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Stephen Covey

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


— Stephen Covey


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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.


— Stephen Covey


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The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.


— Stephen Covey


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Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.


— Stephen Covey


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Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.


— Stephen Covey


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The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.


— Stephen Covey


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Public behavior is merely private character writ large.


— Stephen Covey


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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.


— Stephen Covey


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Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family.


— Stephen Covey


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But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!


— Stephen Covey


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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Covey's best-known book has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1989. Honors and awards
The Thomas More College Medallion for continuing service to humanity
The National Entrepreneur of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership
The 1994 International Entrepreneur of the Year Award
One of Time Magazine's 25 most influential Americans of 1996
The Sikh's 1998 International Man of Peace Award
2003 Fatherhood Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative
2004 Golden Gavel award from Toastmasters International
Accepted the inaugural Corporate Core Values Award from the California University of Pennsylvania on behalf of the FranklinCovey Corporation[citation needed] at the "national Franklin Covey Conference" (December 2006).

Stephen Richards Covey (October 24 1932 – July 16 2012) was an American educator author businessman and keynote speaker. His other books include First Things First Principle-Centered Leadership The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families The 8th Habit and The Leader In Me — How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness One Child at a Time.

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