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The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.
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When people follow a leader because they have to, they will do only what they have to. People don't give their best to leaders they like least. They give reluctant compliance, not commitment. They may give their hands but certainly not their heads or hearts.
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Position is a poor substitute for influence.
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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
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John C. Maxwell |
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A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;"
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John C. Maxwell |
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If you can't influence people, then they will not follow you. And if people won't follow, you are not a leader. That's the Law of Influence.
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John C. Maxwell |
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You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.
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John C. Maxwell |
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A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David. Think of a great and enduring novel like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment. Think of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You can't point to any one sin..
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anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.
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John C. Maxwell |
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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
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John C. Maxwell |
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If you combine your thoughts with the thoughts of others, you will come up with thoughts you've never had!
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John C. Maxwell |
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Recently I had breakfast with Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, a fast food chain headquartered in the Atlanta area. I told him that I was working on this book and I asked him if he made thinking time a high priority. Not only did he say yes, but he told me about what he calls his "thinking schedule." It helps him to fight the hectic pace of life that discourages intentional thinking. Dan says he sets aside time just to think for hal..
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One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.
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Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.
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Nobody finishes well by accident.
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John Wesley: "Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can."
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We need to decide how we want to be treated. Then we need to begin treating others in that manner.
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John C. Maxwell |
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When it comes to taking risks, I believe there are two kinds of people: those who don't dare try new things, and those who don't dare miss them.
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The effectiveness of your work will never rise above your ability to lead and influence others. You cannot produce consistently on a level higher than your leadership. In other words, your leadership skills determine the level of your success-and the success of those who work around you.
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Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are in making them feel good about you.
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Positive thinking does not always change our circumstances, but it will always change us. When we are able to think right about tough situations, then our journeys through life become
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The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it.
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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." --Andrew Carnegie"
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Earlier in my life, I have to admit, I was often guilty of this error. I wanted to take an idea from seed thought to solution before sharing it with anyone, even the people it would most impact. I did this both at work and at home. But over the years, I have learned that you can go much farther with a team than you can go alone.
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Good leaders ask great questions that inspire others to dream more, think more, learn more, do more, and become more.
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For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.
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Good things happen to a team when a player takes the place where he adds the most value. Great things happen when all the players on the team take the role that maximizes their strengths--their talent, skill, and experience.
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I strongly encourage you to find a place to think and to discipline yourself to pause and use it, because it has the potential to change your life. It can help you to figure out what's really important and what isn't. As writer and Catholic priest Henri J. M. Nouwen observed, "When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you."
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God had to break Jacob to make him useful. In the breaking process, Jacob--the deceiving "heel-catcher"--became Israel, a "prince with God" who purposed to serve God rather than himself. Natural leaders often need to be broken. Consider your natural ability to lead a gift from God, but your character a gift to present back to God. Remember: Every time you stand up under the weight of adversity, you are being prepared, as Jacob was, to bette..
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Improvement is impossible without change.
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If you want to be a leader, the good news is that you can do it. Everyone has the potential, but it isn't accomplished overnight. It requires perseverance.
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It is true: most people are more satisfied with old problems than committed to finding new solutions.
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A great dream with a bad team is nothing more than a nightmare.
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Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
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German poet Herman Hesse wrote, "If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." I agree with his viewpoint."
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Getters generally don't get happiness; givers get it.
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There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.
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Instead of trying to be great, be part of something greater than yourself.
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Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others."
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Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
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Leaders see everything with a leadership bias. Their focus is on mobilizing people and leveraging resources to achieve their goals rather than on using their own individual efforts. Leaders who want to succeed maximize every asset and resource they have for the benefit of their organization. For that reason, they are continually aware of what they have at their disposal.
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If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder
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Effective teams have teammates who are constantly talking to one another.
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