John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell
leadership dream eye
When a person starts to talk about their dreams, it's as if something bubbles up from within. Their eyes brighten, their face glows, and you can feel the excitement in their words.
leadership pride advice
Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.
leadership hands organization
Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.
yesterday today missions
The only one you should compare yourself to is you. Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.
decision manage
By far the hardest decision I've had to manage [was about my health]. Because I had 51 years of doing it wrong.
leadership pain loss
The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.
leadership years trying
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.
leadership giving people
People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.
leadership humility
Have the humility to learn from those around you.
people vision trying
When pastors ask me if their people will buy this vision, I ask them two questions: "Have they bought into your leadership?" If they haven't, don't ever try to pass on a vision. Second, "Have you processed this vision correctly?"
motivational successful people
Successful people reject rejection.
leadership opportunity thinking
People who are not leaders automatically gravitate toward lines--limitations set by others. Many people are taught this in kindergarten when they are instructed to stay within the lines while coloring. But leaders are more creative than that. They look for options and opportunities. They try to take things in a new direction, or beyond the limit. Progress and innovation are made by people who think without lines.
leadership people close-friends
All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
leadership dream knowing
The leader continually passes on the vision to those who come around, knowing that dreams, if presented right, are contagious.