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You don't become an effective leader by default.

You don't become an effective leader by default.

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

COMMUNICATION: If I had to pick a first rule of communication-the one practice above all others that opens the door to connecting with others-it would be to look for common ground. Too often people see communication as the process of transmitting massive amounts of information to other people. But that's the wrong picture. Communication is a journey. The more that people have in common, the better the chance that they can take that journey together.

John C. Maxwell
Communication, Journey, Doors
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Sep 29, 2014

Tenacious people don't rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success. And when conditions become difficult, they keep working.

John C. Maxwell
Success, Fate, Destiny
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.198, Thomas Nelson Inc

Even if you've had a negative effect on others in the past, you can turn that around and make your impact a positive one.

John C. Maxwell
Past, Impact, Negative
John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.11, Thomas Nelson Inc

Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.

John C. Maxwell
Healing, Impact, Want

Good people always rise to your level of expectation.

John C. Maxwell
People, Expectations, Good People

Time spent with a potential leader is an investment.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Investment, Time Spent
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.68, Thomas Nelson Inc

The best way to ensure success is to start growing today. No matter where you may be starting from, don't be discouraged; everyone who got where he is started where he was.

John C. Maxwell
Growing, May, Matter
John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.99, Thomas Nelson Inc

See what a person is doing every day, day after day, and you'll know who that person is and what he or she is becoming.

John C. Maxwell
Becoming, Persons, Knows
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Law of Process: Lesson 3 from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”, p.8, Thomas Nelson Inc

Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Jobs, Thinking

We tend to become what the most important person in our life thinks we will become. Think the best, believe the best, and express the best in others. Your affirmation will not only make you more attractive to them, but you will help play an important part in their personal development.

John C. Maxwell
Christian, Believe, Thinking
John C. Maxwell (2013). “Be A People Person: Effective Leadership Through Effective Relationships”, p.40, David C Cook

I define self-control, in the beginning of life, as the choice of achieving what I really want by doing things I really don't want to do. Once this becomes a habit, discipline becomes the choice of achieving what I really want by doing the very things I now want to do! I really believe that a disciplined life becomes a joy--but only after we have worked hard to practice it.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, Self, Practice

You can't grow and learn if your focus is on finding someone else to blame instead of looking at your own shortcomings.

John C. Maxwell
Focus, Blame, Finding Someone
John C. Maxwell (2015). “How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward”, p.25, Hachette UK

Failure is an inside job. So is success. If you want to achieve, you have to win the war in your thinking first. You can't let the failure outside you get inside you.

John C. Maxwell
Jobs, War, Winning
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.64, Harper Collins

Loyalty to the leader reaches its highest peak when the follower has personally grown through the mentorship of the leader.

John C. Maxwell
Loyalty, Leader, Followers
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

People don't really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity.

John C. Maxwell
Adversity, People, Faces
John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.173, Thomas Nelson Inc

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

John C. Maxwell
Thinking, Impact, Ideas

For the person trying to do everything alone, the game really is over. If you want to do something big, you must link up with others. One is too small a number to achieve greatness. That's the Law of Significance.

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

If people around you don't believe in you, if they don't encourage you, then you need to find some people who do.

John C. Maxwell
Believe, People, Needs
John C. Maxwell (1997). “Your Bridge to a Better Future”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned.

John C. Maxwell
Firsts, First Time, Third Time
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently”, p.161, Thomas Nelson Inc

Good leaders understand that they are stewards. They must find the best people they can, giving them the opportunity to join in the journey developing them, and encouraging them to reach their potential. But they must hold on to people lightly. Those who start with you seldom finish with you.

John C. Maxwell
Motivational, Leadership, Opportunity

It takes a lot of people to create a success. That's why I say that few leaders are successful unless a lot of people want them to be.

John C. Maxwell
Leadership, Successful, People
John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.224, Thomas Nelson Inc

Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.

John C. Maxwell
Leader, Needs, Want
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

John C. Maxwell
Skills, Leader, Inspire
John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.223, Harper Collins

Confidence is a characteristic of a positive attitude. The greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.

John C. Maxwell
Attitude, Leader, Characteristics
John C. Maxwell (1995). “Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential”, p.54, Thomas Nelson Inc

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