John C. Maxwell Quotes
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Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.
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Leadership is influence.
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Keeping score is for games, not friendships.
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The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.
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Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
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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.
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It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.
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Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.
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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
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You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.
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Dividers seek to make themselves look or feel better by making others feel worse. They damage relationships, fracture teams and organizations, and create havoc in people's lives.
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People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.
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Live to learn, and you will really learn to live.
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The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
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Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.
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We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.
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Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.
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Children astound me with their inquisitive minds. The world is wide and mysterious to them, and as they piece together the puzzle of life, they ask 'Why?' ceaselessly.
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Ranking among the greatest Christmas movie classics, 'It's a Wonderful Life' tells a beautiful story about the priceless value of relationships.
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Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves.
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A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.
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Most people don't like change. They revolt against it unless they can clearly see the advantage it brings. For that reason, when good leaders prepare to take action or make changes, they take people through a process to get them ready for it.
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We all have done something unethical.
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If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.