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When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

John C. Maxwell
People, Realizing, Behavior
John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.130, David C Cook

Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they need to change themselves to improve their circumstances. They put in just enough effort to distance themselves from their problems without ever trying to go after the root, which can often be found in themselves. Because they don't try to change the source of their problems, their problems keep coming back at them.

John C. Maxwell
Distance, Often Is, Roots

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

John C. Maxwell
Mistake, Doing Nothing, Persons

As negative thoughts produce negative actions, so positive thoughts produce positive actions.

John C. Maxwell
Stay Positive, Negative, Positive Thoughts
John C. Maxwell (1996). “The Winning Attitude: Your Pathway to Personal Success”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker

John C. Maxwell
Teacher, Life And Love, Failure
Twitter post from Mar 7, 2016

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Bigs, Big Picture
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

Inability to make decisions is one of the principal reasons executives fail. Deficiency in decision-making ranks much higher than lack of specific knowledge or technical know-how as an indicator of leadership failure.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Decision, Inability

The more seriously you take your growth, the more seriously your people will take you.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, People

Must manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life.

John C. Maxwell
Daily Life, Thoughts On Life, Manage

If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.

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

To add value to others, one must first value others.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, Good Life
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

John C. Maxwell
Character, Good Character, Aspect
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.109, Thomas Nelson Inc

If a person doesn't govern his temper, his temper will govern him.

John C. Maxwell
Basketball, Temper, Persons

People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Leadership, People
John C. Maxwell (2012). “To See How the Leader Is Doing, Look at the People: Lesson 9 from Leadership Gold”, p.8, Harper Collins

The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude
John C. Maxwell (2006). “The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

John C. Maxwell
Differences, People, Making A Difference
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.531, Thomas Nelson Inc

You can change your tomorrow if you do something today. Few people understand how the way you live today impacts your tomorrow. Today is the only time we have within our grasp, yet many people let it slip through their fingers, recognizing neither its value nor potential. If we want to do something with our lives, then we must make today matter, because that's where tomorrow's success lies.

John C. Maxwell
Lying, Impact, People

I've known people who thought that reaching their potential would come from shoring up their weaknesses. But do you know what happens when you spend all your time working on your weaknesses and never developing your strengths? If you work really hard, you might claw your way all the way to mediocrity! But you'll never get beyond it.

John C. Maxwell
People, Weakness, Mediocrity
John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.59, Thomas Nelson Inc

Successful people do what is right no matter how they feel, and by doing right, they feel good.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Successful, People
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It”, p.199, Thomas Nelson Inc

Many times we ask people to march outwardly, when we haven't yet spent the needed time inwardly.

John C. Maxwell
People, March, Needed
Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.

John C. Maxwell
Meaningful, Jobs, Done

It's easy to have a great attitude when things are going our way...It's when difficult challenges rise before us...that attitude becomes the difference maker.

John C. Maxwell
Positive, Attitude, Differences

Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Cheating, Risk
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It”, p.240, Thomas Nelson Inc

Since an attitude is often expressed by our body language and by the looks on our faces, it can be contagious.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude, Stay Positive, Faces
John C. Maxwell (1996). “The Winning Attitude: Your Pathway to Personal Success”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

People knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

John C. Maxwell
People, Important, Mere
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.274, Thomas Nelson Inc

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