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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

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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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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It's not enough to have values without vision you want to be good, but you want to be good for something. On the other hand, vision without values can create a Hitler . An empowering mission statement deals with both character and competence what you want to be and what you want to do in your life.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which life is made.
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Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
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Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!
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The way we see the problem is the problem.
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Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.
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Interdependency follows independence.
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Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
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Leaders are not born or made - they are self made
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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.
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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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Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.
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Without exception, empathy is always appropriate.
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How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
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You can't talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!
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I see myself living by correct principles and accomplishing worthy purposes. One of my favorite quotes is, The greatest battles of life are fought out every day in the silent chambers of one's own soul. (David O. McKay).
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Principles are the simplicity on the far side of complexity.
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