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We must never be too busy to take time to 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
Busy
Saws
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Must
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Sharpen

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Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
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Sometimes poor behavior is simply bad execution of good intent.
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Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.
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The great contributors in life are those who, though afraid of the knock at the door, still answer it.
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Distinguish between the person and the behavior or performance.
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When I started teaching I realized that I had never had such a level of satisfaction and such a feeling of fulfillment and sense of contribution. Just like that. But, usually it's more cumulative, slow, evolutionary and less revolutionary.
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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.
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The key to the 99 is the one. Or, put another way, the key to the group is the one individual. Think about the one, talk to the one, regard the one, serve the one. If you are sincere and constant, you will discover that gradually your influence with the many will be magnified.
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When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.
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Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and represent that which we feel strongest about in guiding our behavior.
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We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind.
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Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics.
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Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.
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Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger.
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We don't invent our missions, we detect them.
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If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results. You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
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