42 Quotes from John Maxwell on The 16 Laws Of Communication

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2. “Warren Buffet said if there was one skill if people could improve, it would how to connect and communicate.”
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4. “There are 5 essentials to communication – Who says it? What is said?  How it is said?  When it is said?  Why it is said?”
5. “The Law of Credibility says your most effective message is the one you live.”
6. “Authenticity in and of itself doesn’t guarantee success. But a lack of authenticity guarantees failure.” – Jamie Lee Kerma
7. “You find your voice only when you’re authentic.”
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9. “A thought-reader reads the thought and passes is along to someone else. A thought-leader reads a thought and it immerses itself in you.”
10. “No one ever had morale authority quoting someone else.”
11. “I prepare a message and then I prepare myself. Do I live this?”
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14. “I’m not going to teach it unless I live it.”
15. “I don’t tell my vision. I live my vision.”
16. “Leadership is visual. People do what people see.”

The 6-Step Credibility Journey

1. I have to find myself.
2. Knowing yourself.
3. Be yourself.
4. Improve yourself. Don’t improve who you are not.
5. Get over yourself. I’ve never met a great communicator who it was all about them.
6. Give myself. No one ever gave without getting over themselves first.

17. “I like having people bigger and better than me around me. If you’re number one in your class, you’re in the wrong class.”
18. “The Law of Preparation says you cannot deliver what you have not developed.”
19. “Am I going to wing it or am I going to work for it?”
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23. “The Big Message is written in your heart. The Big Message never changes.  It’s your DNA.  It’s who you are as a communicator.”
24. “What do I want the people to see, know, feel and to do?” – 4 separate questions fo know your Big Message
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26. “I want you to see your possibilities. I want you to know your value.  I want you to feel empowered.  I want you to apply and multiply.” – Applying the four questions.
27. “Fans say only he can do that. Friends say I can do that.”
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29. “The Law of Connecting says ALL about others.”
30. “Make your first impression the true expression of who you are.”
31. “I want friends, not fans. Success is a terrible separator.”
32. “If you want to connect with people you have to intentionally connect with their world. You have to find people to lead people.”
33. “Enjoy every experience. It’s just difficult when the communicator is not enjoying the experience.”
34. “You don’t enjoy the experience until you get over yourself.”
35. “You need to laugh at yourself a lot more because everyone else is.”
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