We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
STEPHEN COVEYWe are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
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Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
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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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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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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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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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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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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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It’s better to be trusted than to be liked.
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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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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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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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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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