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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.

Stephen Covey

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
The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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Challenge Inspirational One Liner Risk
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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Creative Exercise Opportunity Perspective Problem
The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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Discipline Freedom Passion Slave
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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Foundation Life Principle Relationship Trust
While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Ourselves Reaction
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
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Family Kindness Relationship
Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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Change Emotional Motivational Philosophy
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
Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Courageous Result Thinking
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
We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Challenge Character Development
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Change Inspirational Ourselves Perspective
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
We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Busy Deep Time

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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