You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
STEPHEN COVEYMost of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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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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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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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 key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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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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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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How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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