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Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success [Paperback]

John Maxwell
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12 Mar 2012
John Maxwell helps readers change their attitudes and beliefs about failure, so they can make positive changes in their lives and achieve their full potential.

The major difference between achieving people and average people is their perception of and response to failure. Maxwell takes a closer look at failure and reveals that the secret of moving beyond failure is to use it as a lesson and a stepping-stone. He covers the top reasons people fail and shows how to master fear instead of being mastered by it. Readers will discover that positive benefits can accompany negative experiences - if you have the right attitude. Full of action suggestions and real-life stories, 'Failing Forward' is a strategic guide that will help men and women move beyond mistakes to fulfil their potential and achieve success.

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishing; New edition edition (12 Mar 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785288570
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785288572
  • Product Dimensions: 14 x 1.3 x 21.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 264,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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 aeroplane 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, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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John Maxwell once again writes as the reader wants to read. Failing Forward is the perfect book for anyone looking to achieve in their life time. Maxwell, in his first three chapters, will have you hooked as he get you, the reader, to realise that initial failure is the natural process in any successful result. Far to often individuals, groups or teams are cast onto the scrap heap because of failing first time. We must learn Maxwell's teaching if we are to understand ourselves more. This book will be a best seller! It will replace the infamous Magic of Thinging Big as a must read of anyone wanting to practice PMA. Enjoy the read, enjoy the failing!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Use Setbacks to Overcome Your Stalled Thinking 28 May 2004
By Donald Mitchell HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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Failing Forward is one of the best stallbusting books I have ever read! It focuses on how to handle our emotions when things aren't matching up to our expectations. Dr. Maxwell identifies dozens of stalls that delay progress for those who are experiencing setbacks in their lives.

While most people see setbacks as a negative, Dr. Maxwell points out that there is an important lesson that we can use to accomplish more in the future. Building on that appropriate and valuable perspective, Failing Forward postulates 15 principles that can help you apply the lesson.

Each chapter covers a separate principle and is filled with self-diagnostic questions, as well as heart-warming examples of how people went from apparent failure towards great success.

The work is very consistent with the philosophy of Anthony Robbins. If you are a Robbins fan, you will find this book to be a good complement to Unleash the Power Within.

I strongly recommend that you read this book, and reread it the next time you are feeling sorry for yourself or have a setback. If you care about others, be prepared to loan your copy to the next person who looks morose after having a problem.

Dr. Maxwell also offers a self-diagnostic test on the book's Web site (www.failingforward.com). I took that test and found it helpful to cement my understanding of the book. I recommend that you do this as well.

Unlike most books about self-improvement that are scaled to a level of sophistication, this book should appeal both to those with lots of experience and education as well as those who have yet to develop those perspectives.

The only people who will be confused will be those who have yet to experience any significant setbacks. They will wonder what all the fuss is about. To fill in that point, progress is seldom smooth. It usually looks more like 1 or 2 steps forward, and them some backward. In essence, we are talking about a zig-zag, even when things go well. At other times, the zig-zag can be downward.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Self help 26 Dec 2009
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Good material recommended for those who seek a productive change in their personal and professional lives.
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