We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.
STEPHEN COVEYEfficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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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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Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions.
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All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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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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Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
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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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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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Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
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Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
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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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