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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.

Stephen Covey

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Deep Inspirational Life Wisdom
Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Courageous Result Thinking
Most leaders would agree that they’d be better off having an average strategy with superb execution than a superb strategy with poor execution. Those who execute always have the upper hand.
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Action Hands Inspirational Leadership Motivational
Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Beginning Inspirational Motivational One Liner
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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Important Integrity Loyal Present Trust
Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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Choices Leadership
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
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Different Inspirational Love Life Ourselves
Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
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Focus Important Motivational Yourself
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Change Decision Ourselves
It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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Motivational Trust
There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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Change Choice Life Philosophy Principle
You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Change Deep Yourself
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Inspirational Life Yourself
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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Inspirational Perseverance
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Change Inspirational Ourselves Perspective
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Ourselves See World
Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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Leadership Management
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Busy Deep Time
All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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Agreement Break Up Relationship
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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Compassion Difference Ourselves Service
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Act Humility Seek Understand Wisdom
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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Goal Important Pay People Price Simplicity Struggle
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Company Motivational People Talent Yourself
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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Inspirational Life Motivational Myself
When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.
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Emotional Listening Reflection View
It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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Direction Inspirational Life Wrong
As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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People Perspective Thinking

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