Steven Covey Quotes

Stephen Covey, the world famous author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” describes how in order to manage a business successfully, one needs to first manage oneself well. There are of course many benefits in being able to work in cohesion with your colleagues and employees – your business gains, you have financial gains and of course, you get a lot of personal satisfaction from your work. And yet, if you still tend to think or act in ways that do not quite benefit the business then you need to look at ways in which you can master yourself and thereby achieve true success in your business.
What is so impressive about Covey is that he has managed to capture the essential traits of a successful person in just seven habits. When you look at successful people, you may feel that they are many things that you are not – determined, driven, fearless, committed, patient, and you feel the list can go on. Stephen Covey assures you that all you need to know and understand are the most important seven habits that make some people so successful. And one of these habits is of building one’s self-esteem.

To change your behavior into a more responsible one and into one that will have a positive impact on your business, you need to know what kind of impulses and desires of yours lead you and your business into problems. Very often, you have very high aims for your business but are unable to convert it into action. Covey says that you may be known as the person who “says one thing but does another”. Of course, you could pick up many good books, videos, self-help materials, and even attend seminars to know how to change your behavior. However, till you know the root cause of your problem, none of these can provide you with a permanent solution.

Covey suggests that most of the time, people suffer from low self-esteem and lack the confidence to feel that the decisions they are taking will result in success. If you are suffering from a low self-esteem and feel that you cannot make good decisions or if you are not confident of the results of your decisions, you will never be confident about them. As a result you may spend a lot of time worrying about the consequences when instead you should be planning the path forward for your company. Suffering a few setbacks can also damage your self-esteem and you need to take time to understand that setbacks are a way of life, especially in business and that you should treat it as an opportunity to learn a lesson.

It is therefore very important for you to build confidence in yourself and in your decision-making abilities. Only by being confident in yourself, will you be able to stay firm in your resolve and take concrete steps towards achieving whatever you have in mind. You will feel more assured and will not hesitate to share your ideas and vision with others. In fact, now you will be able to confidently implement all the plans that you had earlier only envisioned in your mind.