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"Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust environment, your strategy won't be executed."
"All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default. We reactively live the scripts handed to us by family, associates, other people's agendas, the pressures of circumstance - scripts from our earlier years, from our training, our conditioning."
"Effective people do two things: they strive to do excellent work, and they prioritize."
"Integrity in the Moment of Choice: Quality of life depends on what happens in the space between stimulus and response."
"Vital to quality of life is the ability to work together, learn from each other, and help each other grow."
"The creative process is also the most terrifying part because you don't know exactly what's going to happen or where it is going to lead. You don't know what new dangers and challenges you'll find. It takes an enormous amount of internal security to begin with the spirit of adventure, discovery, and creativity. Without doubt, you have to leave the comfort zone of base camp and confront an entirely new and unknown wilderness."
"If we do not teach our children, societ will. And they-and we-will live with the results."
"Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It is living and being driven by the principles you value most, not by the agendas and forces surrounding you."
"All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem."
"But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!"
"I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic."
"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."
"The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities"
"Success comes from the ability to view each arising problem as an opportunity for self improvement."
"While I believe in the power of positive thought, I do not believe that you or I can simply psyche ourselves into success or peace of mind."
"The exercise of true leadership is inversely proportional to the exercise of power."
"Nevertheless, the only way we can move from where we are now to where we would like to be is to accept where we are now."
"When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence."
"'Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis."
"Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb."