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 Leaders.h.i.+p 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. "Leaders.h.i.+p 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 leaders.h.i.+p 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 Stewards.h.i.+p 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 Leaders.h.i.+p Guru by Leaders.h.i.+pgurus.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 Leaders.h.i.+p, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, have each sold over a million copies.

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