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Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.
When somebody tells you he or she is leading something, a fair question is, "What is your vision?"
If you want to make your mother happy, talk to her. If you want to make your father happy, listen.
Want to impress others? Talk about your successes. Want to impact others? Talk about your failures.
Connecting is the key to Influence. Influence is the key to Leading. Leading is the key to Success!
Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.
Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.
If I expect great things from my people, they'll go to great lengths to keep from disappointing me.
If you don't change the direction you are going, then you're likely to end up where you're heading.
Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.
The best relationships are win-win. Why don't more people go into relationships with that attitude?
Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today?
Every journey toward a dream is personal, and as a result, so is the price that must be paid for it.
The true measure of your character is what you would do if you were sure no one would ever find out.
Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.
Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!
Leaders are less interested in their position and more interested in their positive impact on others.
Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.
Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.
Brokenness involves removing inappropriate pride and self-reliance and building healthy God-reliance.
Don’t tell them what you’re going to do - that’s vision. Do what you are going to do – that’s culture.
The value you receive from reflective thinking will depend on the kinds of questions you ask yourself.
If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.
The measure of a leader is not the number of people who serve him, but the number of people he serves.
To help people believe they can achieve victory, put them in a position to experience small successes.
Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.
The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.
Nothing is more difficult to accomplish than changing outward actions without changing inward feelings.
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
Business schools reward complex behavior but it's the simple behavior that makes you successful in life
If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
Anybody who thinks that they are a leader and doesn't have anyone following them is just out for a walk.
To succeed in life, we must stay within our strength zone but continually move outside our comfort zone.
You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.
If you desire to become a more generous person, don't wait for your income to change. Change your heart.
The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.
To collaborative team members, completing one another is more important than competing with one another.
You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.
There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.
Never allow others to think you always have the best answers. This will only make them dependent on you.
Someone once defined hard work as the accumulation of the easy things you didn't do when you should have.
You can't move people to action unless you first move them with emotion. The heart comes before the head.
Our challenge is to think right in a wrong world. Our challenge is to think positive in a negative world.
Without leadership ability,a person's impact is only a fraction of what it could be with good leadership.
Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.
If your face is going to “talk” for you anyway, you might as well have it communicate something positive.
Good attitudes among players do not guarantee a team's success, but bad attitudes guarantee it's failure.
Your leadership skills determine the level of your success, and the success of those who work around you.