Friday, April 6, 2012

FIRST THINGS FIRST: GREAT THOUGHTS FROM STEPHEN COVEY

The following are just a few notes I took from a wonderful book by Stephen Covey titled "First Things First" -- one of the absolute best books on how to prioritize your life.

“It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.”

“Educating the heart is the critical complement to educating the mind.”

“The value of any week is not limited to what we do in it; it’s also in what we learn from it.”

“It takes humility to seek feedback, it takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it, and appropriately act on it.”

“Success is always inside out.”

“The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.”
 
“Becoming principle-centered is just that: becoming. It’s not arriving; it’s a lifetime quest.”

“Life is learning – from our mistakes as well as our success. ‘The only real mistake in life,” said one, ‘is the mistake not learned from.’”

“Each decision we make is an important decision.”

“Our two greatest gifts are time and the freedom to choose. The key is not ‘spending’ time, but ‘investing’ it.”

“But long-term, the Law of the Farm governs in all areas of life. And there’s no way to fake the harvest.”
 
“Self-awareness is our capacity to stand apart from ourselves and examine our thinking, our motives, our history, our scripts, our actions, and our habits and tendencies.”

“The key is not to prioritize your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

“An individual’s life is part of a greater whole.”