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. MAXWELLTo succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
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Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.
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Seven Steps to Success 1) Make a commitment to grow daily. 2) Value the process more than events. 3) Don’t wait for inspiration. 4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity. 5) Dream big. 6) Plan your priorities. 7) Give up to go up.
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Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.
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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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The first person you lead is you.
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If you focus on goals, you may hit goals – but that doesn’t guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.
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Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.
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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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So think long and hard about who you’re spending the most time with, for wherever they are headed, so are you.
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Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions.
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You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
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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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If you don’t try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get.
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Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.
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The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.
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