We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
STEPHEN COVEYTo change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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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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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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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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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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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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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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The problems in life come when we’re sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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What you see often depends on what you are looking for.
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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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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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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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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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It’s better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
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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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If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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