Quotes about Empowerment
5. Anybody who helps somebody influences a lot of bodies. What you give to one person overflows into the lives of all the people that person impacts. The nature of influence is to multiply.
— John Maxwell
If you really want to be an uncommon leader, you're going to have to find a way to get much of your vision seen, implemented, and added to by others.
— John Maxwell
rise beyond your circumstances, to
— John Maxwell
Put your money to work. If you know someone with the vision to do something really great—something that will positively impact the lives of others—provide resources for him to accomplish it. Put your money to work for something that will outlive you.
— John Maxwell
But empowering others by giving them your authority has the same effect as sharing information: You haven't lost anything. You have increased the ability of others without decreasing yourself.
— John Maxwell
Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
— John Maxwell
If you want to succeed at Level 4, you need to become an investor in people. This means adding value but also expecting to see a return on your investment—not in personal gain but in impact.
— John Maxwell
GIVE PEOPLE AN ACTION PLAN
— John Maxwell
How to prepare someone for leadership: I do it. I do it and you watch. You do it and I watch. You do it. You do it and someone else watches.
— John Maxwell
Years ago, I used to tell new leaders I hired that every person in our organization walked around with two buckets. One bucket contained water, and the other gasoline. As leaders, they would continually come across small fires, and they could pour water or gasoline on a fire. It was their choice.
— John Maxwell
Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.
— John Maxwell
Unless you want to carry the whole load yourself, you need to be developing leaders.
— John Maxwell