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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.

-John C. Maxwell

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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.

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Everything Is A Tradeoff. Everywhere You Leave, You Leave Some Good Things. The More Successful You Are, The Harder It Is To Make Tradeoffs. That's Why Some People Become Successful And Then Become Flat. Be Willing To Give Up Income For Potential, For Opportunity.

Changing Your Attitude From Self-centerdness To Understanding Requires Desire And Commitment To Always Try To See Things From The Other Persons Point Of View.

A Visionary Company Is Like A Great Work Of Art. Think Of Michelangelo's Scenes From Genesis On The Ceiling Of The Sistine Chapel Or His Statue Of David. Think Of A Great And Enduring Novel Like Huckleberry Finn Or Crime And Punishment. Think Of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony Or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think Of A Beautifully Designed Building, Like The Masterpieces Of Frank Lloyd Wright Or Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. You Can't Point To Any One Single Item That Makes The Whole Thing Work; It's The Entire Work-all The Pieces Working Together To Create An Overall Effect-that Leads To Enduring Greatness.

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.

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.

Progress Does Not Occur Without Change.

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Our Attitude Determines Our Approach To Life.

Don’t Tell Them What You’re Going To Do - That’s Vision. Do What You Are Going To Do – That’s Culture.

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We Have To Pilot Our Own Dreams - We Cannot Entrust Them To Anyone Else.

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Taking Responsibility

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Time Management Is An Oxymoron. Time Is Beyond Our Control, And The Clock Keeps Ticking Regardless Of How We Lead Our Lives. Priority Management Is The Answer To Maximizing The Time We Have.

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Finding Someone

When I Was 17, I Made The Decision To Have A Good Attitude. I Was A Junior In High School; The Coach Said I Was Going To Be The Captain Of My Basketball Team. I Thought – That Surprised Me Because I Wasn’t The Best Player. John Thomas Was Better Than Me, And I Was Probably Second Or Third Best Player. And I Kept Thinking, “why Am I Going To Be The Captain?” I Think Everybody Else Was Thinking That Too. And The Coach Then Answered, “the Reason John Is Going To Be The Captain Is He Has The Best Attitude On The Team. He Encourages Others, He Believes We Can Win, He Never Gives Up.”

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Where There Is No Hope In The Future, There Is No Power In The Present.

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.

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.

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

I Tell A Person, "if I Could Go Home With You Tomorrow And You And I Could Spend The Day Together From Maybe 8:00 To 6:00, And We Went Out To A Restaurant At 6:30, I Could Tell You With A High Degree Of Accuracy How Successful You're Going To Be." That's Huge Because I'm Just Going To Look And See, What Kind Of Attitude Do You Have, How Do You Relate To People, How Well Do You Prioritize Your Life? I'm Going To See All Of Those Things In The Process Of A Day.

To Collaborative Team Members, Completing One Another Is More Important Than Competing With One Another.

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

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

The Key To Encouragement Is In Knowing What Gives People Courage; What Spurs Them On To Action.

Whenever I Mentor People And Help Them Discover Their Purpose, I Always Encourage Them To Start The Process By Discovering Their Strengths, Not Exploring Their Shortcomings. Why? Because People's Purpose In Life Is Always Connected To Their Giftedness. It Always Works That Way. You Are Not Called To Do Something That You Have No Talent For. You Will Discover Your Purpose By Finding And Remaining In Your Strength Zone.

Most Pastors Have A Hard Time Grasping A Vision. But Vision Is The Indispensable Quality Of A Leader.

Leadership Involves The Heavy Burden Of Responsibility, And The Fear Of Getting It Wrong Can Paralyze A Leader.

People May Teach What They Know, But They Reproduce What They Are.

Might You Be Missing Opportunities Because You Have Been Too Quick To Ask How Instead Of Why?

People Knowledge Is Much More Important Than Mere Product Knowledge.

The Greatest Battle You Wage Against Failure Occurs On The Inside, Not The Outside.

Our Attitude Is The Primary Force That Will Determine Whether We Succeed Or Fail.

Attitude: It Is Our Best Friend Or Our Worst Enemy.

People Do Not Give From The Top Of Their Purses But From The Bottom Of Their Hearts. If You Desire To Become A More Generous Person Do Not Change Your Income. Change Your Heart.

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

The Greatest Detriment To Many People's Success Tomorrow Is Their Thinking Today.

You Can Easily Determine The Caliber Of A Person By The Amount Of Opposition It Takes To Discourage Him Or Her.

I Wish I Could Say I Coined The Phrase "failing Forward." I Do It All The Time. I Find As I've Embraced This Approach To Business, Life, Cycling And Generally Any New Endeavor I Take On, I've Grown More And More Comfortable With The Possibility That I Am Not Likely To Succeed On My First Try. And That's Ok.

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Leadership Is The Willingness To Put Oneself At Risk.

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