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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.

Stephen Covey

What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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Philosophy See Yourself
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
Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
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Experience Kind Value Yourself
It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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Circumstances Force Humble World
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Contribution Life
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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Character Children Heart Human Praise Recognition Understand Worth
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Attitude Inspirational Ourselves Power
Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Courageous Result Thinking
To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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Achievement Change Goal Inspirational Need
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.
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Best Motivational Patience People Time Trust
You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Change Deep Yourself
Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Future Important Inspirational
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 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
While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.

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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.

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