You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
STEPHEN COVEYLife is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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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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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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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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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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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.
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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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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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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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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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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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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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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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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