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" The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. "
Stephen Covey
Key
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" Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for. "
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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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" What is common sense isn't common practice. "
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" Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. "
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" When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen. "
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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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" I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine. "
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" Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior. "
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" Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization. "
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" There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles. "
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" My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake up and hear my mother talking over my bed, saying, 'You're going to do great on this test. You can do anything you want.' "
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" Trust is central to an economy that works. "
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" Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution. "
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" Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you. "
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" The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history. "
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" Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way. "
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" Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. "
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" Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response. "
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" I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. "
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" Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.' "
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" Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change. "
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" The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country. "
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" Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. "
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