TItle : Failing Forward
Author : John Maxwell
Review : John Maxwell has written a powerful book that aims to challenge our mindset about failure – the definition of failure and how we should regard failure in our lives. He also uncovers the failures behind successful people and how they strive to overcome it by learning from their mistakes. He said, ‘The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and their response to failure.’ The difference between successful people and those who are not is not the success itself, but the ability to learn and move forward after failing.
His book gives hope to those who have faced failures in their lives that seem to hold them back from moving forward to pursue their dreams. He reassures us that failures are part and parcel of life and successful people have failures forming the backdrops of their successes. It gives much hope to the common man who aspires to reach his uncommon vision and is filled with inspiring examples of men and women who have gone through a whole lot of trial and tribulations to reach where they are today. It causes you to examine yourself and know the traits that have either boosted your success or have caused your downfall. He makes success out to be achievable not by the elite few, but that the ordinary one-talent man is able to reach pinnacles of success simply by following the steps that he has succinctly put forth in his book. And if you are thinking of starting something new that requires faith and confidence and a breaking of old mind-sets, whether it is to set up a business, ministry or anything that scares you to death, this book is a must read.
John C. Maxwell is an internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold more than 18 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP, a non-profit organization that has trained more than 5 million leaders in 126 countries worldwide. Each year he speaks to the leaders of diverse organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies, foreign governments, the National Football League, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the United Nations. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books that have sold more than a million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader.
