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Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day

This book provides daily reflections and exercises to help readers apply the seven habits of highly successful people, as outlined in Stephen R. Covey's original work, to their daily lives. more

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Stephen Covey
Stephen Covey

Stephen Covey was an American author, entrepreneur, and lecturer, best known for his book 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People'. Since its publication in 1989, this book has become a global bestseller and has had a profound impact on personal and organizational development. more

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“I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to make it live within us, to leave room for it to develop. If on the contrary we use violence, it is as if we voluntarily obstruct the positive side of human nature and prevent its evolution.”

“It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned.”

“How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desire, fears, anxieties, through hearing only what you want to hear, only what will be satisfactory, what will gratify, what will give comfort, what will for the moment alleviate your suffering? If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice.”