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" Every time I see high-trust cultures, I see a lessening of adversarialism. "
Stephen Covey
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" We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals. "
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" You're not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you. "
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" When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are. "
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" Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger. "
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" Live out of your imagination, not your history. "
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" When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence. "
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" The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual. "
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" Accountability breeds response-ability. "
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" Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. "
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" Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge. "
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" Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking. "
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" Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. "
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" We become what we repeatedly do. "
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" Trust is central to an economy that works. "
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" I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. "
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" Listen with your eyes for feelings. "
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" If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty. "
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" Seek first to understand, then to be understood. "
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" Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed. "
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" A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships. "
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" Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. "
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" An empowered organisation is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organisational success. "
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" There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry. "
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" Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell people to listen to each other and tell them that they can't get creative and find alternate solutions if they don't listen to each other. There's a lot of arguing and justifying. "
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" For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution. "
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