Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes

When we look through the lens of each others' weaknesses, we make others' strengths irrelevant and their weaknesses more evident.

Stephen Covey

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• Weakness
• Irrelevant
• Evident
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  Stephen Covey
  • Looks
  • Weakness
  • Irrelevant