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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.

-John C. Maxwell

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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.

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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.

Most People Have A Desire To Look For The Exception Instead Of The Desire To Become Exceptional.

Life Is Like Riding In A Taxi. Whether You Are Going Anywhere Or Not, The Meter Keeps Ticking.

Earn The Right To Be Heard By Listening To Others. Seek To Understand A Situation Before Making Judgments About It.

Listening To Others

If You're Not Doing Something With Your Life, Then It Doesn’t Matter How Long You Live. If You're Doing Something With Your Life, Then It Doesn't Matter How Short Your Life May Be. A Life Is Not Measured By Years Lived, But By Its Usefulness. If You Are Giving, Loving, Serving, Helping, Encouraging, And Adding Value To Others, Then You're Living A Life That Counts!

Every Person Has A Longing To Be Significant; To Make A Contribution; To Be A Part Of Something Noble And Purposeful.

Deciding What To Be Is More Important Than Deciding What To Do.

Deciding What To Do

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

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.

Ordinary People With Commitment Can Make An Extraordinary Impact On The Their World.

They Can't Hurt You Unless You Let Them.

If You Have Great People Around You, They Will Take You Higher Than Your Dream Will. Leaders Are Never Self-made. Those Closest To You Determine Your Level Of Success, So Choosing The Right Companions As Partners In Pursuit Of Your Vision Is An Important Decision. My Advice Is To Surround Yourself With Talented People Who Will Challenge You, Help You Grow And Inspire You To Maximize Your Potential.

Success Is About Us. Significance Is About Others.

If You Want To Do A Few Small Things Right, Do Them Yourself. If You Want To Do Great Things And Make A Big Impact, Learn To Delegate.

Your Core Values Are The Deeply Held Beliefs That Authentically Describe Your Soul.

Anybody Who Thinks That They Are A Leader And Doesn't Have Anyone Following Them Is Just Out For A Walk.

Failure Should Be Our Teacher, Not Our Undertaker

The Strength Of Any Organization Is A Direct Result Of The Strength Of Its Leaders.

I've Never Known A Person Focused On Yesterday To Have A Better Tomorrow.

Successful People Don't Have Any Fewer Problems Than Unsuccessful People; They Just Have A Different Mindset In Dealing With Them.

Talent Allows People To Stand Out, But Their Wrong Choices Make Them Sit Down.

Most People Want To Avoid Pain, And Discipline Is Usually Painful.

What You Are Going To Be Tomorrow, You Are Becoming Today.

When A Leader Is Upbeat In The Face Of Discouraging Circumstances, Others Admire That Quality And Want To Be Like Her.

An Attitude Is: An Inward Feeling Expressed By An Outward Action.

When You Face Discouragement, You Can Do One Of Two Things, And The One You Choose Will Color Your Perspective. You Can Look At Others To Place The Blame, Or You Can Look At Yourself To Discover Your Opportunities. The Choice Is Yours.

Never Allow Others To Think You Always Have The Best Answers. This Will Only Make Them Dependent On You.

You Cannot Have Growth Without Change.

The Primary Limitation In Life Is Our Low Expectations For Ourselves And Others. When We Expect Minimum Results, That's Usually What We Get.

If Everyone Doesn't Pay The Price To Win, Then Everyone Will Pay The Price Of Losing.

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

There Is No Quicker Way To Earn Respect As A Leader Than Being Slow To Speak. It Is Called Listening And It Plays A Big Role In What I Call “the Law Of Connection.” How Will You Know What Is Important To People Unless You Ask And Listen To The Answers? If You Prove To Be A Leader Who Solicits Feedback And Pays Attention To What’s Being Said, Then You Will Earn Your Connection And Your Followers Will Respect The Guidance You Give.

We Are To Get Wisdom And Understanding, Yet We Are Not To Lean On It Apart From The Lord.

To Change Your Life You Need To Change Your Priorities.

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Personal And Organizational Effectiveness Is Proportionate To The Strength Of Leadership.

I've Known People Who Thought That Reaching Their Potential Would Come From Shoring Up Their Weaknesses. But Do You Know What Happens When You Spend All Your Time Working On Your Weaknesses And Never Developing Your Strengths? If You Work Really Hard, You Might Claw Your Way All The Way To Mediocrity! But You'll Never Get Beyond It.

I Felt The Hand And The Call Of God In My Life That I Would Be Doing Ministry And Trying To Serve Him The Best That I Could.

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.

The Ability To Understand People Is A Choice.

Progress Is Often Just A Good Idea Away.

