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Seek first to understand, then to be understood.


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To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.



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The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.



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Integrity is conforming reality to our words - in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.



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Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.



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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.



Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.



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When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving them emotional oxygen.



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Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them



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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.





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