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Personally I am very fond of strawberries and cream, but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn't think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn't bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish and said: "Wouldn't you like to have that?" Why not use the same common sense when fishing for people?
- Dale Carnegie
I've virtually grown up in the television industry.
- Jennifer Winget
Jennings, barely listening to the little girls' chatter, sat amazed at the way life continued. He was not the same person.
- Lori Wick
Dont ever be impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's propably not really a change.
- John Maxwell
Live to learn and you will really learn to live.
- John Maxwell
People change when they ... Hurt enough that they have to, Learn enough that they want to, and Receive enough that they are able to.
- John Maxwell
What's true for a teammate is also true for the leader: If you don't grow, you gotta go.
- John Maxwell
Henry Ford, who said, "Don't find a fault; find a remedy.
- John Maxwell
you must be able to take the new thing you've learned today and build upon what you learned yesterday to keep growing.
- John Maxwell
Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly. Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.
- John Maxwell
Failure isn't failure if you do better the next time.
- John Maxwell
To be effective, leaders must always be learners. You can never arrive - you can only strive to get better.
- John Maxwell