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    “While everyone exercises influence, the size and strength of our influence depends upon our effort.  No one leads well without paying the price of discipline.  As we push ourselves to grow and to learn, we enlarge our sphere of influence.” ~ John Maxwell

      “You can’t be successful with other people if you haven’t paid the price of success with yourself.” ~ Stephen Covey

        “Trust is the highest form of human motivation.” ~ Stephen Covey

          “Effectively delegating to others is perhaps the single most powerful high-leverage activity there is.” ~ Stephen Covey

            “Set yourself on fire, and people will gather to what you burn.” ~ Unknown

              “The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them – when they feel understood by you – that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.” ~ Stephen Covey

                “People first follow the person, then the plan.” ~ via Leadership Challenge

                  “Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.” ~ Alan Keith

                    “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” – Kenneth Blanchard

                      “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

                      Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

                        ‎”If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                          “Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.” ~ Brian Tracy

                            “One of my goals is to inspire people to be all that they can be and, hopefully, be a good example and teach some useful, interesting principles. Perhaps I can be the key that turns on the engine in their life, and then they can take their car where they want.” ~ Mark Victor Hansen

                              “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” ~ Donald Laird

                                “Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.” ~ A. Bronson Alcott