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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (John C. Maxwell)

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Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:41:46 PM

  1. "Even average people can perform far above average in an organization with great momentum."

Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:45:57 PM

  1. "It takes a leader to create momentum."

Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:47:26 PM

  1. "“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”"

Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:48:05 PM

  1. "“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.”"

Saturday, October 7, 2023 10:48:20 PM

  1. "“You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning within your own.” —ELEANOR DOAN"

Saturday, September 2, 2023 3:36:27 PM

  1. "To build trust, a leader must exhibit competence, connection, and character."

Saturday, September 2, 2023 3:48:45 PM

  1. "obvious when it’s phrased that way, doesn’t"

Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:44:06 PM

  1. "If you consider the messenger to be credible, then you believe idea and believed in it 100 percent."

Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:45:58 PM

  1. "People want to go along with people they get along with."

Sunday, October 1, 2023 2:41:40 AM

  1. "victorious leaders have one thing in common: they share an unwillingness to accept defeat. The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them."

Sunday, October 1, 2023 2:46:58 AM

  1. "Victorious leaders possess an unwillingness to accept defeat.The alternative to winning is totally unacceptable to them."

Sunday, October 1, 2023 2:53:59 AM

  1. "“What is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road my be; for without victory, there is no survival.” —WINSTON CHURCHILL"

Sunday, October 1, 2023 2:58:39 AM

  1. "When the pressure is on, great leaders are at their best. Whatever is inside them comes to the surface."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:38:19 PM

  1. "busyness does not equal productivity."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:40:49 PM

  1. "prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead, to know what’s important, to know what’s next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:41:25 PM

  1. "prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead, to know what’s important, to know what’s next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision. That’s hard work. Third, prioritizing causes us to do things that are at the least uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:41:38 PM

  1. "prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead, to know what’s important, to know what’s next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:41:49 PM

  1. "prioritizing causes us to do things that are at the least uncomfortable and sometimes"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:42:02 PM

  1. "prioritizing causes us to do things that are at the least uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:44:27 PM

  1. "leadership has nothing to do with comfort and everything to do with progress."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:46:37 PM

  1. "“A leader is the one who climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, ‘Wrong jungle!’”"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:51:02 PM

  1. "“The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.”"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:52:53 PM

  1. "“There are many things that will catch my eye, but there are only a few things that will catch my heart.” —TIM REDMOND"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:56:15 PM

  1. "If I’m doing something that’s not necessary, I should eliminate it. If I’m doing something that’s necessary but not required of me personally, I need to delegate it."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:57:42 PM

  1. "Ideally, leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:57:51 PM

  1. "Leaders should get out of their comfort zone but stay in their strength zone."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:58:00 PM

  1. "People are more productive and more con-tent when their work is within their natural gifting and strengths."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 1:58:43 PM

  1. "Just because you can do something does not mean that you should do it."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 2:00:19 PM

  1. "Life is too short not to do some things you love."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 2:01:43 PM

  1. "No matter what else I do, I will make time for those things. They are the fire lighters in my life."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:29:53 PM

  1. "Others do it because they want to change the world. That was the reason for Martin Luther King Jr."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:48:17 PM

  1. "“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and for everything you gain, you lose something.”"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:49:07 PM

  1. "Effective leaders sacrifice much that is good in order to dedicate themselves to what is best."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:51:11 PM

  1. "The more responsibility you accept, the fewer options you have."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:54:07 PM

  1. "The problem for leaders comes when they think they have earned the right to stop making sacrifices."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:54:26 PM

  1. "in leadership, sacrifice is an ongoing process, not a one-time payment."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 3:59:13 PM

  1. "If leaders have to give up to go up, then they have to give up even more to stay up."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 4:33:08 PM

  1. "If a leader repeatedly shows poor judgment, even in little things, people start to think that having him as the leader is the real mistake."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:49:28 PM

  1. "they do the right things at the right time."

Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:59:39 PM

  1. "He actually paid me to read books that he knew would help"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:59:46 PM

  1. "He actually paid me to read books that he knew would help"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 8:59:53 PM

  1. "He actually paid me to read books that he knew would help me"

Sunday, October 15, 2023 9:12:33 PM

  1. "Leaders Who Attract Followers . . . Need to Be Needed Leaders Who Develop Leaders . . . Want to Be Succeeded"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:53:24 PM

  1. "Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:53:33 PM

  1. "“Leaders are paid to be dreamers. The higher you go in leadership, the more your work is about the future.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:53:55 PM

  1. "The leader’s effective modeling of the vision makes the picture come alive!"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:57:50 PM

  1. "FOLLOWERS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING WHAT YOU DO"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 12:59:15 PM

  1. "If the bosses cut corners, employees cut corners. People do what people see."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:00:43 PM

  1. "“A good supervisor is a catalyst, not a drill sergeant. He creates an atmosphere where intelligent people are willing to fol-low him. He doesn’t command; he convinces.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:01:03 PM

  1. "Nothing is more convincing than living out what you say you believe."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:01:38 PM

  1. "“To do what is right is wonderful. To teach what is right is even more wonderful—and much easier.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:03:17 PM

  1. "“Nothing is more confusing than people who give good advice but set a bad example.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:04:45 PM

  1. "Too many leaders are like bad travel agents. They send people places they have never been. Instead, they should be more like tour guides, taking people places they have gone and sharing the wisdom of their own experiences."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:05:12 PM

  1. "“Leaders tell but never teach until they practice what they preach.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:05:55 PM

  1. "“Show me what you can do; don’t tell me what you can do.”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:07:45 PM

  1. "3.WE SHOULD WORK ON CHANGING OURSELVES BEFORE TRYING TO IMPROVE OTHERS"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:08:56 PM

  1. "As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:09:11 PM

  1. "My standards of excellence should be higher for myself than those I set for others."

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:19:52 PM

  1. "“You cannot ask those who work for you to do something you’re unwilling to do yourself,”"

Sunday, September 24, 2023 1:21:22 PM

  1. "More than anyone else, leaders should welcome being held accountable. Nothing builds confidence in a leader more than a willingness to take responsibility for what happens during his watch."

Thursday, October 5, 2023 1:04:31 AM

  1. "Momentum Is a Leader’s Best Friend"

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:45:12 AM

  1. "They make things happen."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:45:56 AM

  1. "Leaders are like eagles—they don’t flock. That’s why they are so hard to find."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:47:07 AM

  1. "If you want to gather leaders, you must create a place where they can thrive."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:47:20 AM

  1. "Leaders want flexibility. Most organizations place a high value on following rules."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 1:52:50 AM

  1. "Leadership development compounds. The more you invest in people and the longer you do it, the greater the growth and the higher the return."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 7:55:05 PM

  1. "What do you want people to say at your funeral?"

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 7:58:30 PM

  1. "Success doesn’t count for much if you leave nothing behind."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 7:58:45 PM

  1. "Most people simply accept their lives—they don’t lead them."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:03:42 PM

  1. "Why would someone say you need to look at a person’s grandchildren? Because it’s a good indication of how the people to whom you have chosen to invest your legacy will carry on without you."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:03:54 PM

  1. "A legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:04:32 PM

  1. "You can have the fastest runners in the world—each one a record setter—but if they blow the exchange, they lose the race. The same is true when it comes to the Law of Legacy."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:04:47 PM

  1. "if you don’t make sure you pass the baton, you will not leave the legacy you desire."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:06:03 PM

  1. "“We have made at least a start in discovering the meaning in human life when we plant shade trees under which we know full well we will never sit.”"

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:06:50 PM

  1. "leader’s lasting value is measured by succession. That is the Law of Legacy."

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:09:59 PM

  1. "“A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.” —JACKIE ROBINSON"

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 10:00:26 PM

  1. "“You’ve got to have great athletes to win, I don’t care who the coach is. You can’t win without good athletes, but you can lose with them. This is where coaching makes the difference.” —LOU HOLTZ"