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Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.


Stephen Covey

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STEPHEN R. COVEY Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harv...
STEPHEN R. COVEY When you listen with empathy to another person, you give that person psychological air.
STEPHEN R. COVEY In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
STEPHEN R. COVEY We may be very busy, we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begi...
STEPHEN R. COVEY The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
STEPHEN R. COVEY We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations
STEPHEN R. COVEY There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
STEPHEN R. COVEY Priority is a function of context.
STEPHEN R. COVEY The noise of urgency creates an illusion of importance
STEPHEN R. COVEY When you have a challenge and the response is equal to the challenge, that's called "success". But o...
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