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There Is Definitely A Connection Between Finding Your Passion And Reaching Your Potential. People Ask Me All The Time, 'john, How Do I Know What I Am Meant To Do In Life?' The Answer Is Really Simple: Energy And Excellence. When You Experience Unbounded Energy In What You Are Doing, When You Are Driven To Excellence In Your Work And Love What You Do - Then You Can Rest Assured That You Have Found Your Passion And Are Definitely In Pursuit Of Your Full Potential.

The Best Way To Help People Is To See The Best In Them.

To Achieve Your Dreams, You Must Embrace Adversity And Make Failure A Regular Part Of Your Life. If You're Not Failing, You're Probably Not Really Moving Forward.

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

Delegate - Work Smarter Not Harder; Do What You Do Best And Drop The Rest; Get Control Of Your Calendar; Do What You Love Because It Will Give You Energy; Work With People You Like So Your Energy Isn't Depleted.

To Be A Leader You Must Be Able To Create Positive Change.

I Guess I'd Rather Be Loved Than Respected.

Vision Is A Picture Of A Desired Future; A Picture Of Something That I Don't Possess Right Now, But It Is Something I Want To See And Experience, And Something I Want The People I Am Leading To Experience.

The Church Will Not Stay The Same. It Will Either Blossom Because Someone Understands The Season The Church Is In, Or It Will Wither Very Quickly.

A Great Leader Has The Ability To Instill Within His People Confidence In Themselves.

We All Stand On The Shoulders Of The Past Generation.

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

Pride Deafens Us To The Advice Or Warnings Of Those Around Us.

If You Don't Have The Ability To See When To Stand Up And The Conviction To Do It, You'll Never Be An Effective Leader.

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

Making A Difference

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.

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

To Stay Focused In Life: You Can't Know Everyone You Can't Do Everything You Can't Go Everywhere We Have To Pick And Choose Between Good And A Little Bit Better.

If You Can Raise Up Leaders, You Will Always Have Followers, But If You Can't Raise Up Leaders, You Will Only Have Followers.

Failure Is Not Fatal. Only Failure To Get Back Up Is.

To Measure A Leader, Put A Tape Around His Heart, Not His Head.

The Ability To Understand People Is One Of The Greatest Assets Anyone Can Ever Have.

The Whole Idea Of Motivation Is A Trap. Forget Motivation. Just Do It. Exercise, Lose Weight, Test Your Blood Sugar, Or Whatever. Do It Without Motivation. And Then, Guess What? After You Start Doing The Thing, That's When The Motivation Comes And Makes It Easy For You To Keep On Doing It.

No One Stands Taller In The Climb To Success Than When He Bends Over To Help Up Someone Else.

The Effectiveness Of Your Work Will Never Rise Above Your Ability To Lead And Influence Others.

Must Manage Your Thought Life Daily And Then You Can Manage Your Life.

Thoughts On Life

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

The Greatest Day In Your Life And Mine Is When We Take Total Responsibility For Our Attitudes. That's The Day We Truly Grow Up.

The First Person You Lead Is You.

If You Think You Are The Entire Picture, You Will Never See The Big Picture.

A Great Leader's Courage To Fulfill His Vision Comes From Passion, Not Position.

In Most Cases, Those Who Want Power Probably Shouldn't Have It, Those Who Enjoy It Probably Do So For The Wrong Reasons, And Those Who Want Most To Hold On To It Don't Understand That It's Only Temporary.

Realizing Your Potential As A Leader Is Your Responsibility.

Values Hold The Team Together, Provide Stability For The Team To Grow Upon, Measure The Team's Performance, Give Direction And Guidance And Attract Like-minded People.

The Best Leaders Are Humble Enough To Realize Their Victories Depend Upon Their People.

We Cannot Choose How Many Years We Will Live, But We Can Choose How Much Life Those Years Will Have. We Cannot Control The Beauty Of Our Face, But We Can Control The Expression On It. We Cannot Control Life's Difficult Moments But We Can Choose To Make Life Less Difficult. We Cannot Control The Negative Atmosphere Of The World, But We Can Control The Atmosphere Of Our Minds. Too Often We Try To Choose And Control Things We Cannot. Too Seldom We Choose To Control What We Can ... Our Attitude.

Connecting Is Vital For Any Person Who Wants To Achieve Success. It Is Essential For Anyone Who Wants To Build Great Relationships. You Will Only Be Able To Reach Your Potential-regar Dless Of Your Profession Or Chosen Path-when You Learn To Connect With Other People.

Those Closest To Me Will Determine The Level Of My Success.

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.

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