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If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

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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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Funeral
Carefully
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