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To know and not to do is not to know.

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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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Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver.
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It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.
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We do make a difference - one way or the other. We are responsible for the impact of our lives. Whatever we do with whatever we have, we leave behind us a legacy for those who follow.
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The struggle comes when we sense a gap between the clock and the compass - when what we do doesn't contribute to what is most important in our lives.
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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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Reducing children to a test score is the worst form of identity theft we could commit in schools.
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Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
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The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.
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Whether we are aware of it or not, whether we are in control of it or not, there is a first creation to every part of our lives. We are either the second creation of our own proactive design, or we are the second creation of other people's agendas, of circumstances, or of past habits.
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Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.
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The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
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Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now.
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Will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon?
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One of the most important ways to manifest integrity is to be loyal to those who are not present. In doing so, we build the trust of those who are present.
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The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors, and actions of others or by many of the circumstances and environmental influences that limit other people.
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We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.
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The roots of the problems we face in the world, in our national life, and in our family and personal lives are spiritual.
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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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You can't have the fruits without the roots.
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By centering our lives on timeless, unchanging principles, we create a fundamental paradigm of effective living. It is the center that puts all other centers in perspective.
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