Covey: There are three constants in life
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Our principles (values) affect the choices we make. The choices we make are how we respond to, or create, change.

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Change (as a result of our choices or some external event) in turn challenges us to once again use our Principles to make new Choices to create Change in response.

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This loop is the constant conscious engagement we can choose to have with life.

The alternative is to be simply reactive to the triggers from life. An unthinking reaction still creates Change. But we are less in conscious control.

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