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Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"
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While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
Stephen Covey
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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.
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I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of them, and also the source of our conscience. I believe that to the degree people live by this inspired conscience, they will grow to fulfill their natures; to the degree that they do not, they will not rise above the animal plane.
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It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others
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What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
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The more people train their counsciousness, the more sensitivie they are to it. It's like you had your own voice coming to you.
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I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to give a larger perspective and to constantly sense the interdependent nature of life.
Stephen Covey
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Once we are self-aware, we must choose purposes and principles to live by; otherwise the vacuum will be filled, and we will lose our self-awareness and become like groveling animals who live primarily for survival and propagation. People who exist on that level aren't living; they are "being lived".
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If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow
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It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.
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When our honor becomes greater than our moods, that is where transformation happens
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The way we see the problem is the problem.
Stephen Covey -
If the big rocks don't go in first, they aren't going to fit in later.
Stephen Covey
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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.
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When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.
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Feedback often tells you more about the person who is giving it than about you.
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The greatest thing you can do for your children is love your spouse.
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We could not have gotten where we are without coming the way we came.
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People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.
Stephen Covey
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Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.
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By behaving in ways that build trust with one, you build trust with many.
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The challenge of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.
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To know and not to do is not to know.
Stephen Covey