"We may be very busy, we may be very 'efficient', but we will also be truly 'effective' only when we begin with the end in mind."
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"Innocent pleasures in moderation can provide relaxation for the body and mind and can foster family and other relationships. But pleasure, per se, offers no deep, lasting satisfaction or sense of fulfillment. The pleasure-centered person, too soon bored with each succeeding level of "fun," constantly cries for more and more. So the next new pleasure has to be bigger and better, more exciting, with a bigger "high." A person in this state becomes almost entirely narcissistic, interpreting all of life in terms of the pleasure it provides to the self here and now."
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"Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective."
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"At some time in your life, you probably had someone believe in you when you didn't believe in yourself."
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"Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness and trust-based relationships."
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"The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open."
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"In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center of a person's life."
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"We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world."
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"If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling."
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"...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well."
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"Public behavior is merely private character writ large."
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"Priority is a function of context."
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"Technology and tools are useful and powerful when they are your servant and not your master."
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"But borrowing strength builds weakness."
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"Success is when you realize obstacles you face are challenges to help you become better - and your response equals the challenge."
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"Executives need to understand the economic benefits of trust dividend, especially when the behavior is real, not artificially or superficially created as PR to manipulate trust."
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"To receive gratitude with grace is a form of gratitude by itself, and not always an easy art to master."
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"Writing distills, crystallizes, and clarifies thought."
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"If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success."
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"Instead, I have an abundance mentality: When people are genuinely happy at the successes of others, the pie gets larger."
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