Index4INDEX Card 198: Stephen Covey 2

Live out of your imagination, not your history.

-- Stephen Covey

About the Quote

Our history is fixed. We can't go back in time to undo or redo somethich which happened. We can't unhappen what had already happened. It's Ok to use our history as a reference, but it should not be used to fix us in place where we are-- especially if we are in a bad place in our lives.

The future is a clean slate, a blank page, and it offers us opportunity for a fresh start (or at least a course correction). By using the lessons we've learned from past mistakes, we can move forward as we had intended earlier.

Some (More) Information about Stephen Covey

After compelting his studies, Stephen Covey began teaching at Brigham Young University. During this time he got married and lived in Provo, Utah, US with his family. Being inspired by his ancestors, Covey became a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ in England. It was in 1962 that Covey joined the Irish Mission of the church as the first president.
It was in this position when Covey wrote a number of works for the English church. Among those works are Spiritual Roots of Human Relations (1970) and The Divine Center (1982).

His shift to writing self-help books of a different nature took place in the late 1980s. The iconic self-help book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People was published in 1989. With 25 million copies of the book sold worldwide, this book was a big success.

The sequel to that book was published in 2004. This book is titled The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness.

The Leader in Me was published in 2008. This book focused on how today's generation prepares the next generation for future challenges. The book features methods used by numerous families, schools, and businesses to educate and train the next generation of leaders.

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