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“We are not human beings on a spiritual
journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“The way we see the problem is the
problem.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Start with the end in mind. ”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Most of us spend too much time on what
is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“But until a person can say deeply and
honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made
yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most
essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational
principle that holds all relationships.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Most people do not listen with the
intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Seek first to understand, then to be
understood.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“To change ourselves effectively, we
first had to change our perceptions.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“To touch the soul of another human being
is to walk on holy ground.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“When the trust account is high,
communication is easy, instant, and effective.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Two people can see the same thing,
disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“...to learn and not to do is really not
to learn. To know and not to do is really not to know.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“If I really want to improve my
situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control -
myself.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“You can't talk your way out of a problem
you behaved your way into!”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Habit is the intersection of knowledge
(what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“There are three constants in life...
Change, Choice and Principles.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“At some time in your life, you probably
had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Live out of your imagination, not your
history.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“The main thing is to keep the main thing
the main thing.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Words are like eggs dropped from great
heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when
they fell.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Don't argue for other people's
weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it,
correct it, and learn from it / immediately.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“People simply feel better about
themselves when they’re good at something.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Effective leadership is putting first
things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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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.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Our ultimate freedom is the right and
power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect
us.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Admission of ignorance is often the
first step in our education.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“You can't change the fruit without
changing the root.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“As long as you think the problem is out
there, that very thought is the problem”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“A moment of choice is a moment of
truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“As you care less about what people
think of you, you will care more about what others think of
themselves.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“The way we see things is the source of
the way we think or the way we act”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Begin each day with the blueprint of my
deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED
on those values.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“When all you want is a person's body and
you don't really want their mind, heart or spirit, you have reduced a person
to a thing.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“Treat them all the same by treating them
differently.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“what is most personal ,is most
general.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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“The only person I know, is the person I
want to be”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Involve people in the problem and work
out the solution together.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
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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.”
- Stephen R. Covey |
“Doing the right things for the right
reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!”
- Stephen R. Covey |
