All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.
JOHN C. MAXWELLThe length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.
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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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The first person you lead is you.
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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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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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Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions.
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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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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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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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You’ll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out.
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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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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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You can’t be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.
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People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
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Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.
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It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.
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Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.
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Giving is the highest level of living.
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If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesn’t show yet.
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The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.
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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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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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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.
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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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You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.
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To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.
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You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.
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