Quotes from John C. Maxwell

And as novelist Robert Louis Stevenson advised, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

Perspective separates leaders and followers more than any other characteristic. Leaders see before followers do; they see beyond what followers do; and they see bigger than followers do.

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the person who holds the job.

We can't choose whether we will get any more time, but we can choose what we do with it.

When you intentionally use your everyday life to bring about positive change in the lives of others, you begin to live a life that matters.

La réussite d'un leader ne se mesure pas parmi le nombre de gens qui le sert, mais le nombre d'individus qu'il sert. Une fois que les gens sont convaincus de la nature de vos motivations et de votre intention de les faire passer avant vos propres intérêts égoïstes, ils sont fin prêts à s'associer à vous.

Those who lack humility are dogmatic and egotistical. That masks a deep sense of insecurity.

El viejo dicho es cursi pero cierto: No planificar es planificar el fracaso.

People don't expect their leaders to be perfect, but they do expect them to be honest. If

Forget your inconveniences, but remember your blessings.

Si usted tiene éxito, este se debe a que en alguna parte, en algún momento, alguien le ofreció un estilo de vida o una idea que lo encaminó en la dirección correcta".

Even the choicest words lose their power when they are used to overpower.

Los resultados hablan más alto, para nuestros jefes y para aquellos a quienes lideramos.

I feel like one little fellow who knelt at the side of his bed, closed his eyes, and prayed, "God bless Mom. God bless Dad. God bless Grandma." He said it the same way every time. But one night he added, "And please take care of yourself, God. 'Cause if anything happens to you, we're all sunk!

You don't say how slim the odds are but rather how you can improve the odds.

GROWING SYNERGY—their effectiveness is greater than the sum of the contributions

List the names of the members of your team. Next to each person's name, write a sentence or phrase that describes that person's perspective or outlook. The sentence must be positive, giving the person the benefit of the doubt for how he or she sees the world. If you're having difficulty describing someone's perspective, you need to get to know him or her better so that you can articulate the person's point of view.

Successful people focus their thinking on progress

Management expert Tom Peters gives a perspective on this. He suggests, "Don't rock the boat. Sink it and start over." If you desire to be creative and do something really innovative, that's sometimes what it takes. You must destroy the old to create something new. You cannot allow yourself to be paralyzed by the idea of change.

El problema que tienen la mayoría de las personas es que quieren que las cosas sigan siendo iguales y al mismo tiempo que mejoren. Obviamente, eso no es posible. Si verdaderamente quiere crecer, comprométase no sólo a aceptar el cambio, sino a buscarlo.

Speak up TODAY and say something positive. Even a tombstone will say something good about people when they are dead.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

General Douglas MacArthur said, "Youth is not entirely a time of life; it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals.… You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

When some people begin to work with others on their development, they often gravitate to weaknesses rather than strengths. Maybe that's because it's so easy to see others' problems and shortcomings. But if you start by putting your energies into correcting people's weaknesses, you will demoralize them and unintentionally sabotage the enlarging process.