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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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“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.”

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“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

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“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”

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Book:An Effective Life: Inspirational Philosophy from Dr. Covey’s Life
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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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“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”

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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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“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.”

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“Begin with the end in mind.”

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Book:Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life
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“Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.”

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“Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”

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“It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.”

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Book:Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day
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“The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of others or by many of the circumstances and environmental influences that limit other people.”

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“If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].”

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“Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.”

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Book:The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time
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“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”

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“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

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