Author: Jeffrey Bush

The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey 

By Stephen R. Covey

• Accountability breeds responsibility.
• To change anything in life, you must change.
• With no involvement, there’s no commitment.
• Never be so busy sawing that you do not have time to sharpen the saw.
• No one can hurt you without your consent. You have the power to choose your response.
• Happiness, like unhappiness, is a choice that each of us have the ability to choose.
• I am not a product of my circumstances, I am a product of my decisions.
• If you want to change things, work on the one thing that you have control over: yourself.
• By making small changes, you can eventually change the entire culture of what you do.
• Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our circumstances.
• A mental attitude of “it can’t be done” usually results in a self-fulfilled prophecy.
• Until a person can say, “I am what I am today because of the choices I make” they will not change the present or future.
• Be a model, not a critic 
• Often the enemy of great is good. 
• The key to life is not accumulation but contribution. 
• The most important work we will do is confined within the four walls of our own home.
• The greatest risk is risk-less living. 
• Many think you can only be tough or nice, but you can be both.
• Anytime that we think the problem is “out there,” that is the real problem.
• It is possible to be busy, very busy, without being effective.
• You can be a transition person, a change between the past and future.
• Don’t be seduced by your own autobiography.
• Most people do not listen to understand, they listen to reply. They are filtering what is said and preparing their answer, instead of listening to understand.
• Words are like eggs that are dropped from a great height, you can’t call them back but you can avoid the mess it makes.
• What we are communicates much louder than what we say or do.
• We cannot have a public successful victory unless we first have a private successful victory.
• Management works on the system while leadership works in the system.
• How you treat the individual determine how you’ll treat the many because ultimately the many are individuals.
• In relationships, the little things are big things.
• Find your voice and help other people find their’s.
• Undisciplined people become slaves of their emotions and feelings.
• If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.
• People usually trust people whose lives are found on solid principles. Character makes trustworthy.
• Trust is a glue in life, and it holds relationships together.
• To change ourselves, we must first change our perception. 
• We are what we repeatedly do.
• Plans are worthless, but planning is invaluable – Peter Drucker

The Way of the Fight

By Georges St. Pierre

• Make a goal, make a plan to reach that goal, work the plan, and repeat.

• Find people who are doing more than you and better than you, and learn from them.

• You do not have to like your fear, but you can love it. In other words, fear might make you panic, but if it forces you to do something better, so be thankful for it.

• Almost all winners start at the bottom.

• Without obstacles you would not be who you are.

• Some people learn to lose and some people lose to learn.

• There’s a Japanese proverb that says fall down seven times but stand up eight.

• The difference between a dinosaur and a cockroach is that one learned to adapt and the other died off. The cockroach is the ultimate adapter and survivor.

• Always finish what you start. Don’t quit before you’re finished.

• Fear can send you into panic or empowerment. You’ve heard of a deer in the headlights; it’s when they see the lights coming, panic and freeze. The results are usually crucial. Don’t be a deer in the headlights.

• Change is a motivator. Change makes things different, and should cause you to grow.

• Without risks, there is no real reward.

• As you grow, so grow the challenges you will face.

• Push yourself harder than others push you.

• It’s good to realize that you’re not as strong as you think you are, it will keep you humble.

• Work hard, but work hard intelligently. Be like water, it can be placed in any vessel and not break.

• You’ve won the fight when you beat your opponent mentally.

• To succeed in the fight you must know yourself and know your opponent.

• Your real friends are truth-tellers; telling you when you are wrong or not right.

• Greatness is found in routines. Show me someone who is great at something and I’ll show you someone who has a routine at doing what they’re good at.

• How you handle chaos will determine how you do in a fight.

• Dreams on their own are utterly useless, unless you have a plan to work them.

• You won’t work to improve until you can accept a loss.

• Fuel your body with good nutrients.

• Your body is not a machine, it needs rest.

• Brain is the most powerful muscle in your body.

• Don’t spend your time with just anyone, spend it with those that have your same passion.

• Success comes from learning to absorb punishment.