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This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.

Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived. It unifies your efforts and energy. It gives meaning and purpose to all you do.
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The ability to establish, grow, extend, and restore trust is the key professional and personal competency of our time.
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Frustration is a function of our expectations.
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Effective people are not problem-minded they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
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When we say that leadership is a choice, it basically means you can choose the level of initiative you want to exercise in response to the question, ‘What is the best I can do under the given circumstances?’
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