Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ✨ Stephen R. Covey (2…

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Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ✨ Stephen R. Covey (2013). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, p.267, Simon and Schuster
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Seek first to understand, then to be understood. ✨ Stephen R. Covey (2013). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, p.267, Simon and Schuster

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