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[Quote No.50228] Need Area: Mind > Learn
"The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50235] Need Area: Mind > Learn
"Live to learn, and you will really learn to live." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.56513] Need Area: Mind > Learn
"Live to learn, and you will really learn to live. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.69051] Need Area: Mind > Imagine
"Discontent with the status quo is a great catalyst for vision." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50192] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"Plan your priorities." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50206] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50220] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda ['To Do' List]." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50237] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50474] Need Area: Mind > Plan
"[Day Planning:] 'Be a Time Machine': You can't make up for lost time, but you can use it more efficiently. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. That’s all you’re going to have. Nobody gets more than that; time isn’t a renewable resource. So you need to find ways to make the most of what you have. What you do — and don’t do — determines your level of success. When I was young, I thought I could do everything; but as I get up in years, I am more protective of my time than ever. As Chinese author and philosopher Lin Yutang said, 'Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.' Your ability to think strategically about your day will make an enormous difference in your productivity and profitability. Highly successful people are experts at managing their time and priorities. The good news is you don’t need to go to school or read 50 books to become a time management expert. You just have to master five practices: ----1. Plan each day before it starts. 'Never begin the day until it is finished on paper,' Jim Rohn said. 'Either you run the day or the day runs you.' Every minute you spend in planning saves you as many as 10 minutes in execution. It only takes a few moments to diligently plan your day, but this small investment will save you hours in wasted time and effort. One of the things I do when planning is to ask myself what is the main event of the day? I want to know what one thing I must do well in order for the day to be a success. With that answer in mind, I can approach the day with focus and purpose. ----2. Schedule your top priorities first. All items on your to-do list do not hold equal weight in value or importance. Most people schedule their days with a mix of high- and low-value activities. Don’t let the low-value ones hijack time and mental energy. Identify your top priorities. Then put them in your calendar before anything else. My productivity went up tremendously the day I started prioritizing. It also helped to preserve my values. For example, I schedule family time before anything business-related. ----3. Just say no. Everything you do is something you have chosen to do, whether you are conscious of it or not. Some people have a difficult time accepting this truth, but your life is what you are making of it. If you are frustrated, exhausted or overwhelmed, there is a good chance that you have not said no often enough. It may feel uncomfortable to say it, but every time you do, you make room for a yes that really matters. ----4. Expect the unexpected. Even when you have a plan, schedule your top priorities first and say no regularly, your time-management efforts can still get derailed. Do you receive phone calls that divide your focus? Has anyone ever stopped by to say a 'quick hello' that lasted forever? Has a crisis caused you to drop everything? I’m sure you’ve answered yes, yes, yes. Even with the best intentions, you can find yourself subject to someone else’s agenda. Don’t let the unexpected get you off track. When possible, carve out blocks of time when you can’t be interrupted. Work to create margins in your life so that when the unexpected happens, you are able to deal with it. ----5. Apply the 80/20 rule to everything. One of the most helpful concepts for managing a schedule is the Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 Rule. Named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, the axiom says that 20 percent of your activities will give you 80 percent of your results. This means 20 percent of your customers will account for 80 percent of your sales, 20 percent of your products will account for 80 percent of your profits, and 20 percent of your team members will account for 80 percent of the group’s success. In turn, you should spend 80 percent of your time on the vital 20 percent of everything you do. If you have a 10-item to-do list, tackle the top two with the majority of your might. If you have 20 staff members, spend 80 percent of your time with the top four. If you have 10 clients... well, you see where I’m going. Do these things, and your productivity will improve dramatically. If you’re not sure whether these new habits are paying off, then spend a few minutes each evening reflecting on the day. Consider what you learned, how you used your 1,440 minutes, and what you could have done differently. By analyzing what went well and what did not, you can identify productive and unproductive patterns in your behavior. In the end, it isn’t what you think about, talk about or intend to do that shapes the life you lead. It is what you actually do each day that determines your future. And how you spend your time is how you use your life. As psychotherapist Charles Spezzano wrote in 'What to Do Between Birth and Death', 'You don’t really pay for things with [dollars and cents]. You pay for them with time.' Make sure you’re getting your money’s worth!" - John C. Maxwell
American author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 60 books, primarily focusing on leadership. [http://www.success.com/article/john-c-maxwell-be-a-time-machine ]
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[Quote No.4527] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"Learn to say no to the good so you can say yes to the best. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.36532] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"Dreams don’t work unless you do." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50201] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation [- at least for yourself! Focus your attention on the previously chosen, planned action - the next baby step - and regardless of how you feel now] Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing [and get some runs on the board], that's when the motivation comes [to continue and get more] and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50202] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50207] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50221] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda ['To Do' List]!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.60721] Need Area: Mind > Focus
"It's not brilliance that makes greatness; it's [persistent] consistency and focus." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.36533] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Dreams don’t work unless you do!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.37179] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.47586] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"What keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50196] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"[In chasing our goals, especially when doing things that are new, we will go off course and make mistakes.] A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them [and keep going towards his goals]." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50197] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"[Persist through challenges that make us feel uncomfortable.] If we are growing we are always going to be outside our comfort zone." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50200] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50205] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure... The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. [In opposition to average people, achievers see failure as not fatal to their self-esteem, confidence or reputation, as part of becoming better and practically helpful in course-correcting and learning better methods to reach their goal before happily trying again and again until successful]." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50209] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50236] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.60722] Need Area: Mind > Persist
"It's not brilliance that makes greatness; it's [persistent] consistency and focus!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.56514] Need Area: Mind > Evolve
"Live to learn, and you will really learn to live!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.60641] Need Area: Mind > Evolve
"[Individual freedom and personal responsibility:] Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.33815] Need Area: Money > Invest
"Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50193] Need Area: Work > Service
"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. [The key is to truly care.]" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50222] Need Area: Work > Service
"To add value to others, one must first value others. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.4526] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.4528] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.4530] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him. " - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.8681] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"The test of leadership: Turn around and see if anyone is following you." - John C. Maxwell
“New Leadership 101”
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[Quote No.22956] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.32104] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Policies are many, principles are few; policies will change, principles never do." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50195] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50199] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up [attention, appreciation, recognition and honest praise]." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50204] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Relational skills are the most important abilities in leadership." - John C. Maxwell
'Developing the Leaders Around You: How to Help Others Reach Their Full Potential'
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[Quote No.50208] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50210] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50214] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50215] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50216] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50223] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"To add value to others, one must first value others!" - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50226] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"[Delegation:] Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today." - John C. Maxwell

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[Quote No.50227] Need Area: Work > Leadership
"Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful." - John C. Maxwell

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