Stephen Covey

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Seek first to understand and then to be understood.

Interdependency follows independence.

Interdependency follows independence.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership
determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership
determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

Private victories precede public victories.

Private victories precede public victories.

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come
forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are read more

Lose/Win people bury a lot of feelings. And unexpressed feelings come
forth later in uglier ways. Psychosomatic illnesses often are the
reincarnation of cumulative resentment, deep disappointment and
disillusionment repressed by the Lose/Win mentality. Disproportionate rage
or anger, overreaction to minor provocation, and cynicism are other
embodiments of suppressed emotion. People who are constantly repressing,
not transcending feelings toward a higher meaning find that it affects the
quality of their relationships with others.