Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
STEPHEN COVEYTo change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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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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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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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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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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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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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
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Almost every significant breakthrough is the result of a courageous break with traditional ways of thinking.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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