Inspirational Quotes by John C. Maxwell
“El nivel más básico del liderazgo es el nivel de la Posición. ¿Por qué este es el nivel más bajo? Porque la Posición representa el liderazgo antes de que un líder haya desarrollado ninguna influencia real en las personas que son lideradas”
“There’s a difference between hearing people and listening to them.”
“Un buen liderazgo se aprende en las trincheras.”
“The winner’s edge is in the attitude, not aptitude.”
“1. Cop-outs. People who have no goals and do not commit. 2. Holdouts. People who don’t know if they can reach their goals, so they’re afraid to commit. 3. Dropouts. People who start toward a goal but quit when the going gets tough. 4. All-outs. People who set goals, commit to them, and pay the price to reach”
“What is the greatest lesson you have learned? By asking this question I seek their wisdom. What are you learning now? This question allows me to benefit from their passion. How has failure shaped your life? This question gives insight into their attitude.”
“Now Samuel was a very successful judge. In 1 Samuel 3:19–20 it is said of him, “The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of his words fall to the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord” (NIV). Yet, Samuel watched the nation that he loved and led turn from the purposes of God. As God’s chosen people, the Israelites were never meant to have a king; God was to be their king. But because Samuel failed to rear his sons in the fear of the Lord, Israel rejected the rule of God over them. In 1 Samuel 8:1–5 we read, And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel. Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba. His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice. Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”
“Los verdaderos líderes conocen la diferencia entre posición e influencia. Esa es la diferencia entre ser un jefe y ser un líder”
“«Cuando la oportunidad llega, ya es muy tarde para prepararse». Si usted quiere ser un líder exitoso, aprenda a dirigir antes de que usted tenga una posición de liderazgo.”
“Most people’s natural inclination is to judge themselves according to their best qualities while they measure others by their worst. As a result, they point to areas where their teammates need to grow. But the truth is that every person is responsible for his own growth first.”
“I love the story of the salesman who sat looking through the window of a hotel restaurant. Outside raged a blinding snowstorm. “Do you think the roads will be clear enough in the morning to travel?” he asked his waiter. “That depends,” the waiter replied. “Are you on salary or commission?”
“Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.”
“Such sober warnings in the Word of God should impress upon us the importance of keeping our priorities straight: God first, family second, ministry or career third. Only when a leader’s relationship to God is right, and only when responsibilities as a family member are being properly met, can the leader be fully faithful in exercising the ministry God has given him or her.”
― John C. Maxwell ,
from Be a People Person
“There is no more noble occupation in the world than to assist another human being, to help someone else succeed. —ALAN LOY MCGINNIS”
“How to prepare someone for leadership: I do it. I do it and you watch. You do it and I watch. You do it. You do it and someone else watches.”
“The one thing you need to know about teamwork is that there is more than one thing you need to know about teamwork.”
“Leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside—in the qualities that make them up as people. And to go to the highest level of leadership, people have to develop these traits from the inside out.”
“Когда ваша жизнь перевалит за экватор, вы не продвинетесь очень далеко, если не будете знать, в чем заключается ваша миссия. Можете ли вы сформулировать ее в одном-двух предложениях? Для этого полезно задать себе ряд вопросов (и дать на них предельно откровенные ответы). Какова ваша страсть? Чего вы достигли? Что вы умеете делать лучше всего? Из чего вы сделаны? К чему стремитесь? Какие цели вы ставили перед собой в первой половине жизни и какими стандартами руководствовались? Эти и другие вопросы позволят вам обрести свое настоящее «я», по которому истосковалось ваше сердце. Благодаря им вы сможете найти свое особое призвание.”
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”
“La posición es un buen lugar por el que comenzar en el liderazgo, pero es un lugar terrible donde quedarse.”
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John C. Maxwell (born 1947) is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 50 books, primarily focusing on leadership.
His organizations have trained 2 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and audiences as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and ambassadors at the United Nations.
John C. Maxwell was born in Garden City, Michigan. His father, Melvin, was a minister in a local Wesleyan church. Maxwell followed his father into the ministry, completing a Bachelor's degree at Ohio Christian University in 1969, a Master of Divinity degree at Azusa Pacific University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. Maxwell has received five honorary doctorates of divinity (including ones from the California Graduate School of Theology and Liberty University).