The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 18 of 203

We assume things are as we see them

We seldom question their accuracy; we’re usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of those assumptions. The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.

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