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“People don’t really know whether they are committed to something until they face adversity.”
John Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.”
John C. Maxwell, 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“•Take yourself out of the picture. Get in the habit of asking what’s best for the team. For example, the next time you are at a problem-solving meeting and everyone is contributing ideas, instead of promoting yourself, ask yourself how the team would do if you were not involved in the solution. If it would do better, then propose ideas that promote and involve people other than yourself.”
John Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“Inflexibility is one of the worst human failings. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence, and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its own destruction. —Anonymous”
John C. Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“Para mejorar el equipo, mejore a las personas que lo integran.”
John C. Maxwell, Las 17 cualidades esenciales de un jugador de equipo
“Haven’t you known highly talented people who have squandered their potential because they wouldn’t do anything? And don’t you know people less talented than you who are more successful? That is often due, in part, to commitment.”
John Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“To become a collaborative team player . . . •Think win-win-win. King Solomon of ancient Israel observed, “Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”3 Usually when you collaborate with others, you win, they win, and the team wins. Find someone on the team with a similar role whom you have previously seen as a competitor. Figure out ways you can share information and work together to benefit both you and the team.”
John Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
“Results: Create Victories Through Multiplication When you work together with your teammates, you can do remarkable things. If you work alone, you leave a lot of victories on the table.”
John Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants