The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
STEPHEN COVEYPeople 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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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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