How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Gather successful people from all walks of life-what would they have in common? The way they think! Now you can think as they do and revolutionize your work and life! A Wall Street Journal bestseller, HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK is the perfect, compact read for today's fast-paced world. America's leadership expert John C. Maxwell will teach you how to be more creative and when to question popular thinking. You'll learn how to capture the big picture while focusing your thinking. You'll find out how to tap into your creative potential, develop shared ideas, and derive lessons from the past to better understand the future. With these eleven keys to more effective thinking, you'll clearly see the path to personal success.
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Center Street; 1 edition (June 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1599951681
ISBN-13: 978-1599951683
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.6 x 4.8 inches
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John C. Maxwell's book titled How Successful People Think Workbook has altered my life path for the better, opened up new possibilities for me, and provided new ways to organize thought processes--all after a 1 ½ day read of the entire book's content!Maxwell, himself a sincere individual who once served as a pastor, provides and describes eleven delightful categories of thinkers: Big-Picture Thinker, Focused Thinker, Creative Thinker, Realistic Thinker, Strategic Thinker, Possibility Thinker, Reflective Thinker, Unpopular Thinking (in a good way), Shared Thinker, Unselfish Thinker, and Bottom-Line Thinker. His objective is to encourage the reader to develop all eleven areas of thinking to the reader's advantage.Near the beginning of the book, Maxwell introduces a survey which helps to identify in what type of thinking the reader is either strong or weak. From there, each chapter delves into one particular area of thinking. The structure of the book is further broken down into a story or anecdote to illustrate the type of thinking, along with questions pertaining to the particular mode of thinking, ideas on how to become more like that particular thinker, the nature of that type of thinking, and so forth.One of the more delightful characteristics of the book is how everything ties in nicely together. For instance, Maxwell posits that, although certain types of thinking may seem contradictory, such as Creative versus Realistic thinking, they can work well in tandem at different stages.It should be stated that what I personally gained from spending a day and a half reading the entirety of the book is phenomenal.
Per page xx, for good thinking, one needs the following eleven thinking pieces/skills to become the kind of person who can achieve great things, including:- Seeing the wisdom of Big Picture Thinking- Unleshing the potnetial of Focused Thinking- Discovering the joy of Creative Thinking- Recognizing the importance of Realistic Thinking- Releasing the power of Strategic Thinking- Feeling the energy of Possibilty Thinking- Embracing hte lessons of Reflective Thinking- Questioning the acceptance of Popular Thinking- Encouraging the participation of Shared Thinking- Experiencing the satisfaction of Unselfish Thinking- Enjoying the return of Bottom Line ThinkingWhilst I appreciate the author's excellent writing and quote picking skills, I cannot tell a clear differentiation of individual skills/chapters. I do remember those key terms like strategic, reflective, bottom line and so on. Yet, I forgot what I had read real fast and that makes me wonder how high its practical value can be. Definitely a good short cut and/or gift for those who seldom read books on leadership and thinking, For heavy self help book readers, I suggest you to give this a pass.p.s. Below please find some favorite passages/quotes of mine for your reference.A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss. PgixWhat luck for rulers that men do not think. – Adolf Hitler pgixI can give you a six word formula for success. Think things through – then follow through. –Eddie Rickenbacker pgxiiiThink like a man of action. Act like a man of thought. – Henri Louis Bergson, Nobel Laureate pgxixA conclusion is the place where you get tired of thinking.
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