How Successful People Think Part 7

"Whatever things are true... n.o.ble... just... pure... lovely... are of good report. If there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; think on these things."

-PAUL THE APOSTLE.

NOTES.

1. James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (New York: Harper Business, 1994), 213.

2. Joshua S. Rubinstein, David E. Meyer, and Jeffrey E. Evans, "Executive Control of Cognitive Processes in Task Switching," Journal of Experimental Psychology, quoted in Leadership Strategies, Volume 4, Number 12, December 2001.

3. Annette Moser-Wellman, The Five Faces of Genius: The Skills to Master Ideas at Work (New York: Viking, 2001), 6.

4. Annette Moser-Wellman, The Five Faces of Genius: The Skills to Master Ideas at Work (New York: Viking, 2001), 9.

5. Ernie J. Zelinski, The Joy of Not Knowing It All: Profiting from Creativity at Work or Play (Chicago: VIP Books, 1994), 7.

6. James Allen, The Wisdom of James Allen (San Diego: Laurel Creek Press, 1997).

7. Chris Palochko, "Security a Huge Issue at Super Bowl," sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news, February 2, 2002.

8. Bobb Biehl, Masterplanning: A Complete Guide for Building a Strategic Plan for Your Business, Church, or Organization (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1997), 10.

9. Janet Frankston, "Maxwell House Tie to Pa.s.sover Spans Years," The Atlanta Journal-Const.i.tution, March 27, 2002, F1.

10. Janet Frankston, "Maxwell House Tie to Pa.s.sover Spans Years," The Atlanta Journal-Const.i.tution, March 27, 2002, F10.

11. Chris Salewicz, George Lucas (New York: Thunders' Mouth Press, 1998), 113.

12. Eric Pooley, "Mayor of the World," Time, December 31, 2001, www.time.com.

13. Sally Kline (editor), George Lucas: Interviews (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999), 96.

14. Sally Kline (editor), George Lucas: Interviews (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999), 121.

15. "Leadership Lessons: An Interview with Don Soderquist," Willow Creek a.s.sociation.

16. Mark Twain, Following the Equator (Hopewell, New Jersey: Ecco Press, 1996), 96.

17. Benno Muller-Hill, "Science, Truth, and Other Values," Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 68, Number 3 (September 1993), 399407.

18. Jeffrey J. Fox, How to Become CEO (New York: Hyperion, 1998), 115.

19. "Mectizan Program Removes Darkness from an Ancient Disease," Corporate Philanthropy Report, Merck, p. 11, www.merck.com, April 27, 2002.

20. Philippians 2:34 (NIV).

21. John A. Byrne, "Profiting from the Non-profits," BusinessWeek, March 26, 1990, 70.

22. John A. Byrne, "Profiting from the Non-profits," BusinessWeek, March 26, 1990, 72.

23. "Hesselbein Wins Presidential Medal of Freedom," www.drucker.org, December 19, 2001.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold over 16 million books. His organizations have trained more than 2 million leaders worldwide. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and INJOY Stewardship Services. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point and the National Football League. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek best-selling author, Maxwell was named the World's Top Leadership Guru by Leadershipgurus.net. He was also one of only twenty-five authors and artists named to Amazon.com's tenth Anniversary Hall of Fame. Three of his books, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, have each sold over a million copies.

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