Leadership is a choice, not a position.
STEPHEN COVEYYou can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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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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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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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.
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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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Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.
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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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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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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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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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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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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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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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Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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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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