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| Title: | The Difference Maker | ||||
| Author: | John C Maxwell, the world renowned expert on leadership and an evangelical pastor adds this to the list of over thirty books that he has authored. | ||||
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| What the book is about: | |||||
| This book is about the difference a positive attitude can make to your results.Unlike his previous books here Maxwell recognizes that attitude isn’t everything.
Previously he held attitude above other skills, here he recognises that competence is more important than confidence. Previously he would have changed staff for attitude, now he chooses for competence and then if necessary looks to improve their attitude. The premise of the book is that although a positive attitude isn’t everything if you had two people of equal competence, the positive attitude would make the difference to success. You don’t have to change all of your attitudes, just the major areas that are affecting you negatively This book talks about the five obstacles to a positive attitude in depth and how to overcome them. The five Obstacles being Discouragement, Change, Problems, Fear and Failure. |
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| Would I buy this book: |
YES |
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| The focus on overcoming obstacles gives this the edge on other attitude books. | |||||
| What I liked about this book: | |||||
| I like the fact that the difference maker is a balanced book and unlike other books on attitude this one isn’t so pollyannish.I liked the analogy that life is a hand of cards (dealt to us) and that our attitude is how we choose to play those cards.
I liked the quote the problem with experience is you usually get it after you need it. The exercises where very user friendly in the five obstacle areas to overcome. |
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| What I thought could have been improved in this book: | |||||
| Of all the books out there on positive attitude this is one of the more useful. I was hard pushed to find anything I thought could have been improved on.I will therefore leave this for others to address. | |||||
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| Title: | Failing Forward | ||||
| Author: | John C Maxwell, the world renowned expert on leadership and an evangelical pastor adds this to the list of over thirty books that he has authored. | ||||
| Category: | Business | ||||
| What the book is about: | |||||
| Here we are presented with a book that covers (in depth) the subject of how to benefit from failure.We are provided a 15 step program to focusing on failure as a tool in your arsenal rather than a permanent obstacle.
The first step states that “There is a major difference between the average person and high achievers”, that difference being their view on failure. In previous books such as “The Winning Attitude”, Maxwell alluded to the idea that failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Here the whole book focused on the premise that Failure is your friend or your enemy and you get to decide which. |
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| Would I buy this book: |
YES |
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| A great addition to the library | |||||
| What I liked about this book: | |||||
| Some great quotes such as: “THE MAN WHO NEVER MADE A MISTAKE NEVER MADE ANYTHING”.Unlike his previous books where the examples seemed to be primarily based on bible characters, here he dealt with explaining his point using everyday folk.
I think we all need to know that it’s okay to fail sometimes, and here we have a book that actually encourages us to fail more. |
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| As It did what It said on the label, I feel no need in placing a comment here just to try and pick a fault in the book. | |||||
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| Title: | The Winning Attitude | ||||
| Author: | John C Maxwell, the world renowned expert on leadership (and an evangelical pastor) adds this to thelist of over thirty books that he has authored. | ||||
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| What the book is about: | |||||
| As you would expect from the title, this book focuses on our attitudes. The idea is that a positive attitude is a winning attitude.We are told that our attitudes are a matter of choice and as such we can choose to change our attitude if it isn’t providing us the results we require.
The benefits of our positive attitude and identifying this in others can provide us with a more successful organisation. Combining this with your other leadership skills to foster the attitude in your workforce can make your business stand out amongst the crowd. Developing your positive attitude can help produce great results not just in business but in all areas of your life. |
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| Would I buy this book: |
NO |
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| There are lots of books out there on attitude and although this had some good information it is not one of the best. | |||||
| What I liked about this book: | |||||
| The Quote “Others can stop you temporarily but you are the only one that can do it permanently”. I liked the analogies around flying a plane and the focuses on getting help where required.
The way it identifies failures along the journey as learning’s that will guide us (instead of roadblocks) to our success |
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| What I thought could have been improved in this book: | |||||
| As Maxwell is an evangelical pastor you may expect there to be some references to the bible.Unfortunately I found the numerous bible stories overrode the message of the book.
I feel a more balanced book would have made it more amenable to a larger audience |
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