John Maxwell famous quotes and application to PD
JM-"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
Application:how we choose to react to PD is what will determine the quality of our life
--------------JM-"Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish"
Application:if we choose to think negatively and continuously doing so, PD has won, and we won't succeed in creatively adapting to continue doing what we love and are good at prior to PD------------------------
JM-"As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behaviour. Too many people want to feel, then take action. This never works."
Application:PD is a physical problem. It does not have to hold us back from being the person we want to become. Behavior is totally seperate from Parkinsons's and doesn't have to be negatively affected if we choose not to allow it so. Behavior is still under our control. We can become whatever person we chose to become. ------------
JM-"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone."
Application:Conquering PD means breaking out of our comfort zone and being creative and adaptable... thus, PD can make us grow!-------------
JM-"A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position."
Application:PD can be beat from courage and inner passion overthrowing it... if we accomplish this mentally and emotionally we become leaders and examples to others regardless of the physical state we may be in...
------------JM-"Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process."
Application:People think conquering PD means getting their symptoms under control, finding the right med mix, or even discovering a cure. This is backward thinking... first conquer your mental, emotional, and spiritual connections with positive power and you'll realize you've conquered and "cured" PD. You then become a leader. ------------
JM-"Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present."
Application: HOPE is the single best cure for PD... it is what makes us powerful!!------------
JM-"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."
Application:Courage is the next best thing to conquer PD... mistakes are inevitable by everyone... mistakes of falling, tremorring, stammering for words; all of these things just makes us more humble, approachable, and emphathetic to others.------------
JM-"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up."
Application:The best day is the day we no longer blame PD for everything we are experiencing... when we take control of our thinking and feelings, and admit we want/need to change them... because if you recall, 10% of what is happening to us molds our life, but 90% of what molds our life is our attitude towards what is happening...
(which brings us to the beginning of these quotes once again... ;) we might all do well to read them over again and make them a part of us.)
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