2022-02-05 19:22:45
I have just finished reading of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Below are some quotes I picked from the book and relevant to me, and I believe will interest you;
Your attitude determines your altitude (P.19)
Smiling wins more friends than frowning (P. 19)
What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say (P. 22)
It is character that communicates most eloquently (P. 22)
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do (P. 22)
There are people we trust absolutely because we know their character. Whether they are eloquent or not, whether they have the human relations techniques or not, we trust them, and we work successfully with them (P. 22)
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil - the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretend to be (P.23)
The way we see the problem is the problem (P. 40)
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them (P. 42)
Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. "Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow character, reap a destiny (P. 46)
Habits are powerful factors in our lives. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or ineffectiveness (P. 46)
Habits are like cable. We weave a strand of it everyday and soon it cannot be broken (P. 46)
Habit is the intersection of Knowledge, Skill and Desire (P. 47)
If you adopt a pattern of life that focuses on golden eggs and neglects the goose, you will soon be without the asset that produces golden eggs. On the other hand if you take care of the goose with no aim toward the golden eggs, you soon won't have the wherewithal to feed yourself or the goose (P. 54)
There are 3 kinds of assets: Physical, Financial and Human (P.54)
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground (P. 62)
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods (P. 62)
Between stimulus and response is a our greatest power - the freedom to choose (P. 70)
Our behaviour is a function of our decisions, not our conditions (P. 71)
Reactive people are often affected by their physical environment (P. 71)
It is not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us (P. 73)
Nothing has a greater, longer lasting impression upon another person than the awareness that someone has transcended suffering, has transcended circumstance, and is embodying and expressing a value that inspires and ennobles and lifts life (P. 74)
Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to "walk our talk" (P. 148)
Without involvement, there is no commitment (P. 143)
The way you spend your time is a result of the way you see your time and the way you really see your priorities (P. 158)
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction (P. 203)
We are instruments of our own performance, and to be effective, we need to recognise the importance of taking time regularly to sharpen the saw in all four ways (P. 289)
The greatest battles of life are fought out daily in the silent chambers of the soul. If you win t he battles there, if you settle the issues that inwardly conflict, you feel a sense of peace, a sense of knowing what you are about (P. 294)
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