All things are created twice, but not all first creations are by conscious design. In our personal lives, if we do not develop our own self-awareness and become responsible for first creations, we empower other people and circumstances outside our Circle of Influence to shape much of our lives by default. We reactively live the scripts handed to us by family, associates, other people's agendas, the pressures of circumstance - scripts from our earlier years, from our training, our conditioning.
Stephen CoveyMost people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
Stephen CoveyAttending church does not necessarily mean living the principles taught in those meeting. You can be active in a church but inactive in its gospel.
Stephen CoveyHow you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.
Stephen CoveyI'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.
Stephen Covey