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Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.

Positivity is an inside job that makes the outside look a lot better.

John C. Maxwell
Jobs, Positivity, Looks

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Vision, Cost

Effective leaders don't gather things just for themselves; they do it in order to give to others.

John C. Maxwell
Order, Giving, Leader
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

Be willing to absorb some risk and failures to allow people freedom to express themselves.

John C. Maxwell
People, Risk, Risk And Failure

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Pain, Loss

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

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Clever, Today, Tomorrow

A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person's purpose and potential

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Dream, Purpose, Blueprints
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions that Will Help You See It and Seize It”, p.13, Thomas Nelson Inc

Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.

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Inspirational, Achievement, Each Day
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Jan 02, 2017

Successful people make right decisions early and manage those decisions daily.

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Leadership, Successful, People
John C. Maxwell (2011). “The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization”, p.65, Thomas Nelson Inc

You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Vision, Way
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.482, Harper Collins

To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, People, Victory
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

John C. Maxwell
Greatness, Skills, Focus
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.50, Hachette UK

It is truly one day at a time.

John C. Maxwell
One Day At A Time, One Day

You can't avoid fear. No magic potion will take it away. And you can't wait for motivation to get you going. To conquer fear, you have to feel the fear and take action anyway.

John C. Maxwell
Motivation, Waiting, Magic
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.42, Harper Collins

Personal and organizational effectiveness is proportionate to the strength of leadership.

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Effectiveness, Organizational
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.8, Thomas Nelson Inc

My potential is what God gives me - that's His gift to me - what I give back to Him is what I do with that potential.

John C. Maxwell
Giving, Giving Back, Give Me
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Followers are always watching what you do. And people do what people see! If you are a leader seeking to make your vision come alive, then there is no better way to accomplish this than by living it: Modeling your expectations, setting the example by your actions, and showing the way through leading. Your followers, who are watching, will see in you the living picture of the vision, and you will produce the energy, motivation and passion to keep it going.

John C. Maxwell
Motivation, Passion, Expectations
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Dec 01, 2014

Talent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.

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Character, Choices, Foundation

Wanting to win isn't enough. You have to go through a process to improve. That takes patience, perseverance, and intentionality.

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Motivational, Perseverance, Winning
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You”, p.296, Thomas Nelson Inc

Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.

John C. Maxwell
Inspirational, Leadership, Challenges
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential”, p.40, David C Cook

The first step to leadership is servanthood.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Firsts, Steps

It's been said that commitment is another name for success.

John C. Maxwell
Positive, Commitment, Names
John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success Workbook: You Can Get There From Here”, p.204, Thomas Nelson Inc

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Giving Up, Mean
John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.96, Thomas Nelson Inc

A highly credible leader under-promises and over-delivers.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Promise, Credibility

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.

John C. Maxwell
Fishing, Advice, Cans Of Worms

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