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It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
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The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.
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Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.
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The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them.
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What is important to another person must be as important to you as the other person is to you
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Seek to understand rather than be understood.
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Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
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If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want to make significant, quantum change, we need to work on our basic paradigms.
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The only person over whom you have direct and immediate control is yourself. The most important assets to develop, preserve and enhance, therefore, are your own capabilities. And no one can do it for you. You must cultivate the habit of leadership effectiveness for yourself - and doing so will be the single best investment you will ever make.
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What is common sense isn't common practice.
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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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The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
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I win the private victory when I have made my mind up and commit to live by correct principles and to serve worthy purposes.
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To judge individuals before understanding them is a form of human rejection and feeds upon itself.
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Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver.
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Would you not agree that relationships are built on trust? Would you not also agree that most individuals think more in terms of me-my wants, my needs, my rights? What would wisdom dictate - would it not direct us to focus on trust-building principles and sacrificing 'me' for 'we'?
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Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust.
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Consequences are governed by principles, and behavior is governed by values therefore, value principles!
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More essential than working on attitudes and behaviors is examining the paradigms out of which those attitudes and behaviors flow.
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Highly effective people tend to be proactive. They decide to find a better job or to have better health, rather than of responding to whatever curves life throws at them.
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