Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
STEPHEN COVEYAlways surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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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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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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