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.
JOHN C. MAXWELLIt’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’s successes.
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don’t want to make mistakes.
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The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.
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Make personal growth a daily priority.
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Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.
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You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.
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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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Your attitude is either your best friend or your worst enemy, your greatest asset or your greatest liability
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Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.
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Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.
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God doesn’t move until we move first.
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The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.
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If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.
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Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.
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The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.
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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
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People can open doors for you, but you must walk through.
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Successful people don’t have any fewer problems than unsuccessful people; they just have a different mindset in dealing with them.
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The person who insists on using yesterday’s methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow.
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Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
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Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.
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Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others
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The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.
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Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.
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One of the major keys to success is to keep moving forward on the journey, making the best of the detours and interruptions, turning adversity into advantage.
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Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.
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