"Success in one role can't justify failure in another."
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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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"Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality."
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"Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value."
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"When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air."
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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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"Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital."
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"What you see often depends on what you are looking for."
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"If we want to make a change in our lives, we should first focus on our personal attitudes and behaviors."
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"My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings."
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"Quality relationships are built on principles, especially the principle of trust."
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"The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get."
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"People behave more on the basis of how they feel than how they think; unless there are good feelings between people, it is almost impossible to reason intelligently."
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"You can't live principals you can't understand."
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"Frustration is a function of our expectations."
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"We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations"
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"The first job of a leader-at work or at home-is to inspire trust. It's to bring out the best in people by entrusting them with meaningful stewardships, and to create an environment in which high-trust interaction inspires creativity and possibility."
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"True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit."
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"Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance."
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"Interdependence is a higher value than independence"
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