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Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

Acquiring and keeping good people is a leader's most important task.

John C. Maxwell
People, Leader, Important
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.214, Harper Collins

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

John C. Maxwell
Fall, Pride, Leader

Show me a person who sees himself negatively and I will show you a person who sees others in a negative way.

John C. Maxwell
Stay Positive, Negative, Way
John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.141, David C Cook

If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with.

John C. Maxwell
People, Want, Needs
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

The ultimate step in taking responsibility is making sure our actions line up with our words.

John C. Maxwell
Responsibility, Our Words, Lines

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Vision, Stubborn

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, People, Leader

Good ideas have expiration dates. You need to act before they become dated, irrelevant or otherwise spoiled.

John C. Maxwell
Ideas, Needs, Spoiled

Circumstances do not make you what you are, they reveal what you are.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude, Circumstances
John C. Maxwell (2001). “The Power of Thinking Big”, p.141, David C Cook

The best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, People, Mentor

Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, People, Goal
John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.248, Thomas Nelson Inc

Maya Angelou observed you cant use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. Sadly,too often creativity is smothered rather than nurtured. There has to be climate in which new ways of thinking,perceiving, questioning are encouraged.

John C. Maxwell
Creativity, Thinking, Climate
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.62, Hachette UK

Successful people reject rejection.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Successful, People

Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Teamwork, Dream

The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle

John C. Maxwell
Mistake, Miracle, Done

Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude, Wrestling, Preparation
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.16, Harper Collins

Life is now in session. Are you present?

John C. Maxwell
Inspiration, Life Is, Session

Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Smart, Hard Work

Every person has seeds of greatness within, even though they may currently be dormant.

John C. Maxwell
Greatness, May, Influence
John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.39, Thomas Nelson Inc

Seek people who seek solutions.

John C. Maxwell
People, Leader, Solutions
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.59, Thomas Nelson Inc

Everyone is a leader because everyone influences someone.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Leader, Influence
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

Leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand.

John C. Maxwell
Heart, Hands, Leader
John C. Maxwell (2010). “A Leader's Heart: 365-Day Devotional Journal”, p.258, Thomas Nelson Inc

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Effort, Boring

People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.108, Thomas Nelson Inc

Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, Track

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