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When we value correct principles, we have truth - a knowledge of things as they are.

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
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Principles
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To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.
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How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
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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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The key to acting with integrity is to simply stop playing the game.
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It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate what you think you want now for what you want later.
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We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.
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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
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We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.
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I am senting many books for endorsement purposes, which enables me to stay relevant in my own field, and I have people that help me decide which ones I should read and endorse.
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It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.
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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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I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.
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