The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 50 of 203
The goose that laid the golden egg
They are also habits of effectiveness because they are based on a paradigm of effectiveness that is in harmony with a natural law, a principle I call the “P/PC Balance,” which many people break themselves against. This principle can be easily understood by remembering Aesop’s fable of the goose and the golden egg.