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Stephen Covey Quotes: We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.
         

We're constantly making choices about the way we spend our time. The issue is not between the good and the bad, but between the good and the best. So often, the enemy of the best is the good.


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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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