“Leadershift” Book Summary + Lessons + Inspiring Quotes

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“Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace” by John C. Maxwell is an inspirational book that talks about people need to learn about leadership to be successful. It talks about how leadership requires a distinct view of the world as it involves people.

Here are some profound quotes from “Leadershift”: 

-Be flexible, move faster, your future is coming at you faster than you have thought.

-Have the capability and the will for making leadership changes that will positively enhance growth.

-One of the most critical abilities of leadership is adaptability, the ability to change.

-The world around is not going to remain static, so a true leader should never be static.

-A good leader never seeks simplicity in his or her career.

-Learn to make shifts and become comfortable with uncertainty, that is what makes a successful leader.

-You have to think different, act different, and be different in a world that keeps on changing rigorously.

-You will become disheartened the day when you are appeased with your lifestyle, your thoughts, and your actions.

-If you know how to leadershift, you can become a great leader.

-If you want to become a leader you have to rely more on your values, creativity, and on your intuitions.

-What drives you to keep growing and keep learning is the desire to improve in every sphere.

-Empowerment comes to you when you have the ability to deal with tensity between the strength that brings security and adaptability that provides new opportunities.

-You have to learn, unlearn and re-learn and accept the changes in order to prosper as a leader.

-Keep your past in mind, but do not let it hamper your present and future.

-You might get fame for what you did in your past, but it is your present deeds that bring you respect.

-Your timing makes all the changes. If you have a good sense of timings for making changes, you have succeeded.

-You can become a leader only when you have a team. Focus on your team members, encourage them to go beyond their comfort zone.

-Your journey of leadership begins when you realize that everything has a high point and a low point.

-Improving does not have a finish line and there is no complete picture of mastering leadership. 

-You expand your knowledge when you start putting your lessons together with a plan.

-As a leader, you have to think ahead of your team in order to stay ahead of them and guide them.

-You attract your target when you visualize it and you visualize your target when you know what you want.

-Do as much as possible today to enhance your future.

-Do not fear uncertainties. It is those uncertainties that bring about new opportunities.

-Your courage to complete a task makes the change. Your life will expand or shrink, depends upon your courage.

-Make the right choices today and have the best results tomorrow.

-A person can become successful on his own but he cannot become a successful leader on his own, he needs a team to become so.

-Help other people to get what they want in order to get everything you want.

-The potential of a team is always more than the potential of an individual. People working together as a team possess great possibilities and opportunities.

-A person only becomes a leader when he has a group. A leader does not succeed alone, he takes his entire team and achieves success.

-A good leader notices more than others do, and they notice it before others do.

-You lead when you are dynamic, stagnancy gets you nowhere.

-You should not be ashamed when you need others’ help. It is difficult to lead without people’s help and that is fine.

-You cannot become a good leader without making any efforts to understand people.

-A true leader is required to be selfless. You should do whatever you can to put others in a winning position.

-If you want to become a good leader, give a chance to others, let them shine.

-Remember, a leader always inspires. He motivates them to go for their goals.

-Focus more on providing people rather than receiving from them. It is true that when you give it comes back to you.

-Belief stimulates expectation, expectation stimulates intention, intention makes us emphasize focus and focus lets us see opportunities.

-Stop wishing and start working. As a leader, you should not be waiting for any secret recipe.

-Do not wait to do good. Do the good things right at the moment and see the changes.

-You know your intentions are pure when you provide people without keeping a count. Give as much you can.

-Identify your goals, break them into small steps, and follow through with disciplines and strategies to get them done.

-Your targets help you do better but your growth during the process makes you a better person.

-You grow personally when you have the ability to help others, motivating them to complete their goals.

-Keep growing inside to see growth on the outside.

-Study successful people and figure out what all of them have in common.

-Be a growth-oriented person, not a goal-oriented person. It takes time but it has its own worth.

-Always have an open mind towards learning. Passion to learn can come from anywhere and any day.

-Your spirit of learning should always be more than your fear of failure. Failure is just a new lesson to learn, do not fear learning a new lesson.

-Surround yourself with people who are growing. It is easier to grow when you have people growing around you, it inspires you.

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