John C. Maxwell Quotes

Due to my business commitments, I am faced with time constraints and have not been able to personally spend as much time as I would like on my causes. These efforts are handled by my team of several people.

If I physically made every work myself, I would get only one or two paintings done a year, if that.

It is not unusual to send someone to conduct an interview you don't have time to conduct. It's what we do.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

A good leader should focus on making sure everyone is being given the tools to do their job, not just expecting - poof! - that they're going to produce great work.

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.

There are three things that can be organized: time, space, and work. Note that, despite what many believe, you cannot organize people - you can only organize the work that people do.

It's an easy answer, as a manager, to say: 'I need time.'

Your instinct when someone is busy is to give them the least amount of work so that they can do it.

I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.

Management is the art of getting three men to do three men's work

We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.

Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

The best way to handle responsibility is to break it down into smaller parts. Take care of one small thing at a time.

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

Production speed is severely slowed down if one works with half-time people who have other obligations as well. This is at least a factor of four; probably it is worse.

Trying to prioritize among things we're unlikely to do is pretty fruitless.

Do not put off today's work until tomorrow, lest work accumulate and you achieve nothing.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

I am great at delegating when someone is doing great work. The problem - and this sounds terrible - is that there are very few people who are strong enough for you to be able to delegate to.

If you defer investing your time and energy until you see that you need to, chances are it will already be too late.

If I have to tell a guy he's got something to do, I consider myself a failure as a manager.

It's a lot of work organizing something, whether it's a show or a book, and I don't want to do it every day.