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Stephen Covey Quotes about Perception

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Stephen Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 1989.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.25, Mango Media Inc.

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.7, Mango Media Inc.