While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
STEPHEN COVEYSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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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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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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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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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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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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The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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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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If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
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