643 | Stephen Covey: “If You Want to Retain Those Who are Present, Always Be Loyal to Those Who are Absent.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Stephen Covey is here to talk about being mindful of your language, recognizing your power to choose, and how to have more integrity in your relationships.
Learn more about Stephen at stephencovey.com. Get his best-selling book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, at QODBooks.com. You can find today’s full talk here.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, today's QOT is if you want to retain those who are present |
| 0:05.8 | Always be loyal to those who are absent here we go |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to the quote of the day show I'm your host Sean Crox and the Sean Crox and calm |
| 0:40.7 | We've got Steven Covey author of the seven habits of highly effective people on the show today and today Steven is talking about |
| 0:48.0 | Mind bean your language |
| 0:50.5 | Recognizing your power your greatest power to choose and also having the utmost integrity in your relationships |
| 0:59.1 | Here Steven |
| 1:01.1 | You can usually tell a |
| 1:03.5 | persons |
| 1:05.2 | proactive or reactive nature |
| 1:07.7 | By listening to their language. It's kind of the fingerprint of where the locus of control is |
| 1:14.2 | Whether it's inside or outside |
| 1:17.0 | Really I |
| 1:19.0 | Can't do this have to do this had a student one time |
| 1:23.9 | Excuse me from class. I have to go under tennis trip |
| 1:27.1 | I said what what we just finished talking about how the language of the proactive person is I choose to I prefer to yes, no I will |
| 1:37.1 | They language of the reactive person I have to I must if only I can't I have a time |
| 1:42.6 | I'm low-man on the totem bowl look what's above me the people who need this aren't here or if they are here |
| 1:48.8 | They're not getting it. I was going through all of that |
| 1:51.7 | He said you excuse me some class next week. I have to go on the tennis trip |
| 1:58.6 | He said what I have to go in the tennis trip you what I |
| 2:03.4 | Have to go you have to go |
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