How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
Stephen CoveyRead
If we live out of our memory, we're tied to the past and to that which is finite. When we live out of our imagination, _x000D_ we're tied to that which is infinite.
Interpretation
This quote contrasts living in the past with using imagination for a limitless future.
Stephen Covey's quote emphasizes the importance of imagination over memory in shaping our lives. When we focus solely on our memories, we confine ourselves to what has already happened and to limits that are finite. However, by engaging our imagination, we unlock the potential for endless possibilities and opportunities, allowing us to envision a future that is boundless and full of potential.
In practice
This quote can be used during a motivational speech to inspire creativity and forward-thinking.
How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
If you want to have a more pleasant, cooperative teenager, be a more understanding, empathic, consistent, loving parent. If you want to have more freedom, more latitude in your job, be a more responsible, a more helpful, a more contributing employee.
Listen with your eyes for feelings.
Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent and urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.
We all create the person we become by our choices as we go through life. In a real sense, by the time we are adults, we are the sum total of the choices we have made.
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
On occasion, terrorists will succeed despite our best efforts. That is part of the legacy of 9/11. But 9/11 also shows us that while terrorists can destroy, they are unable to create.
Our loyalties are to the species and the planet. We speak for Earth.
Since only what is material is perceptible, knowable, nothing is known of the existence of God.
Understand that thoughts are thoughts. If they are unreasonable, reason with them, even if you have no reason left. You are the observer of your mind, not its victim.
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