Quotes from John C. Maxwell

Pragmatism allows a person to take things that others would consider problems or distractions and see them as opportunities.

Authors Carole Hyatt and Linda Gottlieb indicate that people who fail on the job commonly cite "office politics" as the reason for their failures, but the reality is that what they call politics is often nothing more than regular interaction with other people.

3. We should work on changing ourselves before trying to improve others. A great danger to good leadership is the temptation to try to change others without first making changes to yourself.

Average" is what failures claim to be when their friends ask them why they are not more successful. "Average" is the top of the bottom, the best of the worst, the bottom of the top, the worst of the top. Which of these are you? "Average" means being run-of-the-mill, mediocre, insignificant, an also-ran, a non-entity. Being "average" is the lazy person's cop-out; it's lacking guts to take a stand in life; it's living by default.

We don't get to pick our talents or IQ. But we do choose our character. In fact, we create it every time we make choices—to cop out or dig out of a hard situation, to bend the truth or stand under the weight of it, to take the easy money or pay the price.

If you run well but are unable to pass the baton to another runner, you lose the race.

there is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Realize that the guys who criticize will minimize the guys whose enterprise rises above the guys who criticize and minimize.

Real leadership is being the person others will gladly and confidently follow. A

Cuando llega la oportunidad, es demasiado tarde para prepararse».

Or to put it the way President Theodore Roosevelt did: "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." —

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.

How does one "catch' leadership? By watching good leaders in action!

If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you'll end up not doing anything for anybody.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

We all live under the same sky but we don't all have the same horizon. —KONRAD ADENAUER

El mundo se convierte en un lugar mejor cuando las personas se convierten en mejores líderes.

Dos de las maneras más rápidas para conectarse con otra persona son hacer preguntas y pedir ayuda.

British theologian John Henry Newman said, "Fear not that your life will come to an end but that it will never have a beginning.

A mistake is only a failure if you don't learn from it. —ROLAND NIEDNAGEL

William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

Being put in charge is not the same as being a leader.

How do you know something is an excuse? Ask yourself, "Would it stop me from doing something I love to do?" If it wouldn't, it's an excuse.

Most people produce only when they feel like it. Leaders produce even when they don't feel like it.