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The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

July 19, 2012 By Louise Thaxton 24 Comments

“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” Stephen R. Covey This is one of my favorite quotes of Stephen Covey. Like many of his aphorisms, the above quote sounds simple, but it is very hard to put into practice. Two suggestions as to why we don’t keep the main thing [...]

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The Books You Read and the People You Meet

December 28, 2011 By Louise Thaxton 2 Comments

“You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” Charlie “Tremendous” Jones Because I am a voracious reader, I have always focused more on the “reading” portion of this quote. And I habitually quote it to my non-reading friends challenging [...]

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