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Stephen CoveyStephen Covey You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey 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.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey 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.
Stephen CoveyStephen Covey There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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