John C. Maxwell

A leadership expert describes principles that help increase personal development and growth, explaining how to see the existing value in yourself while still adding more and how to eliminate the tension between where you are and where you want to go.

Live Them and Reach Your Potential

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth

Agu Holzapfel

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is out duty to find ourselves.

Alright book and well written although I do disagree with the authors' notion that "You should only compare you to yourself"

I believe the contrary life is a race; u need to be aware of the person in front of you and behind you and the people ages ahead and winning the race should be your inspiration (Those similar are competition whilst those above are inspiration)

Alright book and well written although I do disagree with the authors' notion that "You should only compare you to yourself"

I believe the contrary life is a race; u need to be aware of the person in front of you and behind you and the people ages ahead and winning the race should be your inspiration (Those similar are competition whilst those above are inspiration)

Scott Wilson

This is a definite re-read - so much great advice but it needs time to read, reread, and to sink in. The challenge for most will be to put the advice into action... Amazing job Mr. Maxwell!

Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and for the first time, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. In the way that only he can communicate, John teaches . . . The Law of the Mirror: You Must See Value in Yourself to Add Value to Yourself The Law of Awareness: You Must Know Yourself to Grow Yourself The Law of Modeling: It's Hard to Improve When You Have No One But Yourself to Follow The Law of the Rubber Band: Growth Stops When You Lose the Tension Between Where You are and Where You Could Be The Law of Contribution: Developing Yourself Enables You to Develop Others This third book in John Maxwell's Laws series (following the 2-million seller The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork) will help you become a lifelong learner whose potential keeps increasing and never gets "used up."

Omar

At times I feel stuck or frustrated, normally when I'm not learning and growing much. Other times it's just a feeling that I haven't figured it out, it being the big contribution that I should be making to the world. This book helped me put things in perspective and reminded me of what is important to focus on and what is not. It helped me relax, keep sawing and to not be impatient about the harvest. 

more notes I took below: 
*Do for others: Think about what you want other people to do for you; do that for them first. Be a positive on their side.
* Volunteer: Consider volunteering an hour a week. 
* Tradeoffs: Make tradeoffs to grow towards your goal, there will likely be short term things you'll have to give up. 
* Stretch & grow: Find ways to stretch; books, seminars, etc.
* Be curious: always find things to learn about, ask why, be prepared to learn from every opportunity. Keep your ears open and question more than you answer. 
* Reflect: not taking the time to reflect and learn from situations, or find ways to apply what you've learn, diminishes how much you can learn and grow. 
* Find mentors: they will help you grow more than you can by yourself.
* Have you made the mental transition from can I to how can I? 
* Law of expansion. Test yourself. If I couldn't fail, what would I be doing? If I had no limitations, what would I do? What would you do if money was not an issue? Now see how you react to your answers. If you're not thinking "how can I", you should look into why. 

* You have to define your own path, fail your way to success. There is no magical formula nor recipe as to what you should learn or do to succeed, you need to experiment, question, evaluate and do the right things for your own personal growth. 

For growth - define what's essential to you on a daily basis. His daily dozen include: 
Choose and display the right attitudes
Determine and act on important priorities
Know and follow healthy guidelines
Communicate with and care with my family
Practice and develop in thinking
Making key proper commitments
Earn and properly manage finances
Deepening about my faith
Initiate and invest in solid relationships
Plan for and model generosity
Embrace and practice good values
Seek and experience improvements

Focus on sawing. In due time, the harvest will come. Slow and steady progress compounds into great results. 

Put people ahead of you. Work harder than expected of you. Prioritize people over your own agenda.

The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth Live Them and Reach Your Potential

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