| The author of 24 books on maximizing personal and leadership potential, John C. Maxwell believes "the difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure." In Failing Forward, he offers inspirational advice for turning the difficulties that inevitably arise in life into stepping stones that help you reach the top. Noting that star performers are often those who aggressively push forward after encountering adversity, Maxwell shows how a variety of well-known and not-so-well-known people have forged ahead despite obstacles that could have derailed them. They include: Mary Kay Ash, who founded her cosmetics firm against enormous odds when the direct-sales company she toiled in for 25 years resisted her continued corporate climb; Truett Cathy, who lost two brothers (and business partners) in an airplane crash and experienced his own serious medical problems before establishing the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain; Greg Horn, who reopened his Kentucky grocery store just 21 days after it suffered $1 million in flood damage; and Beck Weathers, who lost his nose, half of one arm, and the fingers on his other in the infamous 1996 Into Thin Air Mt. Everest tragedy, but now takes a positive message of survival and conquest to audiences around the world. --Howard Rothman |
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 Take Away the Taboo of Failure! |
| Review Date: July 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Sarah C. Taylor, California |
| This is a great book for overcoming our education systems training. In school we learn first then take the test. In life we take the test then learn the lesson, failure is inevitable. This book puts failure in it's proper perspective & gives means to profit from failure. Enjoy! |
Always inspiring to learn how to pick yourself off the mat
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| Review Date: May 21, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Robert Kirk, Reno, Nv |
| I'm becoming a fan of John Maxwell and this didn't let me down. I wouldn't say it's his best book but for it's focus on bouncing back after setbacks, it does a very good job. So many great examples and quotes from people who have overcome adversity and you can't help but get fired up about increasing your own persistence. I do believe you can measure a person's greatness by what they had to overcome to get where they are at in life. Another fine book from Maxwell and well worth your time to let his ideas sink into your mind. |
Failing Forward
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| Review Date: April 22, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joel Horton, |
| I recently had a business failure and was really struggling with it. The book along with other things has helped me to accept the setback as a step forward and not a failure. Highly recommended. |
Making Failure Work for You
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| Review Date: April 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Up North, |
| This is quite simply the best book of its kind that I have ever read. Maxwell outshines many self-help authors by means of convincingly going beyond mere platitudes about "looking for the silver lining" and showing with clear arguments and examples how changing one's attitude toward failure can make all the difference in life. Maxwell stresses that success nearly always comes after some type of failure, and that one should embrace failure and the lessons it teaches. The numerous examples Maxwell provides of people who suffered setbacks before coming into prominence (and in many cases people who BECAUSE they suffered setbacks came into prominence) are abundant confidence boosters to those of us who have experienced hardships. Maxwell's book has helped me to see my failures as precursors to the growth and success that I experienced afterward. If you are down in life and thinking about throwing in the towel on your hopes and dreams, pick up this book and read it. It can do for you what it did for me. |
Only book you will ever need!
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| Review Date: March 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Robert Moloney, Dublin, Ireland, Europe |
Being a good Irish Catholic, this book suits the Irish mentality: "It'll never work here", "Don't get above your station!". Generations of domination by a foreign empire, followed by a dominent church, the idea of submission and failure is ingrained in the psyche.
This book is instrumental in changing what you can, your attitude, no longer is control of failure, or perception of failure out there, but you control how you feel, what failure is and you use difficulties to define you! We are going through the greatest realiity check in a hundred years, let's hope that the new reality is different, this book will help you be the difference you want to see in the world!
In my business, 90% failure is not a problem, still worth a good mortgage payment every month, so I encourage failing forward as a philosophy!
Robert |
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