“Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.”

~ Stephen R. Covey

from “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”

In his “Seven Habits,” Covey makes the brilliant point that PRIVATE victory comes BEFORE public victory.

Simply: if we want all the joys of outward success, first we must master ourselves.

Quite simple.

Don’t start by chasing outward success.

Let the public acclaim flow OUT OF our own self-mastery.