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Until I understand where I am, I can’t get to where I am going. This is the value of a compass when we are out walking or hiking and need to know we’re going in the right direction. But we also have an internal North

Until I understand where I am, I can’t get to where I am going. This is the value of a compass when we are out walking or hiking and need to know we’re going in the right direction. But we also have an internal North Star. It’s that little nudge that tells us if we are on the right path to fulfilling our potential, or on the wrong path wasting energy traveling somewhere we don’t need to go. So my advice to you is, pull out that compass every once in a while and make sure you are navigating in the right direction on your journey.

John C. Maxwell
Stars, Journey, Hiking
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Dec 26, 2014

As you interact with others, remember this: anytime a person's response is larger than the issue at hand, the response is almost always about something else.

John C. Maxwell
Hands, Issues, Remember
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Winning with People Workbook”, p.21, Thomas Nelson Inc

Thank God for the tough times. They are the reason you are there - to be the leader. If everything was going well, the people wouldn't need you!

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, People, Tough Times
John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.138, Thomas Nelson Inc

Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a leadership position - you lose it all.

John C. Maxwell
People, Vision, Position
Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

Everything is a tradeoff. Everywhere you leave, you leave some good things. The more successful you are, the harder it is to make tradeoffs. That's why some people become successful and then become flat. Be willing to give up income for potential, for opportunity.

John C. Maxwell
Monday, Giving Up, Successful

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

John C. Maxwell
Reality, Vision, Fit
Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

Ordinary people with commitment can make an extraordinary impact on the their world.

John C. Maxwell
Teamwork, Commitment, Impact

An attitude's growth never stops.

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

Every day I will renew my commitment and think about the benefits that come from it.

John C. Maxwell
Commitment, Thinking, Benefits
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined by Your Daily Agenda”, p.53, Hachette UK

Tomorrow's destiny becomes today's direction.

John C. Maxwell
Destiny, Today, Tomorrow

You will be remembered in life only for your passions!

John C. Maxwell
Passion, Remembered
John C. Maxwell (2005). “The Choice is Yours: Today's Decisions for the Rest of Your Life”, Thomas Nelson Inc

Responsibility is the most important ability that a person can possess.

John C. Maxwell
Responsibility, Important, Ability

The greatest handicap a person has is not realizing his potential.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Realizing, Handicaps
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Make Today Count: The Secret of Your Success Is Determined by Your Daily Agenda”, p.93, Hachette UK

The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.

John C. Maxwell
Wrestling, People, World

If you want to make a positive impact, no matter how far-reaching, start at home. Treat your family members like treasures.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Home, Impact

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Attitude, Choices
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, Thomas Nelson Inc

A leader who develops people adds; a leader who develops leaders multiplies.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, People, Leader

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

John C. Maxwell
Mistake, Failure, Two

Only those who see their dream are able to seize their dream.

John C. Maxwell
Dream, Able
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It”, p.42, Thomas Nelson Inc

Make a point to continually search for a better way of doing things, even when things are going well, to ensure that a better alternative has not been overlooked and to keep your creative talents in practice.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Practice, Creative

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude, Determine
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.124, Harper Collins

It takes a team to do anything of lasting value

John C. Maxwell
Team, Lasting, Values
John C. Maxwell (2008). “Team Maxwell 2in1 (Winning With People/17 Indisputable Laws)”, p.12, Thomas Nelson Inc

Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

John C. Maxwell
Grudge, Appropriate
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.

John C. Maxwell
Wisdom, Thinking, Insight
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.102, Hachette UK

Those closest to me will determine the level of my success.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Levels, Determine

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