| The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. |
| To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before. |
| Seek first to understand, then to be understood. |
| Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people. But it takes time and patience. |
| Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers. |
| Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. They're either speaking or preparing to speak. |
| Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. |
| It doesn't really matter how fast you're going if you're heading in the wrong direction. |
| Make time for planning; wars are won in the general's tent. |
| Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech. What we say, may be less important than how we say it. |
| Sacrifice really means giving up something good for something better. |
| Be a light, not a judge; be a model, not a critic. |
| The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get. |
| Live your life by a compass, not a clock. |
| The way we see the problem, is the problem. |
| Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant. |
| Effective people are not problem-minded; they are opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. |
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