How To Win In Life

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Winning is a team sport. No one can win alone in life. If you want to win in life and in business, you must surround yourself with great people.

Great people are winners. They do not settle for small. And they want to be around other winners.

According to John Maxwell,’Success does not always bring growth, but personal growth will always add to our success.’

‘Improvement doesn’t come to people who fixate on quick fixes. It comes to the slow but steady people who keep working at getting better.’

‘Security does not take us forward.’

‘You’ll never get anywhere interesting if you always do the safe thing. You must surrender to improve.’

‘Living to your potential requires you to keep learning and expanding yourself.’

‘If you want to be successful tomorrow, then you must be teachable today.’

‘… if you resist change, you are trading your potential to grow for your comfort. No change means no growth.

‘If you want to be a growing person, you need to spend time with growing people.’

‘If you want to be someone who embraces positive change, you need to hang around with positive learners.’

‘If you want to win, you need to change.’

Source:

John Maxwell (2015). How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback Into a Step Forward

How To Grow Your Life

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If you want to get ahead in your life, if you want to change your life, the direction of your life, you must ‘get shit done!’

According to John maxwell, ‘You cannot change direction if you aren’t aware that you’re not headed where you want to go.’

‘When you do things for the right reason, it gives you inner strength when things go wrong.’

If you want to change and grow, then you must know yourself and accept who you are before you can start building.’

‘You must have some kind of criteria for knowing if the desire you have matches the abilities you possess.’

‘You cannot win if you do not begin!’

You shouldn’t be concerned about what others might think of you. You should be concerned about what you think of yourself.’

‘Your future is dependent on your personal growth. Improving yourself daily guarantees a future filled with possibilities.’

‘If you want to grow, don’t try to win big. Try to win small.’

‘… but if you want to actually grow, your focus needs to be on today.’

If you have the motivation you need, discipline is no problem. If you lack motivation, discipline is always a problem.’

Source:

John Maxwell (2014). How Successful People Grow: 15 Ways to Get Ahead in Life