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.
STEPHEN COVEYUnless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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Leadership is a choice, not a position.
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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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To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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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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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them.
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Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.
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