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. - Stephen Covey
Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. - Stephen Covey
The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different. - Stephen Covey
Too many vacations that last too long, too many movies, too much TV, too much video game playing - too much undisciplined leisure time in which a person continually takes the course of least resistance gradually wastes a life. It ensures that a person's capacities stay dormant, that talents remain undeveloped, that the mind and spirit become lethargic and that the heart remains unfulfilled. - Stephen Covey
We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us. - Stephen Covey
Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant. - Stephen Covey
It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it. - Stephen Covey
Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. - Stephen Covey
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly. - Stephen Covey
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. - Stephen Covey
Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it. - Stephen Covey
Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. - Stephen Covey
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