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What one thing could you do in...

What one thing could you do in your personal and professional life that, if you did on a regular basis, would make a tremendous positive difference in your life? Quadrant II activities have that kind of impact. Our effectiveness takes quantum leaps when we do them.

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Writing is another powerful wa...

Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.

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The commitments we make to our...

The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.

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Almost all of the world-class ...

Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before hey actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

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Suppose you were to come upon ...

Suppose you were to come upon someone in the woods working feverishly to saw down a tree.
'What are you doing?' you ask.
'Can't you see?' comes the impatient reply. 'I'm sawing down this tree.'
'You look exhausted!' you exclaim. 'How long have you been at it?'
'Over five hours,' he returns, 'and I'm beat! This is hard work.'
'Well, why don't you take a break for a few minutes and sharpen that saw?' you inquire. 'I'm sure it would go a lot faster.'
'I don't have time to sharpen the saw,' th

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If you were to fault yourself ...

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

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The most effective way I know ...

The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.

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To ignore the unexpected (even...

To ignore the unexpected (even if it were possible) would be to live without opportunity, spontaneity, and the rich moments of which 'life' is made.

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Synergy is everywhere in natur...

Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more than the total weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.

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Someone once inquired of a Far...

Someone once inquired of a Far Eastern Zen master, who had a great serenity and peace about him no matter what pressures he faced, 'How do you maintain that serenity and peace?' He replied, 'I never leave my place of meditation.' He meditated early in the morning and for the rest of the day, he carried the peace of those moments with him in his mind and heart.

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A long, healthy, and happy lif...

A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.

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In effective personal leadersh...

In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center of a person's life.

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Moving along the upward spiral...

Moving along the upward spiral requires us to learn, commit, and do on increasingly higher planes. We deceive ourselves if we think that any one of these is sufficient. To keep progressing, we must learn, commit, and do-learn, commit, and do-and learn, commit, and do again.

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Vision is seeing a future stat...

Vision is seeing a future state with the mind's eye. Vision is applied imagination.

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Vision is about more than just...

Vision is about more than just getting things done, accomplishing some task, achieving something; it is about discovering and expanding our view of others, affirming them, believing in them, and helping them discover and realize the potential within them-helping them find their own voice.

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Look at the weaknesses of othe...

Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is 'out there,' stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

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I'm convinced that we can writ...

I'm convinced that we can write and live our own scripts more than most people will acknowledge. I also know the price that must be paid. It's a real struggle to do it. It requires visualization and affirmation. It involves living a life of integrity, starting with making and keeping promises, until the whole human personality the senses, the thinking, the feeling, and the intuition are ultimately integrated and harmonized.

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To achieve goals you've never ...

To achieve goals you've never achieved before, you need to start doing things you've never done before.

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Effective leadership is the on...

Effective leadership is the only competitive advantage that will endure. That's because leadership has two sides- what a person is character and what a person does- competence.

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The essence of the best thinki...

The essence of the best thinking in the area of time management (practice planning) can be captured in a single phrase: Organize and execute around priorities

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