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(John C. Maxwell) The 21 Indispensable Qualities o (BookFi) PDF
(John C. Maxwell) The 21 Indispensable Qualities o (BookFi) PDF
QUALITIES OF A LEADER
Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
Author: John Maxwell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson, Inc.,
Date of Publication: 1999
ISBN (Hardcover): 0785274405
ISBN (Paperback): 0785267964
No. of Pages: 161 pages
they are, and think about how it is to be in impact on our world. Discernment is an indispensable
their shoes. quality for a leader who desires to maximize
effectiveness.
! Discernment is the ability to find the root of
the matter, solve a problem, evaluate options
Chapter 5: Competence and allows you to multiply opportunities.
! To cultivate quality, the first thing you need ! Analyze your past successes to see how you
to do is become more responsible. This used your powers of discernment to get
means showing up when you're expected, through a problem.
and regardless of how you feel that day. ! Learn how other people think.
! Devote yourself to continuous ! Listen to your gut.
improvement. The person who knows how
will always have a job, but the person who
knows why will always be the boss.
! Choose to perform at a consistently high Chapter 8: Focus
level of excellence. Tony Gwynn devotes a huge percentage of his time
! Go the extra mile. and effort to reviewing baseball videotapes of his
! Inspire others to do more and take the
batting. It is his intense focus on his performance that
organization to new levels of excellence.
has made him the greatest hitter in the last 50 years.
! Never be satisfied with good enough.
! Don't just make things happen, make things Gwynn has batted over .300 in every season, people
happen when they really count. like him have cultivated a kind of concentration
! Focus. Focus. Focus. unknown to most people.
! Redefine the standards and demand more ! Focus 70% on your strengths
of yourself. ! Focus 20% on learning new things to
! Find 3 things you can do to improve your improve your game.
professional skills and dedicate the time ! Focus 5% on areas of weakness
! Delegate your areas of weakness
and money to follow through.
! Work on yourself, your priorities
! Work with your contemporaries.
! Divided focus works against you.
Chapter 6: Courage
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do.
! Courage is standing for what you feel is Chapter 9: Generosity
right, even when all around you are When Elisabeth Elliot's husband was killed by
opposed. tribesmen in Ecuador, she could have just packed her
! Courage is contagious. bags and gone home. Instead, she stayed on as a
! Courage in leadership compels people to missionary and eventually had the opportunity to help
do the right thing. the Aucan Indians, even two of the seven men who
! Your life expands in proportion to your had killed her husband.
courage. Fear limits a leader. ! Be grateful for whatever you have
! Get out of your comfort zone and take risks. ! Put people first
! Don't allow the desire for possessions to
control you
! Regard money as a resource. Use it to
Chapter 7: Discernment accomplish things of value.
Madame Marie Curie's intelligence and ! Develop the habit of giving.
! Put your money to work for something that
discernment allowed her to understand and
will outlive you.
discover many things that have made a positive
! Find someone to mentor.
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