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A Man Must Be Big Enough To Admit His Mistakes, Smart Enough To Profit From Them, And Strong Enough To Correct Them. This Sequence Is Something That All Achievers Have In Common. They Do Not See A Mistake Is As Their Failure; Rather It Is Simply A Learning Experience. Achievers View A Mistake As An Opportunity To Do Something Over Again And Do It Right The Second Time. A Mistake Is Simply The Price They Pay To Achieve Success.

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A Man Must Be

John C. Maxwell

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A Man Must Be Big Enough To Admit His Mistakes, Smart Enough To Profit From Them, And Strong Enough To Correct Them. This Sequence Is Something That All Achievers Have In Common. They Do Not See A Mistake Is As Their Failure; Rather It Is Simply A Learning Experience. Achievers View A Mistake As An Opportunity To Do Something Over Again And Do It Right The Second Time. A Mistake Is Simply The Price They Pay To Achieve Success.

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If You Think You Are Beaten, You Are. If You Think You Dare Not, You Don't. If You'd Like To Win But Think You Can't It's Almost Certain You Won't. Life's Battles Don't Always Go To The Stronger Or Faster Man, But Sooner Or Later, The Man Who Wins Is The Man Who Thinks He Can. A Happy Person Is Not A Person With A Certain Set Of Circumstances, But Rather A Person With A Certain Set Of Attitudes. I May Not Be Able To Change The World I See Around Me, But I Can Change The Way I See The World Within Me.

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Encourage The Many; Mentor The Few.

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.

I Hold Conferences, And The Result Of That Was That The Secular Community Also Started Picking Up My Stuff, And Pretty Soon They Wanted More. So I Realized I Could Not Only Minister To The Christian Community, But I Could Also Minister To The Corporate Community. So My Books Started Crossing Over, And Then I Began To Intentionally Have Them Cross Over.

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If You Want To Make A Positive Impact, No Matter How Far-reaching, Start At Home. Treat Your Family Members Like Treasures.

To Succeed In Life, We Must Stay Within Our Strength Zone But Continually Move Outside Our Comfort Zone.

Talk To People, Not Above Them.

Find Your Vision, And Let It Guide You In All That You Do. If You Lack Vision, Look Inside Yourself. Draw On Your Natural Gifts And Desires.

Facing Difficulties Is Inevitable. Learning From Them Is Optional.

Attitude Isn’t Everything, But It Is One Thing That Can Make A Difference In Your Life.

Making A Difference

Want To Impress Others? Talk About Your Successes. Want To Impact Others? Talk About Your Failures.

You Can Change Your Life If You Really Want To. You Can Improve It, Make It Better. And It All Starts With Changing The Way You Think.

To Do Something Really Big, Let Go Of Your Ego, And Get Ready To Be Part Of A Team.

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The True Measure Of Your Character Is What You Would Do If You Were Sure No One Would Ever Find Out.

Teams Make You Better Than You Are, Multiply Your Value, Enable You To Do What You Do Best, Allow You To Help Others Do Their Best, Give You More Time, Provide You With Companionship, Help You Fulfill The Desires Of Your Heart And Compound Your Vision And Effort.

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When The Dream Is Right For The Person And The Person Is Right For The Dream, The Two Cannot Be Separated From Each Other.

God Has Put A Dream Inside You. It's Yours, And No One Else's. It Declares Your Uniqueness. It Holds Your Potential. Only You Can Birth It. Only You Can Live It. Not To Discover It, Take Responsibility For It, And Act Upon It Is To Negatively Affect Yourself As Well As All Those Who Would Benefit From Your Dream.

Feed Your Faith, Starve Your Doubts.

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Lonely At The Top

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You Can't Be A Smart Cookie If You Have A Crummy Attitude.

Everyone Has The Potential To Become An Encourager. You Don't Have To Be Rich. You Don't Have To Be A Genius. You Don't Have To Have It All Together. All You Have To Do Is Care About People And Initiate.

Everyone You Know And All The People You Meet Have The Potential To Be Someone Important In The Lives Of Others.

If You Don't Change The Direction You Are Going, Then You're Likely To End Up Where You're Heading.

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The Greatest Of All Miracles Is That We Need Not Be Tomorrow What We Are Today. The Greatest Of All Insights Is That We Cannot Be Tomorrow What We Do Not Do Today. That Is Why Today Matters.

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Encouragement Is Oxygen For The Soul

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Integrity Is Not So Much What We Do As Much As Who We Are.

Set The Tone For Your Day Be Treating People Better Than You Expect To Be Treated By Them. Be The First To Smile. Express Your Appreciation For Them. Expect The Best Out Of Them. If You Act First, You Will Set Yourself Up For Success.

When You Are Bigger Than Your Purpose You Have A Career. When Your Purpose Is Bigger Than You, You Have A Calling.

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The Bookends Of Success Are Starting And Finishing. Decisions Help Us Start; Discipline Helps Us Finish.

Dreams Require Down Payments. Dreams Are Free, But The Journey Isn't. There Is A Price To Pay. When You Find Your Why You'll Find Your Way. When You Develop Your Will You Will Embark On Your Way. Many People Start; Few People Finish. Many People Have A Dream; Few People Achieve Their Dreams.

I Believe That Everyone Chooses How To Approach Life. If You're Proactive, You Focus On Preparing. If You're Reactive, You End Up Focusing On Repairing.

The Size Of A Person Is More Important Than The Size Of The Problem.

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.

Nobody Ever Got Ready By Waiting. You Only Get Ready By Starting.

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.

We Need To Make A Few Critical Decisions In Major Areas Of Life And Then Manage Those Decisions Day To Day.

Critical Decisions

If You Want To Lead People, You Have To Let Them Come Up Close.

There Are Two Paths People Can Take. They Can Either Play Now And Pay Later, Or Pay Now And Play Later. Regardless Of The Choice, One Thing Is Certain. Life Will Demand A Payment.

Achievement Comes To Someone When He Is Able To Do Great Things For Himself. Success Comes When He Empowers Followers To Do Great Things With Him. Significance Comes When He Develops Leaders To Do Great Things For Him. But A Legacy Is Created Only When A Person Puts His Organization Into The Position To Do Great Things Without Him.

Good Attitudes Among Players Do Not Guarantee A Team's Success, But Bad Attitudes Guarantee It's Failure.

I've Been Told That Certain Species Of Fish Will Grow According To The Size Of Their Environment. Put Them In A Tiny Aquarium, And They Remain Small Even At Adulthood. Release Them Into A Huge Natural Body Of Water, And They Grow Into Their Intended Size. People Are Similar. If They Live In A Harsh And Limiting Environment, They Stay Small. But Put Them Someplace That Encourages Growth, And They Will Expand To Reach Their Potential.

The Process Of Achievement Comes Through Repeated Failures And The Constant Struggle To Climb To A Higher Level.

Look At Our Society. Everyone Wants To Be Thin, But Nobody Wants To Diet. Everyone Wants To Live Long, But Few Will Exercise. Everybody Wants Money, Yet Seldom Will Anyone Budget Or Control Their Spending.

There Is A World Of Difference Between A Person Who Has A Big Problem And A Person Who Makes A Problem Big.

There Is No Such Thing As A Perfect Flawless Attitude.

Connecting Is The Ability To Identify With People And Relate To Them In A Way That Increases Your Influence With Them.

The Wrong Person In The Wrong Place = Regression. The Wrong Person In The Right Place = Frustration. The Right Person In The Wrong Place = Confusion. The Right Person In The Right Place = Progression. The Right People In The Right Places = Multiplication.

Let God Talk To You And Minister To You, Where You Get Honest With Him - Here's What I Do Well And Don't Do Well; Here Are My Shortcomings, My Strengths, And My Gifts.

You Cannot Buy Or Win Happiness. You Must Choose It.

When You Make A Commitment, You Create Hope. When You Keep A Commitment You Create Trust!

Knowing How To Do A Job Is The Accomplishment Of Labor - Showing Others Is The Accomplishment Of The Teacher - Making Sure The Work Is Done By Others Is The Accomplishment Of The Manager - Inspiring Others To Do Better Work Is The Accomplishment Of The Leader.

I Grew Up In The Home Of A Pastor, And My Earliest Memory Is That God Really Had A Plan For My Life And That I Was Special - This Is Really Weird - But I Felt That.

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