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I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life. This is a key leverage point.

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
Giving
Renews
Trying
Leverage
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Regularly
Life
Keys
Exercise
Balance
Gives
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The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values - carefully thought about, selected and internalized values.
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All things are created twice. All things. Vision is the first creation. For a house it's called the blueprint. For a life it's called a mission. For a day it's called a goal and a plan. For a parent it's called a belief in the unseen potential of a child. For all, it is the mental creation which always precedes the physical, or second, creation.
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Find your voice, and inspire others to find theirs. Don't ignore that longing to make a difference.
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Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds the sum of their individual effects.
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