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When problems confront successful leaders, they get excited about the opportunity.
Sep 29, 2025
Successful leaders are great askers
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
If you really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you. You must establish a team.
All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. By John Maxwell
Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'
And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.
The successful leader does not talk down to people. He lifts them up.
A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others. Few things in life are better than seeing people realize their potential. If you invest in people by helping individuals improve themselves, showing them the way to their “right place”, they will never be the same again. And neither will you. It is impossible to help others without helping yourself.
I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.
Don't take too much advice.
Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.
Great communication, Character, Competitive drive, Consistency, Compassion, Confidence -- skills successful leaders share.
The unconscious mind governs our decision-making, and much of our communications. It's imperative, if you want to be a successful leader, to become aware of these key human actions.
You can't be a successful leader or mentor until you have served. You can't serve until you have stepped out of your comfort zone. And you can't step out of your comfort zone unless you have character and keep your word.
The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing at the end of the year that many believe to be unrealistic. They invest their students in working harder than they ever have to reach that vision, maximise their classroom time in a goal-oriented manner through purposeful planning and effective execution, reflect constantly on their progress to improve their performance over time, and do whatever it takes to overcome the many challenges they face.
Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.
As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.
If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.
If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
Successful leaders develop effective strategies for maintaining their boundaries. ... Most time bandits don't know any better. And being a time bandit is a matter of context. One person's time bandit is another person's pleasant diversion. ... Instead of gritting our teeth to be polite and resenting the time bandit for holding us up, the best choice is to be honest. We cannot expect another person to honor our needs unless we affirm them ourselves.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them to achieve greatness. If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you are right.
If you think you can't, you're right.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
People will never forget how you made them feel.
COURAGE isn't an absence of fear. It is doing what you are afraid to do, letting go of the familiar and forging ahead into new territory. What I have discovered is that the best leaders have the courage to act - are willing to take the risk, make the statement, point the way, lead the way - when others hesitate out of fear. Effective leadership requires the ability to stand up, stand out, and the conviction to do it. I have never known a successful leader that was not courageous.
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.