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More Quotes by Stephen Covey
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.
To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it.
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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.
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.
Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.
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.
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
