Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
STEPHEN COVEYTrust 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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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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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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To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.
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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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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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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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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
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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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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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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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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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