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How Does Humility Manifest Itself In Leadership And In Life? A Humble Person Is More Concerned About What Is Right Than About Being Right, About Acting On Good Ideas Than Having The Ideas, About Embracing New Truth Than Defending Outdated Position, About Building The Team Than Exalting Self, About Recognizing Contribution Than Being Recognized For Making It.

-Stephen Covey

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How Does Humility Manifest

Stephen Covey

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How Does Humility Manifest Itself In Leadership And In Life? A Humble Person Is More Concerned About What Is Right Than About Being Right, About Acting On Good Ideas Than Having The Ideas, About Embracing New Truth Than Defending Outdated Position, About Building The Team Than Exalting Self, About Recognizing Contribution Than Being Recognized For Making It.

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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 May Be Very Busy, We May Be Very 'efficient', But We Will Also Be Truly 'effective' Only When We Begin With The End In Mind.

Character Grows In The Soil Of Experience With The Fertilization Of Example, The Moisture Of Ambition, And The Sunshine Of Satisfaction. Character Cannot Be Purchased, Bargained For, Inherited, Rented Or Imported From Afar. It Must Be Home-grown. Purely Intellectual Development Without Commensurate Internal Character Development Makes As Much Sense As Putting A High-powered Sports Car In The Hands Of A Teenager Who Is High On Drugs. Yet All Too Often In The Academic World, That's Exactly What We Do By Not Focusing On The Character Development Of Young People.

Independent Will Is Our Capacity To Act. It Gives Us The Power To Transcend Our Paradigms, To Swim Upstream, To Rewrite Our Scripts, To Act Based On Principle Rather Than Reacting Based On Emotion Or Circumstance.

The Key To Motivation Is Motive.

If I Really Want To Improve My Situation, I Can Work On The One Thing Over Which I Have Control-myself. I Can Stop Trying To Shape Up My Wife And Can Work On My Own Weaknesses. I Can Focus An Being A Great Marriage Partner, A Source Of Unconditional Love And Support. Hopefully, My Wife Will Feel The Power Of Proactive Example And Respond In Kind. But, Whether She Does Or Doesn't, The Most Positive Way I Can Influence My Situation Is To Work On Myself, On My Being.

Unconditional Love

If The Big Rocks Don't Go In First, They Aren't Going To Fit In Later.

When You Get A Good Night's Sleep And Wake Up Ready To Produce Throughout The Day.

True Greatness Will Be Achieved Through The Abundant Mind That Works Selflessly - With Mutual Respect, For Mutual Benefit.

Principles Always Have Natural Consequences Attached To Them. There Are Positive Consequences When We Live In Harmony With The Principles. There Are Negative Consequences When We Ignore Them. But Because These Principles Apply To Everyone, Whether Or Not They Are Aware, This Limitation Is Universal. And The More We Know Of Correct Principles, The Greater Is Our Personal Freedom To Act Wisely.

We May Find It Convenient To Live With The Illusion That Circumstances Or Other People Are Responsible For The Quality Of Our Lives, But The Reality Is That We Are Responsible-response-able-for Our Choices.

You Can't Have The Fruits Without The Roots. It's The Principle Of Sequencing: Private Victories Proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery And Self-discipline Are The Foundation Of Good Relationships With Others.

Unfortunately, Too Many Executives Believe The Myths About Trust. Myths Like How Trust Is Soft And Is Merely A Social Virtue. The Reality Is That Trust Is Hard-edged And Is An Economic Driver.

Effective Communication Is Built On The Cement Of Trust. And Trust Is Based On Trustworthiness, Not Politics.

Trustworthiness

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