It’s good to be out of your comfort zone. Just don’t step out of your gift zone.
JOHN C. MAXWELLPeople 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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A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.
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Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.
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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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A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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The best way to help people is to see the best in them.
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You have to live with the people to know their needs, and you have to live with God to know how to solve them.
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Never allow others to put obstacles in the pathway of your dreams.
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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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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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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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The first person you lead is you.
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Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others
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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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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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When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!
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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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God chooses what we go through; we choose how we go through it.
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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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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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Giving is the highest level of living.
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Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.
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Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.
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Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.
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Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today.
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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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