Be Proactive - Stephen Covey (Take initiative - Habit 1 of 7 Self-Mastery)

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Rebellion is a knot of the heart, not of the mind.

RT 7HabitsDaily: Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. #ff

To be trusted, it is said, is greater than to be loved.

You can't talk your way out of a problem that a behavior got you into. - Stephen Covey

Certainly you can pick up that room better than a child. But the key is that you want to empower that child!

“E. Mimi Coffey: When you really listen to another person from their point of view...it's like giving them emotional oxygen. Stephen Covey”

Training and development takes time, but how valuable it is downstream. It saves you so much time in the long run.

Our most constant relationships, like marriage, require our most constant deposits.

“Susan Dopart: Most people do not listen with the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply -Steven Covey #quotes”

Keeping a commitment or a promise is a major deposit; breaking one is a major withdrawal.

Apologize sincerely when you make a withdrawal from the emotional bank account of another person.

It's takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living. -Stephen Covey

If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control - myself.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground. ~ Stephen Covey”

We are the creative force of our life - through our own decisions rather than our conditions.