Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
STEPHEN COVEYWe are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
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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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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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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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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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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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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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