What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
STEPHEN COVEYWhenever you experience stress of any kind, look into yourself and ask, In what way am I compromising my innermost values in this situation?
More Stephen Covey Quotes
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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
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Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.
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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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Efficient management without effective leadership is, as one individual phrased, it, “like straightening deck chairs on the Titanic”.
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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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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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The key to success is dedication to life-long learning.
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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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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
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You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.
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To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.
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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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Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
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Don’t get buried in the thick of thin things.
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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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