I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
STEPHEN COVEYWe develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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Begin with the end in mind.
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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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