Effectiveness is not the final goal.
Covey pushes from personal success toward meaningful contribution.
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The 8th Habit
7 memorable lines from The 8th Habit by Stephen R. Covey, each with the idea behind it.
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Voice has four ingredients.
Talent, passion, need, and conscience create the overlap.
Leadership develops voice in others.
The work is not just performing well; it is enlarging capacity around you.
Conscience keeps ambition clean.
The book insists that contribution must answer to values.
Trust is a performance multiplier.
People use more of themselves when the environment is credible and safe.
Contribution makes work less mechanical.
A role becomes meaningful when tied to service and growth.
Greatness is practiced through service.
The eighth habit turns effectiveness outward.
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