Stephen Covey Quotes About Efficiency
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Be sure that, as you scramble up the ladder of success, it is leaning against the right building.
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In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.
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I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a program of regular exercise increases one's efficiency in every facet of life, including the depth and restfulness of sleep. And the time taken can be minimal; just a few minutes of calisthenics and running in place in one's room or jogging around the yard or block is often sufficient. Exercising doesn't take time. It saves time. Still, few consistently do it.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose).
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Empathy takes time, and efficiency is for things, not people.
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Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success
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We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.
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You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things.
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While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
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Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
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'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis.
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If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.
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Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.
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