55- You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do - Henry Ford
Our reputation is obviously constructed from our track record, not our intentions. As I travel,I meet pastors and businessmen form all over the country. Many of them know the right principles, talk the correct language, and lay the proper plans. Unfortunately, it takes more than that to build dynamic church or a porfitable buisness. Success is about what ve've produced, not what we've planned.
56 - If you want to succeed, you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. - Jon. D. Rockefller Jr.
It's amazing to me that the levels of Olympic competition at the turn of the twentieth century are now the levels at which junior high schoool student compete. Why is that? During the last one-hundred years, athletes have invariably discovered new ways to run faster, jump higher, and throw farther. Success, therefore, has meant not merely doing what previous champions have done but pioneering new methods.
57 - People support what they help create - Andrew Carnegie
No one can succeed for you. Success isn't a gift to be given away. Believe me, I have tried many times to " jumps start " one of my staff, just to help them make it beyond where they might have gone alone. Some responded and rose to challenge. Others despite my optimism, were unable of unwilling to climb a step up the ladder.
from The Power of Leadership - John C. Maxwell.
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