Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.
STEPHEN COVEYPrepare 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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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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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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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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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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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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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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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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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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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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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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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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