You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
STEPHEN COVEYYou can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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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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The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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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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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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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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We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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You can buy a person’s hands but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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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You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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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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Anyone can count the seeds of an apple. Who can count the apples in a seed?
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