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Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

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Fundamentals, Way, Return

Commitment comes as a result of choice, not conditions.

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Commitment, Choices, Results

Don't worry about yesterday it ended last night at midnight.

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Night, Yesterday, Worry

Make personal growth a daily priority.

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Priorities, Growth, Personal Growth
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Failing Forward”, p.134, Harper Collins

The person who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the immediate.

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Forget, Slave, Persons
John C. Maxwell (2003). “Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work”, p.43, Hachette UK

You'll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out

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Can Do

The best way to serve the individuals on the team is to see that the whole team wins.

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Teamwork, Winning, Way

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

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Leadership, Dream, Powerful

To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.

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People, Trying, Influence

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.

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Inspirational, Smart, Challenges
FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 20, 2016

Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from others.

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Attitude, Leader, Atmosphere
John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.74, Thomas Nelson Inc

It is our decisions not our conditions that determine our quality of life.

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Decision, Quality, Determine

You never display your character more clearly than when you speak about the character of others.

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

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.

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Wise, Mistake, Said

Good leadership isn't about advancing yourself. It's about advancing your team.

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Team, Inspire, Good Leadership

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

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Discipline, Achievement, Consistency
John C. Maxwell (2012). “The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential”, p.74, Hachette UK

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in life are better than seeing people realize their potential. If you invest in people by helping individuals improve themselves, showing them the way to their “right place”, they will never be the same again. And neither will you. It is impossible to help others without helping yourself.

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Successful, Helping Others, Things In Life

Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.

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Moving, Goal, Awkward

Give God the first part of every day. Give God the first day of every week. Give God the first portion of your income. Give God the first consideration in every decision. Give God the first place in your life.

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Giving, Decision, Income
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Principles for Graduates: Create Success in Life One Day at a Time”, p.114, Thomas Nelson Inc

People who blame others for their failures never overcome them. They simply move from problem to problem. To reach your potential, you must continually improve yourself, and you can't do that if you don't take responsibility for your actions and learn from your mistakes.

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Mistake, Moving, Responsibility
John C. Maxwell (2007). “Leadership Promises for Your Week”, p.88, Thomas Nelson Inc

A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to know, not what he wants to hear.

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Encouragement, Leader, Needs
John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.49, Thomas Nelson Inc

When values, thoughts, feelings, and actions are in alignment, a person becomes focused and character is strengthened.

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Character, Feelings, Action
John C. Maxwell (2011). “Beyond Talent: Become Someone Who Gets Extraordinary Results”, p.200, Thomas Nelson Inc

You can't be a smart cookie if you have a crummy attitude.

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Attitude, Smart, Intelligence

Negative thinking limits God and our potential.

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Thinking, Stay Positive, Negative
John C. Maxwell (2014). “How High Will You Climb?: Determine Your Success by Cultivating the Right Attitude”, p.88, Thomas Nelson

You can easily determine the caliber of a person by the amount of opposition it takes to discourage him or her.

John C. Maxwell
Discouraging, Caliber, Determine

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