Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Sidney Howard said that half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. When the

1. The Assumption Gap—"I Assume That I Will Automatically Grow

LEADERS Initiate Lead; pick up phone and make contact Spend time planning anticipate problems Invest time with people Fill the calendar by priorities FOLLOWERS React Listen; wait for phone to ring Spend time living day-to-day; react to problems Spend time with people Fill the calendar by requests

Effective leaders....always rise to a challenge. That's one of the things that separates winners from whiners.....Walton rose above it by solving his problems with creativity and tenacity. Anyone who expects the road to be easy will continually find himself in trouble.

Las decisiones clave que hagas, aparte de tu talento natural, te separarán de los demás que sólo tengan talento.

Nothing is easier than saying words. Nothing is harder than living them day after day.

la persona que sabe cómo, siempre tendrá un trabajo, pero la persona que sabe por qué siempre será el jefe.

They know that the person who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the immediate.

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity

Las personas se están preparando para el éxito cuando deberían estarse preparando para el fracaso. Fracasar es mucho más común que triunfar; la pobreza está más generalizada que la riqueza; y la desilusión es más normal que los logros.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.

People who make growth their goal—instead of a title, position, salary, or other external target—always have a future.

Who you are determines the way you see everything. You cannot separate your identity from your perspective.

What do they cry about? To know where people truly want to go, you've got to know what touches their hearts. What do they sing about? In the long run, people need to focus a lot of energy on what gives them joy. What do they dream about? If you can help people discover their dreams and truly believe in them, you can help them become who they were designed to be. Becoming a Person of Influence

Nurture, love, and motivate hurting people. But pour yourself into the people who will grow and make a difference.

Don't settle for being merely a teller of stories about significance. Decide to be the story of significance. Become the central character in your story of making a difference!

Success in your work will be greatly increased if the 3 R's (Requirements/ Return/Reward) are similar. In

Successful leaders help their people find their right seats. Sometimes that requires moving people around to find where they make the greatest contribution. Sometimes it means trying and failing. As a leader, you have to take it all in stride. Positioning people correctly is a process, and you have to treat it that way.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, "A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

We are all failures—at least, all the best of us are. —J. M. BARRIE W

Integrity is your best friend. And it's also one of the best friends that your friends will ever have. When the people around you know that you're a person of integrity, they know that you want to influence them because of the opportunity to add value to their lives. They don't have to worry about your motives.

Los administradores pueden mantener el rumbo, pero no pueden cambiarlo. Para cambiar el rumbo de las personas, se necesita influencia.

Remain Approachable As a Leader, Role Model, and Coach: