John C. Maxwell - 150 Essential Insights on Leadership

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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible, Copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible, Holman CSB, and HCSB are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

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Includes material from these sources:

John C. Maxwell, The Right to Lead (Simple Truths, 2009). www.simpletruths.com. Used by permission.

John C. Maxwell, Own Your Dreams (Simple Truths / SUCCESS Books, 2009, 2012). www.simpletruths.com. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Zig Ziglar, Inspiration 365 Days a Year (Simple Truths, 2008). www.simpletruths.com. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Other quotes were gleaned from John Maxwell speeches delivered at the annual convention of the Christian Booksellers Association.

150 Essential Insights on Leadership

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The one who looks intently into the perfect law
of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a
forgetful hearer but one who does good works
this person will be blessed in what he does.

JAMES 1:25

Everything begins with a decision.
Then we have to manage that decision
for the rest of our lives.

John C. Maxwell is one of those rare individuals with a pastors gracious heart and a businesspersons keen mind.

Maxwell, the son of a pastor, followed in his fathers footsteps. For a quarter of a century, he pastored churches in Indiana, California, and Florida. He then embarked on a second career as an internationally respected leadership expert.

He has written more than 70 books with sales of more than 20 million copies. Some have been million-copy bestsellers, including Developing the Leader Within You, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. He was one of 25 authors named to Amazon.coms Tenth Anniversary Hall of Fame.

He has worked as a leadership trainer and consultant with the United States Military Academy, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, and the United Nations. He speaks to more than 350,000 people each year. He is also the founder of EQUIP Leadership, Inc., a nonprofit company that has trained more than 5 million leaders in 126 countries around the world.

Maxwells website is JohnMaxwell.com.

Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all
that we ask or think according to the power that
works in usto Him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen .

EPHESIANS 3:20-21

Dreams are VALUABLE
commodities. They propel
us forward. They give us
energy. They make us
ENTHUSIASTIC. Everyone
ought to have a dream.

You may have never thought
of your dreams as children, but
thats what they are. They are
your offspringthe JOY of your
today and the hope of your
future. Protect them.
Feed them. Nurture them.
Encourage them to grow.

A genuine dream
is a picture and a blueprint
of a persons PURPOSE
and POTENTIAL .

Your vision must be
BIGGER than you. The greater
it is, the more resources it will
require. The BEST leaders bring
all of the resources in their
world into play to accomplish
something GREAT.

If your dream is really YOUR
dream, then it will seem
OUTRAGEOUS to more than a
few people.

You may have many dreams.
Yet there must be one that
STANDS OUT above all the
others one that inspires you,
energizes you, and empowers
you to do everything you
can to ACHIEVE it.

The reason most people
never realize their dreams is
that they have no STRATEGY
in place for attaining them.
They have no knowledge of
what is needed and what must
sometimes be SACRIFICED
to have the dream come TRUE.

You cant borrow
somebody elses VISION.
It must come from
INSIDE of you.

All EFFECTIVE leaders have a vision
of what they must accomplish. That
vision becomes the ENERGY behind
every effort and the FORCE that
pushes through all the problems.
With vision, a leader is on a MISSION.
His or her contagious spirit is felt
among the crowd until others begin
to rise alongside.

No vision is worthy of your life
unless it FULFILLS your destiny,
the purpose for which you were
designed. Your vision must
contribute to your DESTINY.

You cant reach for a DREAM
and remain safely mediocre
at the same time. The two are
INCOMPATIBLE.

Albert Einstein, a dreamer and
thinker, understood the value
of the IMAGINATION.
He called his imagination a
HOLY CURIOSITY.

If you come from a discouraging
background, or you dont think
of yourself as an especially
imaginative person, dont lose
hope. You can still DISCOVER and
DEVELOP a dream. God has put
that ability in every one of us.

When you OWN your dream,
it will feel right on you. It
will provide WINGS to your
spirit. You will feel you were
made to do it.

Successful peoplethose
who see and SEIZE their
dreamlove what they do
and do what they LOVE.

God designs us to want to do
what we are most CAPABLE
of doing. Because of this,
when we do things that are
making an impact, something
RESONATES within us.

Success isnt an event
its a LIFESTYLE. Dreams are
fulfilled when someone
performs with EXCELLENCE
day after day.

Its never too late
to start DREAMING and
PURSUING your dreams.

Learn to say no to the
GOOD so you can say yes
to the BEST.

I am sure of this, that He who started
a good work in you
will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus .

PHILIPPIANS 1:6

Only a CLEAR PICTURE of who
you are and where you want
to go can help you PRIORITIZE
what you need to do. We all
make choices. Clarity of VISION
creates clarity of PRIORITIES.

In the beginning, you just need
to get MOVING. Try different
things. Its much easier to
start doing something RIGHT