“we need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.”
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John C. Maxwell
“a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.”
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John C. Maxwell
“The bottom line in managing your emotions is that you should put others – not yourself – first in how you handle and process them. Whether you delay or display your emotions should not be for your own gratification. You should ask yourself, What does the team need? Not, What will make me feel better?”
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John C. Maxwell
“Since we tend to see ourselves primarily in light of our intentions, which are invisible to others,” said philosopher J. G. Bennett, “while we see others mainly in the light of their actions, which are all that’s visible to us, we have a situation in which misunderstanding and injustice are the order of the day.”
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John C. Maxwell
“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”
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John C. Maxwell
“No one can understand that mysterious thing we call influence . . . yet . . . everyone of us continually exerts influence, either to heal, to bless, to leave marks of beauty; or to wound, to hurt, to poison, to stain other lives.”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It’s not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.”
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John C. Maxwell
“A person with a negative self-image will expect the worst, damage relationships, and find others who are similarly negative.”
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John C. Maxwell
“It’s a simple thing to offer encouragement, but it can have a tremendous effect on someone’s life.”
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John C. Maxwell
“THE LAW OF COUNTABILITY Teammates Must Be Able to Count on Each Other When It Counts”
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John C. Maxwell
“If you want people to remember what you say, you need to say the right thing at the right moment in the right way!”
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John C. Maxwell
“Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.”
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John C. Maxwell
