Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Yo debo gobernar el reloj, no ser gobernada por él". —Golda Meir

People are anxious to improve their circumstances but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

What people remember most is how you make them feel.

While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.

una posición no hace al líder, es el líder el que hace la posición.

Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus say that "trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together.

George Bernard Shaw observó: "El mayor problema con la comunicación es la ilusión de que se llevó a cabo".

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose your cow!

Look at last week's schedule. How much of your time did you devote to regular, disciplined activities? Did you do anything to grow and improve yourself professionally? Did you engage in activities promoting good health? Did you dedicate part of your income to savings or investments? If you've been putting off those things, telling yourself that you'll do them later, you may need to work on your self-discipline.

Only a leader who has followed well knows how to lead others well. Good leadership requires an understanding of the world that followers live in. Connecting with your people becomes possible because you have walked in their shoes. You know what it means to be under authority and thus have a better sense of how authority should be exercised. In contrast, leaders who have never followed well or submitted to authority tend to be prideful, unrealistic, rigid, and autocratic. "Civilization

Creativity is being able to see what everybody else has seen and think what nobody else has thought so you can do what nobody else has done.

Usted puede concederle una posición a alguien, pero no puede concederle un verdadero liderazgo.

Por cada cosa que usted ha perdido, ha ganado algo más; y por cada cosa que gana, siempre se pierde algo».

Se requiere humildad para buscar realimentación. Se requiere sabiduría para entenderla, analizarla y actuar sobre ella apropiadamente". —Stephen R. Covey

What we do on some great occasion will depend on what we are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline." —H. P. Liddon

You have to look at the person's gifts, temperament, passions, successes, joys, and opportunities. And once you find that seed, you need to fertilize it with encouragement and water it with opportunity. If you do, the person will blossom before your eyes.

Material handouts are a poor substitute for love and understanding. People don't need more things—they need more tenderness

Andrew Carnegie said, "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." Great

Lao Tzu said, "If we don't change the direction we're going, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

John Callen: "La habilidad más buscada, desde director general hasta el menor puesto, es la habilidad de comunicarse con la gente. La persona que pueda hacerlo en los negocios siempre será solicitada".

You learn resiliency and tenacity during tough assignments, not easy ones. When tough choices have to be made and results are difficult to achieve, leaders are forged.

they all share the ability to connect visually, intellectually, emotionally, and verbally.