Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
JOHN C. MAXWELLRemember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering 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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To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
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If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.
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Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others
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Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
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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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Find something you like to do so much that you would gladly do it for nothing; then learn to do it so well that people are happy to pay you for it.
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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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You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.
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The 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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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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It’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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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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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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The single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them.
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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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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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Your success stops where your character stops. You can never rise above the limitations of your character.
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You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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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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Never underestimate the power of an encouraging word.
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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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When you are bigger than your purpose you have a career. When your purpose is bigger than you, you have a calling.
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To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday’s hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can’t build a monument to past problems and fail forward.
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It’s better to prepare than to repair.
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