Stephen Covey
Author, Speaker
"Organize and execute around priorities."
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Put First Things First
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C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"You can’t get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased."
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