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Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!

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Problem, Failing, Deals
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success”, Harper Collins

You cannot overestimate the unimportance of practically everything.

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Inspirational, Choices, Decision
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.27, Thomas Nelson Inc

Problems almost always create opportunities - to learn, grow and improve.

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Christian, Opportunity, Opportunities To Learn
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.149, Thomas Nelson

Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.

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Attitude, Weight Loss, Worst Enemy
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

Once a decision is made, you should stop worrying and start working. It’s not always what we know that makes it a good decision. It is what we do to implement and execute it that makes it a good decision.

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Worry, Decision, Made

Goals may give focus, but dreams give power.

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Dream, Giving, Goal
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.67, Hachette UK

If you are willing to change your thinking, you can change your feelings. If you change your feelings, you can change your actions. And changing your actions - based on good thinking - can change your life.

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Thinking, Feelings, Action

Why worry about things you can't control when you can keep yourself busy controlling the things that depend on you?

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Worry, Busy, Depends
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.64, Harper Collins

Think back to the most important experiences of your life, the highest highs, the greatest victories, the most daunting obstacles overcome. How many happened to you alone? I bet there are very few. When you understand that being connected to others is one of life's greatest joys, you realize that life's best comes when you initiate and invest in solid relationships.

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Motivational, Thinking, Greatest Victory

You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.

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Talent
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 5 Levels of Leadership: Proven Steps to Maximize Your Potential”, p.18, Hachette UK

I always try to remember that I am a work in progress. It is life's journey that matters and the turns I take will determine how much progress I make. You see, I am unique in my gifts and the purpose I was created for. When I get to heaven at the end of my journey, I will not be asked what gifts He gave me, but what I did with them. Each one of us is a work in progress, with a mission and purpose to fulfill that is uniquely ours. Keep that in mind as you journey, won't you?

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Unique, Journey, Heaven
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Aug 06, 2015

Ninety percent of those who fail are not actually defeated; they simply quit. ... As you face bad experiences, it's important for you to remember that you can rarely see the benefits while you're in the midst of them. You usually gain perspective on the other side of it.

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Perspective, Important, Benefits

Success is achieved in inches, not miles.

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Inches, Miles
John C. Maxwell (2014). “Success: One Day at a Time”, p.19, Thomas Nelson Inc

Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It's really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.

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Thinking, Shapes, Way

Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths, not exploring their shortcomings. Why? Because people's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You are not called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strength zone.

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

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.

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Christian, Expectations, Life Is
John C. Maxwell (1996). “Breakthrough Parenting”, Focus on the Family Pub

The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today.

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Today, Tomorrow, Insight

Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision.

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Vision, Catalyst, Status Quo
John C. Maxwell (1999). “Twenty One Indispensable Qualities of a Leader”, p.152, Thomas Nelson Inc

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.

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Attitude, Stay Positive, Habit
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.83, Thomas Nelson Inc

Many people help construct our attitudes at a certain time and place.

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Attitude, People, Stay Positive

Our challenge is to think right in a wrong world. Our challenge is to think positive in a negative world.

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Thinking, Stay Positive, Challenges

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

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People, Leader, Doe
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.498, Harper Collins

You cannot have growth without change.

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Growth
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.72, Hachette UK

Making a difference in your work is not about productivity; it’s about people. When you focus on others and connect with them, you can work together to accomplish great things.

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Differences, People, Focus

If you are a leader, the true measure of your success is not getting people to work. It's not getting people to work hard. It is getting people to work hard together. That takes commitment.

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Hard Work, Commitment, People
John C. Maxwell (2014). “Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership”, p.37, Hachette UK

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