“Laughing is the quickest way to get up and get going again when you’ve been knocked down. Failing Forward”
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John C. Maxwell
“If a team is to accomplish its goals, it has to know where it stands.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate.” Influence is an invitation anyone can make to another person.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. And you will not change unless you change something you do every day.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Nothing will make a better impression on your leader than your ability to manage yourself. If your leader must continually expend energy managing you, then you will be perceived as someone who drains time and energy. If you manage yourself well, however, your boss will see you as someone who maximizes opportunities and leverages personal strengths. That will make you someone your leader turns to when the heat is on.”
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John C. Maxwell
“I always try to remember that I am a work in progress. When I maintain that perspective, I realize that I don’t have to be perfect. I don’t have to have it all together. I don’t need to try to have all the answers. And I don’t need to learn everything in a day. When I make a mistake, it’s not because I’m a failure or worthless. I just didn’t do something right because I still haven’t improved enough in some part of the process. And that motivates me to keep growing and improving. If I don’t know something, it’s an opportunity to try to improve in a new area.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you want to reach your potential and become the person you were created to be, you must do much more than just experience life and hope that you learn what you need along the way. You must go out of your way to seize growth opportunities as if your future depended on it.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you want to win over another person, first win his heart, and the rest of him is likely to follow.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You have to link what you want to say to what others’ needs are.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Risk must be evaluated not by the fear it generates in you or the probability of your success, but by the value of the goal.”
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John C. Maxwell
“One of the greatest problems people have with failure is that they are too quick to judge isolated situations in their lives and label them as failures. Instead, they need to keep the bigger picture in mind.”
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John C. Maxwell
“When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.”
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John C. Maxwell
“many people have produced great results who were not “qualified.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Author Kenneth Blanchard says, “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when it’s convenient. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” That’s what leaders do. They commit and follow through.”
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John C. Maxwell
