To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you're going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.

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Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

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Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

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The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.

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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

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The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

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The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

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Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

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