Quotes from John C. Maxwell

el liderazgo es una decisión que usted toma, no un lugar donde usted se sienta. Cualquiera puede escoger ser un líder dondequiera que se encuentre. No importa dónde esté, usted puede marcar una diferencia.

Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "All that is not given is lost.

Despite his business success, Nabi keeps everything in perspective. When we were at the conference together, Nabi told me, "We aren't in the coffee business, serving people. We're in the people business, serving coffee.

The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

Good leaders will gain in influence beyond their stated position. Bad leaders will shrink their influence down so that it is actually less than what originally came with the position. Remember, a position doesn't make a leader, but a leader can make the position.

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.

People who achieve their potential do so because they invest in themselves every day.

Quando entendemos o ponto de vista do próximo — entendemos o que ele está tentando fazer nove entre dez vezes ele está tentando fazer o que é certo.

Atrévete a soñar, pero por favor también actúa. Porque los soñadores son muchos, pero los hacedores son pocos.15

That no matter how often someone says you can't do something, by simply working harder and trying, you can prove them wrong and actually change your circumstance. Change your thinking and it will change your life.

El liderazgo es una decisión que usted toma, no un lugar donde usted se sienta.

What about unfulfilled potential? That phrase is as negative as the word potential is positive. My friend Florence

Any time you make a commitment to something, it will be tested. If something is worth doing, I will commit myself to carrying it through.

My friend Dan Reiland says, "A genuine friend encourages and challenges us to live out our best thoughts, honor our purest motives, and achieve our most significant dreams." That's what we need to do with the important people in our lives.

People who haven't overcome major losses are prone to think they are invincible. They start to believe they are better than they really are and are inclined to misuse their power. Everyone who makes a major contribution to life knows what it is to have failures.

All people feel better and do better when you give them attention, affirmation, and appreciation.

El papel de un líder no es controlar a la gente ni estar pendiente de todo, sino más bien guiar, dinamizar y generar emoción". —Jack Welch

5. Anybody who helps somebody influences a lot of bodies. What you give to one person overflows into the lives of all the people that person impacts. The nature of influence is to multiply.

Courage," he said, "is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.

But being has to precede doing if you want to change your world.

Get a new definition of failure. Regard it as the price you pay for progress. If you can do that, you will put yourself in a much better position to fail forward.

What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Being simple is hard work.

If you really want to be an uncommon leader, you're going to have to find a way to get much of your vision seen, implemented, and added to by others.