5 Things I know About People by John Maxwell...

I was listening to a Focus on the Family podcast today and one of my favorite leadership gurus was on it. John Maxwell was talking about the "Five Things I Know About People". I loved it. Here is what they are...

1. Everyone wants to be somebody.
Everyone wants to feel like they matter. We need to be "cheerleaders for people". Jesus was in the people business and we should be too.

2. Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.
We all have had great teachers, mentors, leaders, etc. in our lives who were full of knowledge and wisdom. But the ones that really impacted us were the ones who took a personal interest in us.

3. Everybody who belongs to the body of Christ belongs to everybody that belongs to the body of Christ.
Many Christians want to be lone rangers. We can't do it all alone. "We are bothers and sisters in Jesus and we are going on a journey together."

4. Anybody who helps somebody influences a lot of bodies.
When you and I put our effort into helping someone else our influence will stretch way beyond just the person we are helping. Our tendency is to hold back. The moment you start helping other people it will influence others to help other people and before you know it something is really going on and a whole movement begins to come alive.

5. God loves everybody.
People sometimes let other people tell them what they can and cannot do; what they can and cannot be. We shouldn't let anybody hold us back from what God intended us to be.

John Maxwell wrote a book called "Winning with People" and I can't wait to read it!