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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

Stephen Covey

Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Courageous Result Thinking
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Deep Inspirational Life Wisdom
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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Courage History Imagination Inspirational Motivational
The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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Inspirational Life Yourself
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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Compassion Difference Ourselves Service
You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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Efficiant Yourself
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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Burn Inspirational Motivational Success
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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Emotional Listening Reflection View
Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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Apple Deep
It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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Circumstances Force Humble World
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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Flower Inspirational Water Yourself
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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Focus Important Motivational Yourself
Free your heart from hatred – forgive. Free your mind from worries – most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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Business Expectation Forgiveness Freedom Hate Heart
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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Act Humility Seek Understand Wisdom
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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Different Inspirational Love Life Ourselves
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Ourselves See World

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