John C. Maxwell: 10 Actions to Help Your Team Accept Change

Early in my career, I took over a volunteer-driven organization that had been led by the same man for 27 years. I respected the previous leader and admired a lot of the things he did. But I knew that I was a different person and needed to do some things my own way. I recognized that the […]
John C. Maxwell: How to Carve Out Your Life’s Passion

Follow these tips and wake up excited to start your day, every day—because life is too short to be bored.
John C. Maxwell: 4 Ways to Help Your Team Surge Forward
Perhaps you wouldn’t be surprised to know that a locomotive traveling 55 mph could crash right through a 5-foot-thick steel-reinforced concrete wall without stopping. But do you realize that the same train, starting from a stationary position, wouldn’t be able to roll over an inch-thick block placed in front of its driving wheel? There’s an important […]
John C. Maxwell: 5 Tips to Unlock Your Potential
How would your life change if you suddenly had $100 million? What would you do with the money? Stumped? You’re not the only one. In September J.J. Watt, a 25-year-old lineman for the Houston Texans, became the highest-paid defensive player in National Football League history when he signed a $100 million contract extension. Afterward, a friend suggested […]
John C. Maxwell: The New ABCs of Loving Your Job

People who want to retire so they can sit under a coconut tree watching the grass grow are baffling to leadership expert John C. Maxwell. “We were created for meaningful work, and one of life’s greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.” And still, there are millions of people who don’t like […]
John C. Maxwell: Create Opportunity
When opportunity knocks, will you answer the door… and hold it open for others?