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Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

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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Congruence
Business
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Life
Keeping
Leadership
Personal
Leader
Vision
Values
Congruent

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