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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Stephen Covey

Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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Leadership Management
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
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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Inspirational Perseverance
Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Contribution Life
There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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Change Choice Life Philosophy Principle
The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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Different Expectation Life Problem
Internal victories precede external victories.
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Success Victory
Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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Improvement Motivational Skills Yourself
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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Goal Important Pay People Price Simplicity Struggle
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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Heart Important Mindset Preparation
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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Best Motivational Patience People Time Trust
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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Inspirational Life Place Right Wrong
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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Change Decision Ourselves
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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Foundation Life Principle Relationship Trust
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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Family Kindness Relationship
It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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Motivational Trust

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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