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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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