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41 " • “I go running. It gives me a better perspective on my problems and helps me find solutions.” • “I allow myself one hour to feel sorry for myself and I cry.” • “I take a bath, read my journal, and sleep.” • “I play ball.” • “I lift weights to release the endorphins.” • “Helping others helps you forget about your own problems.” • “I just get out of the house. "
― Sean Covey , The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens
42 " Whenever you have a job to do ask yourself two questions. If not now, when? If not by me, by whom? "
43 " If you’re planning on dropping out of high school, prepare yourself for the future by repeating aloud each day: “I’m looking forward to low-paying jobs for the rest of my life. "
44 " For a moment, imagine the person you hope to marry. What do they look like? Are they funny, intelligent, kind? How do you hope they are living their life right now? Would it bother you if you knew they were hooking up each weekend or had five, ten, or fifteen different partners over the past several years? Or would it make you smile if you knew they were holding out for you? Why not live your life as you would want them to live theirs? Wait for the relationship. "
45 " Abraham Lincoln was often criticized for trying to make friends with his enemies instead of trying to get rid of them. He replied, “Isn’t that what I’m doing when I make an enemy a friend? "
46 " When you’re choosing someone to date, what’s the first thing you notice about them? Their personality? Right—let’s get real. The first thing you go for is their looks. You can’t help it. Being attracted to someone is where it all starts, but there is so much more to a person than looks. "
47 " Remember, very few of us wind up marrying the people we date in high school. So even though you may be convinced your current boyfriend or girlfriend is the one, they most likely aren’t. "
48 " one 2 x 4 beam can support 607 pounds, but two 2 x 4s nailed together can support not just 1,214 pounds (which is what you’d expect), but a whopping 4,878 pounds! So it is with us. We can do so much more together than we can alone. "
49 " I am theservant of all great individuals and, alas, ofall failures, as well. Those who are great, Ihave made great. Those who are failures,I have made failures. "
― Sean Covey , The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
50 " primera línea, aquellos que conforman la base de la pirámide "
― Sean Covey , The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
51 " A boy I know named Michael, the oldest often children, came home one night intoxicated with E. When he saw the family’s pet Labrador in the kitchen he strangled it to death, convinced that it was the devil. The dog bit him and there was blood all over the kitchen. The siblings who ran in to watch the aftermath of the scene were traumatized. Michael is now in drug rehab recovering from addiction. "
52 " las personas no tienen claro el objetivo, no están comprometidas con él, no saben qué tareas específicas les corresponden y no hay rendición de cuentas para supervisar que todos cumplan con sus responsabilidades. "
53 " Jordan Grafman, del Instituto Nacional de Trastornos Neurológicos y Parálisis de Estados Unidos, dice: “Mejorar nuestra habilidad para hacer muchas cosas a la vez en realidad daña la creatividad y el pensamiento profundo. Hacer más tareas simultáneamente implica menos deliberación, es decir, se pierde la capacidad de pensar y razonar un problema”.5 "
54 " The key to changing yourself is to first change your perspective or paradigm "
― Sean Covey , How to Increase Your Self-Worth (Decision #6)
55 " No one is better or worse than anyone else, just different. You're okay, they're okay. "
56 " please listen to me: There is someone out there who loves you. Please hold on for dear life. Things are never as dark as they seem. Talk with someone immediately and let them know how you’re feeling, in the same way you’d talk to them if you had a terrible flu. “I’m feeling really sick. Can you help me? "
57 " The snapshots represent the characteristics and practices of successful companies at a specific point in time, not those of struggling ones; or of executives who perform better than others at the time of the snapshot. Explicitly or implicitly, they then assert that if you want to perform as well as the best-performing ones, you should copy what the best companies and the best executives do. My colleagues and I have eschewed the profession "
― Sean Covey ,
58 " So often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group,” we lose sight of things that are far more important… "
59 " The other day I saw my girl walking with some other man They were walking and giggling and having a time And I saw she was holding his hand! I stood back and spied, my eyes filled with tears As I watched this foul display Some overly cheerful bleep with legs Was taking my baby away! As I spied over Dumpsters with feelings of hate I saw them in a close embrace! Now I’m broken-hearted ‘Cause before they parted, I saw her kiss his face. That ended my garbage-can espionage I thought I had seen quite enough I decided to confront that devilish girl Who I had once called my true love. So I typed up an e-mail to that wicked female And gave her a piece of my mind. But I won’t say what I said, in case there’s kids present But I will say my words were unkind. I said it was the end, and right when I clicked send I heard my telephone ring. I picked up the receiver and couldn’t believe her It was my little ex...thing. She said “Sorry babe that I haven’t seen you all day But my older brother’s in town! Did I ever tell you that he is a boxer And one of the biggest around?! “He’d like to meet you but he’s quite protective So behave whatever you do, I’ll just check my e-mail and then we’ll come by And...oh look! Here’s an e-mail from you. "
60 " Pay now and play later or play now and pay later. "