“Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.”
Stephen R. Covey livre The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004), p. 53
“We don't invent our missions, we detect them.”
As quoted in What Matters Most : The Power of Living Your Values (2001) by Hyrum W. Smith , p. 111
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
Stephen R. Covey livre The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: The 8th Habit : From Effectiveness to Greatness (2004), p. 62
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
Source: First Things First (1994), p. 169
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
Stephen R. Covey livre 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.
Misattributed
Stephen R. Covey livre The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
Source: 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.”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed
“Change happens at the speed of trust. (cf. The SPEED of Trust, 2008)”
Stephen R. Covey livre First Things First
First Things First (1994), Disputed