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If You Can Hire People Whose Passion Intersects With The Job, They Won't Require Any Supervision At All. They Will Manage Themselves Better Than Anyone Could Ever Manage Them. Their Fire Comes From Within, Not From Without. Their Motivation Is Internal, Not External.

-Stephen Covey

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If You Can Hire

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If You Can Hire People Whose Passion Intersects With The Job, They Won't Require Any Supervision At All. They Will Manage Themselves Better Than Anyone Could Ever Manage Them. Their Fire Comes From Within, Not From Without. Their Motivation Is Internal, Not External.

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Whether We Are Aware Of It Or Not, Whether We Are In Control Of It Or Not, There Is A First Creation To Every Part Of Our Lives. We Are Either The Second Creation Of Our Own Proactive Design, Or We Are The Second Creation Of Other People's Agendas, Of Circumstances, Or Of Past Habits.

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All Things Are Created Twice. All Things. Vision Is The First Creation. For A House It's Called The Blueprint. For A Life It's Called A Mission. For A Day It's Called A Goal And A Plan. For A Parent It's Called A Belief In The Unseen Potential Of A Child. For All, It Is The Mental Creation Which Always Precedes The Physical, Or Second, Creation.

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In The Space Between Stimulus (what Happens) And How We Respond, Lies Our Freedom To Choose. Ultimately, This Power To Choose Is What Defines Us As Human Beings. We May Have Limited Choices But We Can Always Choose. We Can Choose Our Thoughts, Emotions, Moods, Our Words, Our Actions; We Can Choose Our Values And Live By Principles. It Is The Choice Of Acting Or Being Acted Upon.

Strategy Is Important, But Trust Is The Hidden Variable. On Paper You Can Have Clarity Around Your Objectives, But In A Low-trust Environment, Your Strategy Won't Be Executed.

To Be Successful We Must Live From Our Imaginations, Not From Our Memories.

Quality Relationships Are Built On Principles, Especially The Principle Of Trust.

If You Want The Secondary Greatness Of Recognized Talent, Focus First On Primary Greatness Of Character.

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

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In This Knowledge-worker Age, It's Now Increasingly Tied To Doing Well In School So You Can Get Into Better Grad Schools So You Can Get Better Jobs - So The Pressure To Do Well Is Really High.

Principles Are Natural Laws That Are External To Us And That Ultimately Control The Consequences Of Our Actions. Values Are Internal And Subjective And Represent That Which We Feel Strongest About In Guiding Our Behavior.

Through Imagination, We Can Visualize The Uncredited Worlds Of Potential That Lie Within Us.

Private Victory Precedes Public Victory. Algebra Comes Before Calculus.

By Centering Our Lives On Timeless, Unchanging Principles, We Create A Fundamental Paradigm Of Effective Living. It Is The Center That Puts All Other Centers In Perspective.

The World Has Entered An Era Of The Most Profound And Challenging Change In Human History.

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Live Simply And Appreciate What You Have. Give More. Expect Less.

Appreciate What You Have

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Be Proactive. Ask Yourself, "are My Actions Based On Self-chosen Values Or On My Moods, Feelings And Circumstances?"

I Try To Exercise Regularly Every Day, If I Can. It Renews You And It Gives You More Balance In Your Life. This Is A Key Leverage Point.

Integrity In The Moment Of Choice: Quality Of Life Depends On What Happens In The Space Between Stimulus And Response.

Win-win Is A Belief In The Third Alternative. It's Not Your Way Or My Way; It's A Better Way, A Higher Way.

In Our Own Lives, Having A Mind-set Of Expecting To Win Increases Our Odds Of Winning. It Helps Us Get Better Results. And Better Results Help Us Increase Our Credibility And Self-confidence, Which Leads To More Positive Self-expectancy, And More Winning - And The Upward Cycle Continues. It Becomes A Self-fulfilling Prophecy.

Self Confidence

Just As The Education Of Nerve And Sinew Is Vital To The Excellent Athlete And Education Of The Mind Is Vital To The Scholar, Education Of The Conscience Is Vital To The Truly Proactive, Highly Effective Person. Training And Educating The Conscience, However, Requires Even Greater Concentration, More Balanced Discipline, More Consistently Honest Living. It Requires Regular Feasting On Inspiring Literature, Thinking Noble Thoughts And, Above All, Living In Harmony With Its Still Small Voice.

...churchgoing Is Not Synonymous With Personal Spirituality. There Are Some People Who Get So Busy In Church Worship And Projects That They Become Insensitive To The Pressing Human Needs That Sourround Them, Contradicting The Very Precepts They Profess To Believe Deeply.

The Deepest Desire Of The Human Spirit Is To Be Acknowledged.

Trust Is Equal Parts Character And Competence... You Can Look At Any Leadership Failure, And It's Always A Failure Of One Or The Other.

The Creative Process Is Also The Most Terrifying Part Because You Don't Know Exactly What's Going To Happen Or Where It Is Going To Lead. You Don't Know What New Dangers And Challenges You'll Find. It Takes An Enormous Amount Of Internal Security To Begin With The Spirit Of Adventure, Discovery, And Creativity. Without Doubt, You Have To Leave The Comfort Zone Of Base Camp And Confront An Entirely New And Unknown Wilderness.

When You Show Deep Empathy Toward Others, Their Defensive Energy Goes Down, And Positive Energy Replaces It. That's When You Can Get More Creative In Solving Problems.

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