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People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to...rather than detracts from...our lives.


Stephen R. Covey

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STEPHEN COVEY If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective ...
STEPHEN COVEY It's easy to say no! when there's a deeper yes! burning inside.
STEPHEN COVEY My parents were just constantly affirming me in everything that I did. Late at night, I'd wake u...
STEPHEN COVEY I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.
STEPHEN COVEY Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to b...
STEPHEN COVEY One of the things that I have admired about India is the spiritualism of the people.
STEPHEN COVEY The deepest desire of the human spirit is to be acknowledged.
STEPHEN COVEY Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.
STEPHEN COVEY Accountability breeds response-ability.
STEPHEN COVEY Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder...
STEPHEN COVEY Both times I was in India, I could not get people to listen to each other. I had to literally tell p...
STEPHEN COVEY The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can beco...
STEPHEN COVEY If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.
STEPHEN COVEY We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if ...
STEPHEN COVEY When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that und...
STEPHEN COVEY Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It'...
STEPHEN COVEY If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary chang...
STEPHEN COVEY Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it ...
STEPHEN COVEY When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy repl...
STEPHEN COVEY Leadership is a choice, not a position.
STEPHEN COVEY The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing y...
STEPHEN COVEY The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
STEPHEN COVEY When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might ...
STEPHEN COVEY There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
STEPHEN COVEY Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, trea...
STEPHEN COVEY Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.
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