Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help.
JOHN C. MAXWELLThe first person you lead is you.
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Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.
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It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.
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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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We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.
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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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Your talk talks and your walk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks.
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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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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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You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of 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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We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.
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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
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You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.
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Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
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