Your mission is to become better today than you were yesterday.
Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.
Above all, don’t dwell on yesterday’s victory. If your focus is on what’s behind you rather than what’s ahead, you will crash.
Integrity: The leader’s life and words match. Justice: The leader rejects dishonest gain. Convictions: The leader’s values won’t allow him or her to accept bribes. Positive focus: The leader refuses to dwell on destructive issues. Pure: The leader disciplines his or her mind to remain clean and pure. Secure: The leader is firm, stable in his identity and source of strength. The Maxwell Leadership Bible.
I am going to keep a positive attitude and use it to influence others.
Saying you believe in yourself will not guarantee your success, but saying you don’t believe in yourself will guarantee your failure.
What happens to a team when one or more of its members constantly play out of position? First, morale erodes because the team isn’t playing up to its capability. Then people become resentful.
If you’re going to connect, people need to know that you understand them.
But I’ve come to realize that failure is a process. If you flunk a test, it doesn’t mean you failed a one-time event. The F shows that you neglected the process leading up to the test.
The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You’ve got to keep working that talent.
Disappointment comes when reality falls short of our expectations. But nothing falls short of God’s expectations because He knows everything.
The highest compliment you can give someone is to ask them their opinion.
John W. Gardner observed, “If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.
People say there are two great days in a person’s life: the day you were born and the day you discover why. I.
Individuals score points, but teams win games. In The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, individuals will learn how to score more points so their teams will win more games.
When you develop confidence, those around you – friends, family, and associates – will increase in their own confidence levels. Confidence breeds confidence.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
It’s a simple thing to offer encouragement, but it can have a tremendous effect on someone’s life.
The emotion you continually feed is the one that will dominate your life.
Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven’t learned a thing until you can take action and use it.