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Seek First To Understand

Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 1:05 am by Lars Toomre

If I were to summarize in one sentence the single most important principle I have learned in the field of interpersonal relations, it would be this: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. This principle is the key to effective interpersonal communication.

— Steven Covey

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