We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
STEPHEN COVEYSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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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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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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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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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.
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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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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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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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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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