To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person’s heart before you ask him for a hand.
JOHN C. MAXWELLLeadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.
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Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you’ve been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.
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Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
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People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
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You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.
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To measure a leader, put a tape around his heart, not his head.
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All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.
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Your goal as a leader isn’t to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
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Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
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The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.
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If you can learn to understand people how they think, what they feel, what inspires them, how they’re likely to act and react in a given situation- then you can motivate and influence them in a positive way.
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Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.
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You’ll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out.
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The first person you lead is you.
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Leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. How do you gain influence from people? You invest in them. How do you invest in them? It starts with giving them time.
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Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.
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