Quotes from John C. Maxwell

When you are able to create a lonely place in the middle of your actions and concerns, your successes and failures slowly can lose some of their power over you.

At least once a year I'd ask Steve to point out anything he thought I was doing that was wrong or weaknesses in my leadership that he believed might have me headed for trouble. After a couple of years of this, Steve once said, 'John, you are the most successful person I work with, yet you are the only one who invites critism. Why?' I don't trust anyone with power that can't be checked, I answered. Especially me.

How do I fit in my area or department? • How do all the departments fit into the organization? • Where does our organization fit in the market? • How is our market related to other industries and the economy?

D. L. Moody escribió: «Si me ocupo de mi carácter, mi reputación se ocupará de sí misma».

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

French writer, poet, and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire wrote, Come to the edge. No, we will fall. Come to the edge. No, we will fall. They came to the edge. He pushed them and they flew.

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.

ARE YOU STRIVING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR HAVE YOU BEEN COASTING?

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Only by practicing and developing your thinking daily will your ideas get better. Your thinking ability is determined not by your desire to think, but by your past thinking.

Cuando usted alcanza un nivel de motivación que influencia a otros, puede comenzar a ver un impacto positivo en sus vidas.

Practicing responsibility will do great things for you. It will strengthen your talent, advance your skills, and increase your opportunities. It will improve your quality of life during the day and help you to sleep better at night. But it will also improve the lives of the people around you.

El optimismo es una virtud pasiva; la esperanza es activa. No se necesita valor para ser optimista, pero se necesita mucho valor para tener esperanza».

Ideas have a short half-life: if you don't put them to action, they die off.

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO DAILY WHAT UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

HOW ARE YOU FILLING UP THE PAGES OF YOUR LIFE?

Las personas cambian cuando el sufrimiento las obliga a hacerlo

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

Borrowed beliefs have no passion, therefore no power.

Las personas cambian cuando ven lo suficiente como para sentirse inspiradas

Theodore Hesburgh said, "The very essence of leadership is that you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you can articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet." An "uncertain trumpet" is usually the result of an individual who either lacks a vision or is trying to lead with someone else's dream. There is a vast difference between a person with a vision and a visionary person.

Silent gratitude isn't much good to anyone.

Para mejorar el equipo, mejore a las personas que lo integran.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date