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• I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.

  Stephen Covey

  People, Treats, Teach

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

  Stephen Covey

  Ignorance, Firsts, Steps

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.41, Mango Media Inc.

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• The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Basketball, Perseverance

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.

  Stephen Covey

  Relationship, Trust, Boyfriend

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.203, Simon and Schuster

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• Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.

  Stephen Covey

  Two, People, Perspective

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.23, Mango Media Inc.

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• Always begin with the end in mind.

  Ellen Muth

  Goal, Mind, Personal Vision

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• Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

  Stephen Covey

  Love, Inspirational, Relationship

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.298, Mango Media Inc.

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• To Retain those who are present, be loyal to those who are absent.

  Stephen Covey

  Loyal, Interpersonal Skills, Absent

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• Trust is the highest form of human motivation.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Trust, Motivation

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.319, Simon and Schuster

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• At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself.

  Stephen Covey

  Believe, Personal Development, Seven Habits

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.379, Mango Media Inc.

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• If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Wall, Priorities In Life

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.117, Mango Media Inc.

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• Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, People, Effort

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.57, Mango Media Inc.

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• The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.

  Stephen Covey

  Essence, People, Feelings

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The Stephen R. Covey Interactive Reader - 4 Books in 1: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, First Things First, and the Best of the Most Renowned Leadership Teacher of our Time”, p.98, Mango Media Inc.

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• Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Priorities In Life, Important

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Skills, Desire

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Begin each day with the blueprint of my deepest values FIRMLY in mind then when challenges come, make decisions BASED on those values.

  Stephen Covey

  Decision, Challenges, Mind

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• Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, People, Weakness

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• A person who does not read is no better than one cannot read.

  Earl Nightingale

  Doe, Persons

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• There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Reading, Mind

  Stephen R. Covey (2015). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, p.379, Mango Media Inc.

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• It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, Heart, People

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• To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.

  Stephen Covey

  Change, Inspiration, Perspective

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.7, Mango Media Inc.

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• We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

  Stephen Covey

  Stay Positive, Inspire, Perception

  "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Stephen Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 1989.

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• The enemy of the "best" is often the "good."

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Priorities In Life, Enemy

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.191, Mango Media Inc.

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• If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

  Stephen Covey

  Freedom, Positive Thinking, Control Myself

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.106, Mango Media Inc.

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