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More Quotes by Stephen Covey
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
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.
Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.
You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child interaction. Parents become more willing, even excited, about deeply understanding and helping their children. . . . This paradigm is powerful in business as well.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
