Leadership is a choice, not a position.
STEPHEN COVEYSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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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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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience.
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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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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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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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