You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
STEPHEN COVEYLife is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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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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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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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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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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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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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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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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 can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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Internal victories precede external victories.
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