When you finish reading the book [Today Matters], take the daily dozen and list them in order of how well you do them. For example, the one that I would put at the highest for me is attitude or relationships because I'm really strong at both of those. At the bottom would be health. What I tell people is, "Take one month and work on one of the daily dozen for a whole year." And so it's really a one-year personal growth plan.
John C. Maxwellwe need to make a few critical decisions in major areas of life and then manage those decisions day to day.
John C. MaxwellMany times when people leave churches we think it's a doctrinal issue, but most of the time it's a leadership issue.
John C. MaxwellTalent is a gift, but our character is a choice. Talent is natural ability, our gift from God, but we have the power to determine our character. That power rests on a foundation consisting of the choices we make in life. And those choices almost always dictate the amount of trust others have in us, and to what level of leadership we rise.
John C. Maxwell