"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships."

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The theme of trust is universal, yet Stephen Covey manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on trust often shapes our reality.

About Stephen Covey

Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. His most popular book is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. His other books include First Things First, Principle-Centered Leadership, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families, The 8th Habit, and The Leader In Me: How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time. In 1996, Time magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people. He was a professor at the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University (USU) at the time of his death.

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"In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do."

— Stephen Covey
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"The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life."

— Stephen Covey
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"Historically, the family has played the primary role in educating children for life, with the school providing supplemental scaffolding to the family."

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"But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!"

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"Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness."

— Michel de Montaigne
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"I am not the kind of girl who can trust a theory based on one person."

— Brigitte Boisselier
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"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."

— Henry L. Stimson
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"Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that."

— Imran Khan
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