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Problem Quotes by Stephen Covey
- Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
- 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…
- 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…
- People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to…
- When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child…
- Empathic listening takes time, but it doesn't take anywhere near as much time as it takes to back up and correct misunderstandings when you're already…
- 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…
- Anytime we think the problem is 'out there,' that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The change paradigm is…
- Our problems and pain are universal and increasing, and the solutions to the problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles…
- See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
- Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe this is not the case. The basic problem is…
- The amateur salesman sells products; the professional sells solutions to needs and problems.
- Involve people in the problem and work out the solution together.
- Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not…
- The problems in life come when we're sowing one thing and expecting to reap something entirely different.
- Don't cheat people of their growth. Empower them to solve problems and generate ideas. Watch them grow!
- Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
- In many situations involving service recovery - the problem itself became the catalyst for the creation of even greater trust as the companies took the…
- It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It's how we…
- Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
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- There are problems with nursing - such as the issue of nurses all having to do degrees these days. But that doesn't… — Jo Brand
- I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure. — Mark Twain
- One should never impose one's views on a problem; one should rather study it, and in time a solution will reveal itself. — Albert Einstein
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood