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I Literally Wrote A Book On It Called Your Roadmap For Success. And In It I Said Success Is Three Things: Knowing My Purpose In Life, I Think It's Impossible For Anybody To Be Successful Until They Really Discover Why They're Here On Earth And What God Has Planned For Them; Secondly, Growing To My Maximum Potential.

-John C. Maxwell

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I Literally Wrote A

John C. Maxwell

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I Literally Wrote A Book On It Called Your Roadmap For Success. And In It I Said Success Is Three Things: Knowing My Purpose In Life, I Think It's Impossible For Anybody To Be Successful Until They Really Discover Why They're Here On Earth And What God Has Planned For Them; Secondly, Growing To My Maximum Potential.

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To Grow Yourself, You Must Know Yourself.

There Was A Very Cautious Man Who Never Laughed Or Played He Never Risked, He Never Tried, He Never Sang Or Prayed. And When He On Day Passed Away, His Insurance Was Denied, For Since He Never Really Lived, They Claimed He Never Really Died. (anonymous Poem)

The Person Who Forgets The Ultimate Is A Slave To The Immediate.

Your Attitude Towards Failure Determines Your Altitude After Failure.

You Cannot Manage A Decision You Haven't Made.

Leaders Provide For Their People What The People Cannot Provide For Themselves.

We Fail, Not Because Of Big Problems, But Because Of Small Purposes.

Until I Understand Where I Am, I Can’t Get To Where I Am Going. This Is The Value Of A Compass When We Are Out Walking Or Hiking And Need To Know We’re Going In The Right Direction. But We Also Have An Internal North Star. It’s That Little Nudge That Tells Us If We Are On The Right Path To Fulfilling Our Potential, Or On The Wrong Path Wasting Energy Traveling Somewhere We Don’t Need To Go. So My Advice To You Is, Pull Out That Compass Every Once In A While And Make Sure You Are Navigating In The Right Direction On Your Journey.

Believing In People Before They Have Proved Themselves Is The Key To Motivating People To Reach Their Potential.

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.

Personnel Determines The Potential Of The Team. Vision Determines The Direction Of The Team. Work Ethic Determines The Preparation Of The Team. Leadership Determines The Success Of The Team.

Passion Gives You An Advantage Over Others, Because One Person With Passion Is Greater Than Ninety-nine Who Have Only An Interest!

Cats Do What Cats Do, Ducks Do What Ducks Do, And Eagles Do What Eagles, Do. If You Take A Duck And Ask It To Do An Eagles' Job, Shame On You. As A Leader, Your Job Is To Help Your Ducks To Become Better Ducks And Your Eagles Better Eagles - To Put Individuals In The Right Places And Help Them Reach Their Potential.

The Position Does Not Make You A Leader. The Title, The Promotion, The Fancy Corner Office Do Not Make You A Leader. No, It Is Relationships With People That Are The Foundation, The Very Heart Of Leadership. Have You Ever Worked For Someone You Didn't Like? It's Difficult, Isn't It? On The Other Hand, The Leader You Will Follow Anywhere And Everywhere Is One You Know Cares About You, And Values You. This Person Has Your Best Interests At Heart. It Is The Leader Who Comes Alongside To Help You Improve And Grow.

For Many Many Years, I've Taught, Not Only Leadership, But I've Taught People That They Need A Personal Growth Plan. Growth Is Not An Automatic Process For You Or Me Or Anybody.

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.

Giving Is The Highest Level Of Living.

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.

Tend To The People, And They Will Tend To The Business.

..give Them Your Faith, And They Become Confident, Energized, And Self-reliant.

Successful People...focus On The Rewards Of Success: Learning From Their Mistakes And Thinking About How They Can Improve Themselves And Their Situations.

The Success Of A Vision Is Determined By Its Ownership By Both The Leader And The People.

Attitude Is The First Quality That Marks The Successful Man. If He Has A Positive Attitude And Is A Positive Thinker, Who Likes Challenges And Difficult Situations, Then He Has Half His Success Achieved.

If You Want To Be A Sharp Thinker, Be Around Sharp People.

As You Interact With Others, Remember This: Anytime A Person's Response Is Larger Than The Issue At Hand, The Response Is Almost Always About Something Else.

If People Around You Don't Believe In You, If They Don't Encourage You, Then You Need To Find Some People Who Do.

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.

Without Leadership Ability,a Person's Impact Is Only A Fraction Of What It Could Be With Good Leadership.

Good Leadership

A Lot Of People Believe They Are Successful Because They Have Everything They Want. They Have Added Value To Themselves. But I Believe Significance Comes When You Add Value To Others And You Can't Have True Success Without Significance.

In The End, People Are Persuaded Not By What We Say, But By What They Understand.

When Pastors Ask Me If Their People Will Buy This Vision, I Ask Them Two Questions: "have They Bought Into Your Leadership?" If They Haven't, Don't Ever Try To Pass On A Vision. Second, "have You Processed This Vision Correctly?"

I Started Out In The Ministry, Went To College, Started As A Pastor, Pastored For Basically 25 Years. That Was A Good Time, I Really Enjoyed It.

People Go Farther Than They Thought They Could When Someone Else Thinks They Can.

The Dreams And Passions Stored Within Hearts Are Powerful Keys Which Can Unlock A Wealth Of Potential.

Remember, Man Does Not Live On Bread Alone: Sometimes He Needs A Little Buttering Up.

The Only Thing A Title Can Buy Is A Little Time-either To Increase Your Level Of Influence With Others Or To Undermine It.

If You Treat Every Person You Meet As If He Or She Were The Most Important Person In The World, You'll Communicate That He Or She Is Somebody - To You.

The Person With A Plan, A Picture, Will Go After Thoughts That Add Value To Their Thinking.

You Have No Control Over How Much Talent You Possess. You Control Only What You Do With It.

Leader’s Potential Is Determined By Those Closest To Him.

To Get Out Of A Hard Situation, Try A Soft Answer.

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Nothing Separates Successful People From Unsuccessful People More Than How They Use Their Time!

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Teamwork Gives You The Best Opportunity To Turn Vision Into Reality.

Do Something You Hate Every Day, Just For The Practice.

It Is Hard To Feel Bad About Yourself When You Are Doing Something Good For Someone Else. There Are A Lot Of Ways To Lift Your Self-esteem, But Making A Positive Difference In Another's Life Has Got To Be My Best Leadership Guidance. Serving Others And Working To Add Value To Them Will Lift Your Spirits In A Way That Nothing Else Will. Trust Me On This One.

Nothing Speaks Like Results. If You Want To Build The Kind Of Credibility That Connects With People, Then Deliver Results Before You Deliver A Message. Get Out And Do What You Advise Others To Do. Communicate From Experience.

Doing The Right Thing Daily, Compounds Over Time.

Doing The Right Thing

People Who Use Time Wisely Spend It On Activities That Advance Their Overall Purpose In Life.

Once Our Minds Are 'tattooed' With Negative Thinking, Our Chances For Long-term Success Diminish.

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Time Is More Valuable Than Money, Because Time Is Irreplaceable.

A Person's Level Of Income And Their Desire To Give Have Nothing To Do With One Another.

To Be Successful, You Can't Just Run On The Fast Track; Run On Your Track.

I Had A Horrible Life Habit That I Had To Change. And I Think It's Very True, The Later We Make Decisions In Life That Are Important, The Harder It Is To Manage Those Decisions.

A Dream Is An Inspiring Picture Of The Future That Energizes Your Mind, Will, And Emotions, Empowering You To Do Everything You Can To Achieve It.

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.

When We Are Foolish, We Want To Conquer The World. When We Are Wise, We Want To Conquer Ourselves. That Begins When We Do What We Should No Matter How We Feel About It.

Conquer The World

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People Buy Into The Leader Before They Buy Into The Vision.

To Add Growth, Lead Followers - To Multiply, Lead Leaders.

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Failed Plans Should Not Be Interpreted As A Failed Vision. Visions Don't Change, They Are Only Refined. Plans Rarely Stay The Same, And Are Scrapped Or Adjusted As Needed. Be Stubborn About The Vision, But Flexible With Your Plan.

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..our Level Of Influence Is Not The Same With Everyone.

Reflective Thinking Is Like The Crock Pot Of The Mind. It Encourages Your Thoughts To Simmer Until They're Done.

Dreams Require Down Payments. Dreams Are Free, But The Journey Isn't. There Is A Price To Pay. First, You Must Pay The Price Of Dealing With Criticism From People Who Matter. Ralph Waldo Emerson Said, 'whatever Course You Decide Upon, There Is Always Someone To Tell You That You Are Wrong.' Second, You Must Pay The Price Of Overcoming Your Fears. Failure, Rejection, And Looking Foolish Are Common Fears - But They Are Just Feelings That Can Be Conquered And Removed From Your Thoughts. Finally, You Must Be Willing To Pay The Price Of Hard Work In Order To Realize Your Dream.

Most People Don't Like Change. They Revolt Against It Unless They Can Clearly See The Advantage It Brings. For That Reason, When Good Leaders Prepare To Take Action Or Make Changes, They Take People Through A Process To Get Them Ready For It.

We Cannot Achieve Our Wildest Dreams By Remaining Who We Are

The Best Way To Serve The Individuals On The Team Is To See That The Whole Team Wins.

People Rise And Fall To Meet Your Level Of Expectations For Them. If You Express Skepticism And Doubt In Others, They Will Return Your Lack Of Confidence With Mediocrity. But If You Believe In Them And Expect Them To Do Well, They Will Go The Extra Mile Trying To Do Their Best.

When You Believe In People, You Motivate Them And Release Their Potential.

Positive Thinking Must Be Followed By Positive Doing.

Positive Thinking

When We Trust God, He Can Make The Ordinary Extraordinary!

Ordinary Extraordinary

I Say This In The Book [today Matters], We Either Spend Our Day Repairing Or Preparing, And If I Haven't Taken Good Care Of My Today's, They Accumulate. So All Of A Sudden Today What I'm Doing Is I'm Going Back, I'm Repairing Bad Relationships And Wrong Decisions, And I'm Digging A Hole. I'm Not Making Any Progress Because I'm In A Repairing Mode, Versus If I Really Make Today Count That Prepares Me For Tomorrow. Tomorrow Really Will Take Care Of Itself If I Do The Right Thing Today.

Bad Relationship

I Really Didn't Settle Stuff Spiritually Until I Was 17 Years Of Age. But Through My Teenage Years I Just Knew That Someday I Had To Settle Accounts And Get Things Straightened Up And Move In That Direction.

Not Realizing What You Want Is A Problem Of Knowledge. Not Pursuing What You Want Is A Problem Of Motivation. Not Achieving What You Want Is A Problem Of Persistence.

There Is No Success Without Failure And Losses.

You Cannot Enjoy Others Until You Enjoy Yourself Because You Cannot Give To Others What You Do Not Have.

You Don't Become An Effective Leader By Default.

Leaders Will Not Experience Long-term Success Unless A Lot Of People Want Them To.

A Sense Of Responsibility Is The Clearest Indication Of Mature Leadership.

Sense Of Responsibility

The Greatest Handicap A Person Has Is Not Realizing His Potential.

Don't Ever Be Impressed With Goal Setting. Be Impressed With Goal Getting.

Tenacious People Don't Rely On Luck, Fate, Or Destiny For Their Success. And When Conditions Become Difficult, They Keep Working.

A Dream Becomes A Reality As A Result Of Your Actions, And Your Actions Are Controlled, To A Large Extent, By Your Habits.

Without A Vision People And The Church Become Self-centered. People Start Finding Fault With One Another And The Church Self-destructs.

They Biggest Man With The Biggest Ideas Can Be Shot Down By The Smallest Man With The Smallest Mind-think Big Anyway.

Why Did The Achievers Overcome Problems While Thousands Are Overwhelmed By Theirs? They Refused To Hold On To The Common Excuses For Failure. They Turned Their Stumbling Blocks Into Stepping Stones. They Realized That They Couldn't Determine Every Circumstance In Life But They Could Determine Their Choice Of Attitude Towards Every Circumstance.

Your Emotions Are Making It Difficult For You To Accept Hard Decisions.

It's Easy To Have A Great Attitude When Things Are Going Our Way...it's When Difficult Challenges Rise Before Us...that Attitude Becomes The Difference Maker.

In My Organizations I Don't Have Employees; I Have Teammates. Yes, I Do Pay People And Offer Them Benefits. But People Don't Work For Me. They Work With Me. We Are Working Together To Fulfill The Vision. Without Them, I Cannot Succeed. Without Me, They Cannot Succeed. We're A Team. We Reach Our Goals Together. We Need Each Other. If We Didn't, Then One Of Us Is In The Wrong Place.

Look Behind You: What Have You Learned? Look Around You: What Is Happening To Others? Look Above You: What Does God Expect Of You? Look Besides You: What Resources Are Available To You?

If You Don't Love Where You Are Right Now, You Won't Love Where You Are Going. Here Is What I Know: People Who Are Passionate About What They Do Every Day And Love Where They Are In Life Are The Fortunate Ones. They Have Discovered Their Purpose. They Are The Difference Makers Who Fully Understand The Gift Of Adding Value, And Yes, They Can't Help But Love Where They Are Going On Their Journey.

Always Take The High Road.

Taking The High Road

Change The Leader, Change The Organization.

Confront Your Inadequacies And Push Your Personal Boundaries: It's The Surest Way To Grow, Improve And Expand The Scope Of Your Influence.

People Have A Seed To Success Within Them. Most Never Find It And Therefore Fail To Reach Their Potential. Occasionally, A Leader Discovers It And Helps That Individual Develop It. For Both, They Now Can Fulfill The Purpose For Which They Are Born.

If Something Can Be Done 80% As Well By Someone Else, Delegate!

We Are So Blessed, We Get Hundreds Of Emails A Day That Say, “john, I’ve Worked This Plan For One Year And I Can Really See My Growth.” So What I Would Love Is For Readers To Do That For A Year And Then Email Me.

Many Times When People Have A Vision, They Think In Terms Of A Big Vision - I Want To Take My City For Christ. But The Problem With Many Pastors And This Type Of Vision Is This: They Haven't Developed The Strategy To Fulfill That Vision. A Pastor Preaches A Dream Or Vision To His/her People, They Get Excited For A Week, A Month, Or A Couple Of Months, But There Is No Strategy, Planning, Or Process To Fulfill That Vision.

If You Take Control Of Your Behavior, Your Emotions Will Fall Into Place.

Strong Leaders Equal Strong Organizations.

Every New Level Of Growth We Hope To Experience As Leaders Calls For A New Level Of Change. You Cannot Have One Without The Other. If You Want To Be A Better Leader, Get Ready To Make Some Trades.

If You Are In A Leadership Position, Do Not Rely On Your Title To Convince People To Follow You. Build Relationships. Win People Over. Do That And You Will Never Be A Lonely Leader.

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.

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.

Wanting To Win Isn't Enough. You Have To Go Through A Process To Improve. That Takes Patience, Perseverance, And Intentionality.

I Don't Think Every Person Is Going To Have The Same Twelve, But I Think Out Of The Twelve I Have, Nine Of Them Every Person Will Have. Three Of Them Are A Little Bit Of An Option, But I Say Go Get Your Own Three, It's No Problem.

Dreams Don't Work Unless You Do

All Things Being Equal, Attitude Wins. All Things Not Being Equal, Attitude Sometimes Still Wins.

Adversity Is A Crossroads That Makes A Person Choose One Of Two Paths: Character Or Compromise. Every Time He Chooses Character, He Becomes Stronger, Even If That Choice Brings Negative Consequences.

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.

To Be An Influencer, You Have To Love People Before You Can Try To Lead Them.

Losers Focus On What They Are Going Through; Winners Focus On What They Are Going To.

We Teach What We Know, But We Reproduce What We Are.

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.

No Matter What You Are Currently Able To Do, Creativity Can Make You Capable Of More.

Motivation Gets You Going, But Discipline Keeps You Growing. That's The Law Of Consistency. It Doesn't Matter How Talented You Are. It Doesn't Matter How Many Opportunities You Receive. If You Want To Grow, Consistency Is Key.

Conflict Is Like Cancer; Early Detection Increases The Possibility Of A Healthy Outcome.

If You Want To Help Others And Become A Person Of Influence, Keep Smiling, Sharing, Giving, And Turning The Other Cheek.

As Negative Thoughts Produce Negative Actions, So Positive Thoughts Produce Positive Actions.

Positive Thoughts

A Minute Of Thought Is Greater Than An Hour Of Talk.

It's Better To Prepare Than To Repair.

If You're Going To Play Together As A Team, You've Got To Care For One Another. You've Got To Love Each Other.

The Secret To Success Can Be Found In People's Daily Agendas. If They Do Something Intentional To Grow Every Day, They Move Closer To Reaching Their Potential. If They Don't, Their Potential Slowly Slips Away Over The Course Of Their Lifetime.

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.

God Gives Us Resources According To Our Dreams And According To Our Obedience. And God Doesn't Give Those Resources Until We've Started Walking In Obedience.

If You Embrace Possibility Thinking, Your Dreams Will Go From Molehill To Mountain Size, And Because You Believe In Possibilities, You Put Yourself In Position To Achieve Them.

Commitment Comes As A Result Of Choice, Not Conditions.

Leading Well Is Not About Enriching Yourself - It's About Empowering Others

Empowering Others

The Best Leaders Realize Their Success Depends On Their People.

Cooperation Is Working Together Agreeably... Collaboration Is Working Together Aggressively; And Theres A World Of Difference Between Those Two.

Working Together

True Success Is Obeying God.

People Knowledge Is Much More Important Than Mere Product Knowledge.

Your Success Stops Where Your Character Stops. You Can Never Rise Above The Limitations Of Your Character.

Talent Is A Gift, But Character Is A Choice.

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.

Talented Performers Flock To The Best And Brightest Leaders, And These Leaders In Turn Lift The Lids Off Their People And Uncork The Latent Talent Inside Of Them.

Success Is Due To Our Stretching To The Challenges Of Life. Failure Comes When We Shrink From Them.

Our Destiny Is Determined, Not By What We Possess, But By What Possess Us.

A Great Idea Is Simply The Combination Of Many Good Ideas.

Vision Is Something Pastors And Churches Cannot Afford To Live Without.

Growth Inside Fuels Growth Outside.

Facing Difficulties Is Inevitable. Learning From Them Is Optional.

Enlightenment Writer And Philosopher Voltaire Likened Life To A Game Of Cards. Players Must Accept The Cards Dealt To Them. However, Once They Have Those Cards In Hand, They Alone Choose How They Will Play Them. They Decide What Risks And Actions To Take.

Inability To Make Decisions Is One Of The Principal Reasons Executives Fail.

The First Order Of Things To Be Changed Is Me, The Leader. After I Consider How Hard It Is To Change Myself, Then I Will Understand The Challenge Of Trying To Change Others. This Is The Ultimate Test Of Leadership.

Don't Wait Until You Feel Positive To Move Forward. Act Your Way Into Feeling Good.

Positive Thinking

The Goal Of The Pastor Is Not To Get People To Show Up But To Get People To Grow Up.

Leaders Have Two Characteristics: First They Are Going Somewhere, And Second They Are Able To Persuade Other People To Go With Them.

I Am Convinced More Than Ever That Good Communication And Leadership Are All About Connecting. If You Can Connect With Others At Every Level -one-on-one, In Groups, And With An Audience-your Relationships Are Stronger, Your Sense Of Community Improves, Your Ability To Create Teamwork Increases, Your Influence Increases, And Your Productivity Skyrockets.

People Tend To Become What The Most Important People In Their Lives Think They Will Become.

A Man Must Be Big Enough To Admit His Mistakes, Smart Enough To Profit From Them, And Strong Enough To Correct Them.

To You To Live A Significant Life, You Have To Become Intentional.

