What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
STEPHEN COVEYThe greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
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We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.
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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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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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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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People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently.
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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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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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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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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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Before you wonder “Am I doing things right?” wonder “Am I doing the right things?”
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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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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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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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Beginners are many; finishers are few.
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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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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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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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When you make a commitment to yourself, do so with the clear understanding that you’re pledging your integrity.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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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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