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Summary: The book I wish I had read but was not available until now
Review: I wish I had this book available to me 30 years ago. The problem is that most young people (like myself when I was young) don't read such valuable resourses. I may have been the same. If you want someone you really care about who is beginning a carrer rather in a job or school this book brings to light some very important concepts that makes you think about what is truly important in life. John Maxwell has put many of his previous ideas into this one book and pulls it all together. This book is a great resourse for speaking before future leaders at any level. If you read the first chapter and are not sold you need some serious time to evaluate what you are doing in life. Maxwell uses all of the areas that you need and developps them in a consice manner value, attitude, goal setting, vision, leadership,commitment allows you to create your future with those close to you at home and work.
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Summary: applause for Mr. John maxwell
Review: it changed my lifelong, discouraging concept of success. I was encouraged to see my life with hope again. please write more books like this. i have been telling my friends to buy the book. my negative attitudes are changing. best of all, this is so God-inspired. i just chanced upon this book, not realizing how much it was going to help me change . thank you. the bookstore said it's so hard to obtain it and i just didn't let go of it anymore at the store. hope i didn't say too much.
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Summary: An outstanding motivational and inspiring book for everyone!
Review: John Maxwell's book is a true eye-opener in every sense of the word! The philosophy and insight that he shares with readers on how to tap into our own visions and potential is amazing! This book can help anyone and everyone who gets out of bed every day to really see their own lives and the world in a new perspective. It's taught me a great deal about living life to it's fullest, appreciating, loving and mentoring those around us and those we haven't even met yet and having patience with ourselves and the world to not just rush for the destination, but to realize, understand and enjoy the roads and adventures that bring us to that destination!! An excellent book that I recommend to everyone...and I'm not even a Christian!
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Summary: Great book
Review: Maxwell has done a great job in this book. It changed my outlook on life and has helped me focus on what's important...the "journey", not the end result. Guaranteed this book will change your life. Just purchased 10 more books to give to friends and loved ones.
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Summary: Let's be successful
Review: The journey is more fun if you know where you are going - is a powerful title for the opening chapter. How do you know where to go? How to get there? How to have fun going to where you want to go? How to maximize your potential? John does not just ask. He provides valuable lessons to help us achieve the very purpose of our life. To often people either do not know the very purpose of their life or do not know how to achieve it. Worst still, it is not uncommon many do not know both. Whichever state you are in, this book will be able to help.
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Summary: A Must Read if you want to achieve your dreams
Review: This book has had a major impact on how I am going to plan my journey towards my personal and business goals. John Maxwell teaches and illustrates step by step what needs to be done in order to maximize our potential in becoming the person we were put on this earth to be. The only requirement is a willingness to be honest with ones dreams and a pen with lots of ink. I am an avid reader in leadership books and self-improvement and must say that "The Success Journey" is by far one of the best books I have every read and cannot wait to share with my business associates and closest friends.
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Summary: PRAISE GOD, THIS BOOK TELLS US WHO WE CAN BECOME......
Review: This book parallels our journey through life and our deepest dreams of what we would like to become. They are really inter changeable. Our journey through life should be driven by our every dream. John is a very masterful writer. He is very personable in his concern for our well being. He shows us that our journey through life should be a pleasant one. I stongly recommend this book.
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Summary: Great book on leadership and success from a proven leader
Review: This is the first of Maxwell's books I've read and I loved his writing style and excellent stories and examples he used. His chapter on leadership was eye opening and helpful. One of the things he stresses is to lead other potential leaders, which will in turn greatly expand your circle of influence, because as they grow and excel, they will also become great leaders.
His definition of success was excellent. He defines success as "a journey in which one is maximizing his/her potential and helping and influencing others along the way". He doesn't emphasize money as being a measurement of success like a lot of self-development "experts" do. Wealthy people can be failures. Money doesn't make one a success.
Great book! I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: BEST book available for SELF DEVELOPMENT toward SUCCESS !
Review: This title is not merely an inspirational book, and certainly is not pop-psychology. Maxwell's latest work (actually previously released in 1997 with different titleing - now with minor revisions) is by far the BEST work I have ever read in the area of personal development. In it, Maxwell lays out the foundation for understanding true success - essentially: Knowing Your Purpose, Developing Your Maximim Potential (which comes from the former), and Sowing Mentoring Seeds In Others. Each of these sections is well written and makes a strong, as well as compelling case for personal change and lifelong development (regardless of age). Maxwell clearly articulates the often difficult challenges to personal development and provides practical suggestions for overcoming them. The reader cannot, in good conscience, go from one chapter to the next without applying what has been learned. Maxwell asks you to sign the end of one of the early chapters, committing the reader to a life of excellence! Each subsequent chapter has more interesting yet simple exercises to work thru, helping to ensure the readers interaction and active learning. Some major themes include: The true meaning of success, keys to defining your purpose, fulfilling your purpose practically, attitude as key to success, how to develop and maintain a good attitude, how to weather detours on the success journey, and much, much more. This book changed my life! Buy one for yourself and a few copies for those you care about who have the slightest capacity for greatness... this book will surely help facilitate their next level. Good reading!
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Summary: Best book I ever read
Review: We all know this: the choice of our "favorite" book is a difficult one. Perhaps the "most influencial" one is easier, at least in my case it proved to be so. This book has shaped my way of thinking like no one, perhaps just "The power of positive thinking in business" by Scott Ventrella came close to it, but one step below.
As an IT consultant I use to read mostly technical books, which of course become outdated pretty soon and their value diminishes with time without discussion. The value that "Your road map to success" provides is enormous because has not timeframe, I can't see it outdated anytime and provides guidance which can be life-long followed and reintepreted.
I am finding myself to recommend this book to just aybody I care for. Chances are you'll do the same after you read it.
Absolutely recommended.
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