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It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.

John C. Maxwell

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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Goal Leadership Leaving People
I think many people believe the best way they can help others is to criticize them, to give them the benefit of their ‘wisdom.’ I disagree. The best way to help people is to see the best in them.
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Believe Best Myself People See Thinking Wisdom
If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.
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Need Passionate Positive Responsibility Yourself
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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Destruction People Start Vision
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.
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Hands Head Heart Leadership Person Yourself
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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Influence Investment Leadership People Start Time Yourself
When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.
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Action Character Feeling Focus Person Strength Value. Thinking
Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others
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Empowerment Leadership Rich Yourself
You add value to people when you value them.
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People Respect Value Yourself
Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.
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Discipline Growth Motivational Yourself
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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Ability Better Direction Failure Learning Mistake
You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.
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Character Deep Talk Yourself
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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Demand Goodness Job Leadership Person Thinking
Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.
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Hate Practice Yourself
The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.
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Greatness Patience Wait Yourself
People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can’t do that if you don’t take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.
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Action Blame Failure Improvement Learning Mistake People Potential Problem Responsibility Simplicity Yourself

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