If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.
JOHN C. MAXWELLTo be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.
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Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.
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Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
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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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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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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 will become on the outside, what you believe on the inside.
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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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If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.
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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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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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Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.
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Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.
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We teach what we know, but we reproduce what we are.
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When the leader lacks confidence, the followers lack commitment.
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Leading well is not about enriching yourself – it’s about empowering others
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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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You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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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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We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are.
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To lead yourself, use your head; to lead others, use your heart. Always touch a person’s heart before you ask him for a hand.
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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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We cannot consistently behave in a way that is inconsistent with our beliefs.
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The highway of life is filled with flat squirrels that couldn’t make a decision.
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You either spend your life preparing or you spend your life repairing.
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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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Your goal as a leader isn’t to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.
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