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.
STEPHEN COVEYHow 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.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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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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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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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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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world – no matter how large or small our circle of influence.
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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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Being is seeing in the human dimension.
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