I Think Passion Gives You The Energy To Do What Is Right, And Discipline Makes Sure You Do What Is Right. So I Look At Them As Kind Of Cousins Maybe.

Many Times When People Leave Churches We Think It's A Doctrinal Issue, But Most Of The Time It's A Leadership Issue.

Difficulties Seldom Defeat People; Lack Of Faith In Themselves Usually Does It.

The Length And Breath Of Our Influence On Others Are Directly Related To The Depth Of Our Concern For Them.

Successful People Don’t Wait For Everything To Be Perfect To Move Forward.

Knowing The Future Is Difficult, Controlling The Future Is Impossible. Knowing Today Is Essential; Controlling Today Is Possible.

The Only Thing We Can Control Is What We Do In The Present. The More We Replay Yesterday, The Further We Get From Today's Opportunities. And The Further Away We Move From Opportunities, The Tougher The Road Is To Get Back. Opportunities Never Look As Good Coming As They Do Going, And They Wait For No One. We Need To Be Highly Attentive To Spot Them. And We Must Be Focused On Our Present Capabilities, Not Past Regrets.

Relationships Are The Foundation Of Leadership.

Credibility Is A Leader's Currency. With It, He Or She Is Solvent; Without It, He Or She Is Bankrupt.

We Tend To Get In Life What We Are Willing To Tolerate.

If You Wouldn't Follow Yourself, Why Should Anyone Else?

I Say, Make The Decision, And As Soon As You Make The Decision, The Rest Of Your Life You Just Manage That Decision On A Daily Basis.

Rest Of Your Life

Passion Creates Energy And Magnetically Pulls Co-workers And Customers Into A Shared Vision, And It Is Exceptionally Strong When Linked With A Leader's Values.

There Is A Real Hunger For Spiritual Things In Today's Culture; People Are Seeking Something Spiritual, Something Beyond Themselves. That's The Good News. The Bad News Is People Are Not Getting It At Church Because The Church Is Singing Songs, Preaching Messages, Doing Programs, And Taking Offerings For Itself.

Be Willing To Absorb Some Risk And Failures To Allow People Freedom To Express Themselves.

Risk And Failure

Usually The Person Who Rises Within An Organization Has A Good Attitude. The Promotions Did Not Give That Individual An Outstanding Attitude, But An Outstanding Attitude Resulted In Promotions.

Success Doesn't Come Instantly. Neither Does The Ability To Lead.

If You Want To Do Something Really Big, Do It As Part Of A Team.

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

Image Is What People Think We Are. Integrity Is What We Really Are.

People Of Influence Understand The Incredible Value Of Becoming A Good Listener.

You Don't Overcome Challenges By Making Them Smaller But By Making Yourself Bigger.

If You Want To Be Positive, Upbeat, And Passionate, You Need To Take Responsibility For Being That Way.

A Leader Is One Who Sees More Than Others See, Who Sees Farther Than Others See, And Who Sees Before Others Do." (leroy Eims)

Success Is A Continuing Thing. It Is Growth And Development. It Is Achieving One Thing And Using That As A Stepping Stone To Achieve Something Else.

As A Leader, You Have To Take Responsibility For Your Own Failures As Well As Successes. That's The Only Way You'll Learn. If You Keep Learning, You'll Improve. If You Improve, Your Leadership Will Get Better. And In Time, You Will Earn The Right To Lead On The Level You Deserve.

God Gives Us The Vision, Then He Expects Us To Walk In Obedience. As We Do, The Resources We Need Come To Us.

Every Day I Will Renew My Commitment And Think About The Benefits That Come From It.

Brokenness Involves Removing Inappropriate Pride And Self-reliance And Building Healthy God-reliance.

What I Had Been Taught All My Life Was Not True: Experience Is Not The Best Teacher! Some People Learn And Grow As A Result Of Their Experience; Some People Don't. Everybody Has Some Kind Of Experience. It's What You Do With That Experience That Matters.

When You Reflect, You Are Able To Put An Experience Into Perspective... Reflective Thinking Enables You To Distance Yourself From The Intense Emotions Of Particularly Good Or Bad Experiences And See Them With Fresh Eyes.

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