Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
STEPHEN COVEYTo change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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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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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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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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Begin with the end in mind.
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The deepest hunger of [a child’s] human heart is to be understood, for understanding implicitly affirms, validates, recognizes and appreciates the intrinsic worth of another.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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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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It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.
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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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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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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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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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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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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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