John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell
people challenges growth
Leadership deals with people and their dynamics, which are continually changing. The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth.
positive thinking challenges
If you keep your mind active, regularly take on mental challenges, and continually think about the right things, you will develop the disciplined thinking that will help you with whatever you endeavor to do.
teamwork people challenges
If you want to be great, you can't be great by yourself. You gotta to bring people around you. As the the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. The greater the challenge, the better the team.
thinking stay-positive challenges
Our challenge is to think right in a wrong world. Our challenge is to think positive in a negative world.
inspiration challenges stretching
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
challenges get-back
Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.
leadership order challenges
The first order of things to be changed is me, the leader. After I consider how hard it is to change myself, then I will understand the challenge of trying to change others. This is the ultimate test of leadership.
inspirational challenges overcoming
You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.
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Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.
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Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.
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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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One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.
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If you want to reach the top, don't run over others. Likely, the only way you'll reach the top is to be carried there by others.
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For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over 250 people participating in more than 20 performances. By the end of the season, everyone who participated was exhausted.