The 15 Invaluable Laws Of Growth is yet another powerful leadership book from John Maxwell. If you haven’t already, you can check out my full book review here. These are some quotes from John that especially caught my attention. My Patreon supporters have access to all of the quotes I highlighted in this book.
“You cannot change your life until you change something you do every day.”
“If you focus on goals, you may hit goals—but that doesn’t guarantee growth. If you focus on growth, you will grow and always hit goals.”
“People are never able to outperform their self-image. … If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured the world will not raise the price. If you want to become the person you have the potential to be, you must believe you can!”
“Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time.”
“Here’s the truth when it comes to personal growth: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.”
“If you think about it, you can see that discipline and motivation are two sides of the same coin. If you have the motivation you need, discipline is no problem. If you lack motivation, discipline is always a problem.”
“What kinds of ‘larger’ people should we spend our time with? People with integrity. People who are positive. People who are ahead of us professionally. People who lift us up instead of knocking us down. People who take the high road, never the low. And above all, people who are growing. They should be like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, whose question for each other whenever they met was, ‘What have your learned since we last met?’”
“It comes as little surprise that people want to follow leaders of good character. No one likes to work with unreliable people. But before you or I work with any other person or follow any other leader, who do we have to rely on every day? Ourselves! That’s why character is so important. If you cannot trust yourself, you won’t ever be able to grow. Good character, with honesty and integrity at its core, is essential to success in any area of life. Without it, a person is building on shifting sand. … Most people focus too much on competence and too little on character.”
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