“You must have a long-range vision to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.”
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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 we are fully and totally networked, we are powerful.1 Sanders believes that along with knowledge and compassion, your network is your most valuable asset.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years. To become someone who can mine a lot of gold, you need to keep repeating the process of good thinking.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Remember that success is just 15 percent product knowledge and it’s 85 percent people knowledge.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Comparing yourself to others is really just a needless distraction. The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday. You do that by focusing on what you can do today to improve and grow.”
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John C. Maxwell
“many people have produced great results who were not “qualified.”
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John C. Maxwell
“As Michel de Montaigne observed, “No wind favors him who has no destined port.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The longest distance between two points is a shortcut.” That’s really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.”
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John C. Maxwell
“President Abraham Lincoln said, “I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
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John C. Maxwell
“You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.”
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John C. Maxwell
“A leader with confidence is a leader who brings out positive changes in people.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The problem with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”
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John C. Maxwell
“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
