“people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“Where we stand depends on where we sit." Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. When other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“How you treat the one reveals how you
regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.”
― The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems
― The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems
“As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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