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It's better to be trusted than to be liked.
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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Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.
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You always reap what you sow there is no shortcut.
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Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices and decisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more effective ones.
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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
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Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.
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Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.
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Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!
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Effective people are not problem-minded they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
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Live the law of love. We encourage obedience to the laws of life when we live the laws of love.
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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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If you are an effective manager of your self, your discipline comes from within it is a function of your independent will.
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Remember, technology is a great servant, but a terrible master.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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Free your heart from hatred - forgive. Free your mind from worries - most never happen. Live simply and appreciate what you have. Give more. Expect less.
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All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
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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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Effective interdependence can only be built on true independence.
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Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.
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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.
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