We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
STEPHEN COVEYSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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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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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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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 undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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