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Stephen Covey
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American educator, author, businessman and motivational speaker (1932-2012)
Stephen Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and motivational speaker best known for developing influential ideas about personal effectiveness and leadership. His work matters because his frameworks and principles have shaped how millions of people approach productivity, relationships, and personal development.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stephen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City
- Place of death
- Idaho Falls
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Utah State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- self-help
- Official website
- www.stephencovey.com
- Image
- StephenCoveyinhisHome (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 9
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- name in native language
- Stephen Richards Covey
- Commons category
- Stephen Covey
- date of birth
- 1932-10-24
- date of death
- 2012-07-16
- cause of death
- infarction
- place of burial
- Millcreek
- short name
- Stephen Covey
- social media followers
- 564645
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen Richards Covey (October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.
Early life and education
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