Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
STEPHEN COVEYDon’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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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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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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He who has a why can deal with any what or how.
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While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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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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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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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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There are three constants in life, change, choice and principles.
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It doesn’t really matter how fast you’re going if you’re heading in the wrong direction.
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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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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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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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Whenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
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