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We Are Product Of Neither Nature Nor Nurture; We Are A Product Of Choice, Because There Is Always A Space Between Stimulus And Response. As We Wisely Exercise Our Power To Choose Based On Principles, The Space Will Become Larger.

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We Are Product Of Neither Nature Nor Nurture; We Are A Product Of Choice, Because There Is Always A Space Between Stimulus And Response. As We Wisely Exercise Our Power To Choose Based On Principles, The Space Will Become Larger.

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World Religions

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Nothing Is As Fast As The Speed Of Trust. Nothing Is As Fulfilling As A Relationship Of Trust. Nothing Is As Inspiring As An Offering Of Trust. Nothing Is As Profitable As The Economics Of Trust. Nothing Has More Influence Than A Reputation Of Trust.

Involve People In The Problem And Work Out The Solution Together.

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The Reflection Of The Current Social Paradigm Tells Us We Are Largely Determined By Conditioning And Conditions.

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The Only Way We Can Handle Change Around Us Is To Know What Is Changeless About Ourselves

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Be Sure That, As You Scramble Up The Ladder Of Success, It Is Leaning Against The Right Building.

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Leadership Without Mutual Trust Is A Contradiction In Terms.

We Immediately Become More Effective When We Decide To Change Ourselves Rather Than Asking Things To Change For Us.

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It Doesn't Really Matter How Fast You're Going If You're Heading In The Wrong Direction.

Inspirational Life

Priority Is A Function Of Context.

Time Management

In Many Situations Involving Service Recovery - The Problem Itself Became The Catalyst For The Creation Of Even Greater Trust As The Companies Took The Issues Head-on And Worked Through The Difficult Problem In A Way That Restored Confidence.

How Different Our Lives Are When We Really Know What Is Deeply Important To Us, And Keeping That Picture In Mind, We Manage Ourselves Each Day To Be And To Do What Really Matters Most.

While We Cannot Always Choose What Happens To Us, We Can Choose Our Responses.

Communication Is The Most Important Single Activity Of Man.

Historically, The Family Has Played The Primary Role In Educating Children For Life, With The School Providing Supplemental Scaffolding To The Family.

Trust Is The Glue Of Life. It's The Most Essential Ingredient In Effective Communication. It's The Foundational Principle That Holds All Relationships.

As You Live Your Values, Your Sense Of Identity, Integrity, Control, And Inner-directedness Will Infuse You With Both Exhilaration And Peace. You Will Define Yourself From Within, Rather Than By People's Opinions Or By Comparisons To Others.

Belief Is Another Word For Paradigm. It's A Synonymous. Your Belief Of The Way Things Are. Values Are The Way Things Should Be, It's A Paradigm Of The Way Things Should Be. Beliefs Are The Paradigms Of The Way Things Are.

Results Matter! They Matter To Your Credibility.

We Don't Invent Our Missions, We Detect Them.

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