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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.

-John C. Maxwell

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Talent Is A Gift,

John C. Maxwell

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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.

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It Seems The Older You Get, The More Life Comes Into Focus.

The Greatest Mistake A Person Can Make Is Doing Nothing.

You Cannot Have Growth Without Change.

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

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.

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Leaders Never Outgrow The Need To Change.

Confidence Is A Characteristic Of A Positive Attitude. The Greatest Achievers And Leaders Remain Confident Regardless Of Circumstances.

Characteristics

Intentional Living Is The Bridge To Significance. At The End Of Every Year, I Take Time Out To Reflect And Evaluate The Events Of The Previous Year - What Went Well And What Needed Improvement. From That Inventory, I Lay Out My Next Year - How I Intend To Live, Make The Best Use Of Time And Maximize Adding Value To Others. Success Asks, 'how Can I Add Value To Myself?' Significance Asks, 'how Can I Add Value To Others?' It Is Your Intention That Lends Itself To Significance.

Momentum Solves 80% Of Your Problems.

The Highway Of Life Is Filled With Flat Squirrels That Couldn't Make A Decision.

You Invest Yourself In What You Believe Can Succeed.

Someone Once Defined Hard Work As The Accumulation Of The Easy Things You Didn't Do When You Should Have.

Since An Attitude Is Often Expressed By Our Body Language And By The Looks On Our Faces, It Can Be Contagious.

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.

I Always Try To Remember That I Am A Work In Progress. It Is Life's Journey That Matters And The Turns I Take Will Determine How Much Progress I Make. You See, I Am Unique In My Gifts And The Purpose I Was Created For. When I Get To Heaven At The End Of My Journey, I Will Not Be Asked What Gifts He Gave Me, But What I Did With Them. Each One Of Us Is A Work In Progress, With A Mission And Purpose To Fulfill That Is Uniquely Ours. Keep That In Mind As You Journey, Won't You?

Management Is The Process Of Assuring That The Program And Objectives Of The Organization Are Implemented. Leadership On The Other Hand Has To Do With Casting Vision And Motivating People.

Nobody Wanders His Or Her Way To A Dream, And Nobody Achieves A Dream By Accident. Don't Shortcut The Process And Risk Cheating Yourself Out Of Your Dream!

They Can't Hurt You Unless You Let Them.

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Mistakes Are The Stepping Stones To Success.

Stepping Stones

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

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People Create Success In Their Lives By Focusing On Today. It May Sound Trite, But Today Is The Only Time You Have. It's Too Late For Yesterday. And You Can't Depend On Tomorrow. That's Why Today Matters. Most Of The Time We Miss That.

Commitment Is The First Step To Every Good Thing I Know, And The Only Step That Matters When It Comes To Achievement. It Inspires And Attracts People, Shows Them You Have Conviction And Goals, That You Are Focused And Determined. And The Commitment That Is Based On Values Will Endure. Any Time You Make Choices Based On Solid Life Values, You Are In A Better Position To Sustain Your Level Of Commitment, Because You Don't Have To Continually Re-evaluate Its Importance.

God Wants To Be Our Partner Throughout Life. Too Often We Are Tempted To Either Carry The Entire Load Ourselves Or Give Everything To God And Do Nothing. God Doesn't Like Either Strategy. Sometimes He Moves Before Us And Sometimes After Us - But He Doesn't Move Without Us. Without God... We Cannot. Without Us... God Will Not.

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Our Attitudes Cannot Stop Our Feelings, But They Can Keep Our Feelings From Stopping Us.

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The Sum Of All Your Thoughts Comprises Your Overall Attitude.

The Depth Of Your Mythology Is The Extent Of Your Effectiveness.

Progress Is Often Just A Good Idea Away.

The Bottom Line In Managing Your Emotions Is That You Should Put Others – Not Yourself – First In How You Handle And Process Them. Whether You Delay Or Display Your Emotions Should Not Be For Your Own Gratification. You Should Ask Yourself, What Does The Team Need? Not, What Will Make Me Feel Better?

I Think Once A Person Realizes That They Are Every Day Either Sowing Into Their Life Either Potential Success, Or Sowing Into Their Life Potential Failure, They Would All Of A Sudden Go Okay, I've Got To Figure Out What I'm Going To Do.

Take The Emotional Temperature Of Those Listening To You. Facial Expressions, Voice Inflection And Posture Give Clues To A Person's Mood And Attitude.

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There Are Pockets Of The Church That Will "give Up," And Reap A Bountiful Harvest. They Are Going To Have Huge Success, Like The Church Has Never Experienced Since The Book Of Acts.

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

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.

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.

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

Do Not Take The Agenda That Someone Else Has Mapped Out For Your Life.

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.

I Wrote The Book [today Matters] Because I Have A Passion To Help People Personally Grow. Really What It Is, It's A Personal Growth Book.

Leadership Deals With People And Their Dynamics, Which Are Continually Changing. The Challenge Of Leadership Is To Create Change And Facilitate Growth.

Leadership, Like Responsibility, Is A Voluntary Act.

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

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 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.

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.

The Best Relationships Are Win-win. Why Don't More People Go Into Relationships With That Attitude?

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.

I Was Greatly Affected By A Guy Named Rob Briner, Who Died About Five Years Ago, Who Wrote A Book Called "roaring Lambs", Which Is A Book On How To Be Salt And Light In The Secular Community.

In A Word, Most Bad Attitudes Are The Result Of Selfishness.

As Long As A Person Doesn't Know What He Doesn't Know, He Doesn't Grow

Theres A Difference Between Listening Passively And Listening Aggressively. To Listen With Your Heart, You Have To Listen Actively.

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

The Church That Will Not Give Up Will Be Outdated And Passed By, Quicker Than They Realize.

Two ( Or More) People Come Together And They Agree That They Should Be Together For A Common Purpose And That Purpose Is To Add Value To One Another. Engagements Are Partnerships That Should Always Be Win-win.

Now More Than Ever I Am Aware That A Person's Significant Birthdays Can Either Mark The Passage Of Time, Or They Can Mark Changes They've Made In Their Lives To Reach Their Potential And Become The Person They Were Created To Be. With Each Passing Year, I Want To Make Good Choices That Make Me A Better Person, Help Me Become A Better Leader, And Make A Positive Impact On Others.

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

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.

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

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.

Relationships Are The Foundation Of Leadership.

If You Don't Have Peace, It Isn't Because Someone Took It From You; You Gave It Away. You Cannot Always Control What Happens To You, But You Can Control What Happens In You.

Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today.

Better Tomorrow

Of All The Things A Leader Should Fear, Complacency Heads The List.

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.

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.

Encouragement Is Oxygen For The Soul

Good Ideas Have Expiration Dates. You Need To Act Before They Become Dated, Irrelevant Or Otherwise Spoiled.

Negative Thinking Creates Clouds At Critical Decision Times.

Critical Decisions

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

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

One Way To Overcome Our Natural Self-centeredness Is To Try To See Things From Other People's Perspectives.

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