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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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.

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

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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.

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

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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

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

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Live your life by a compass, not a clock.

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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

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