Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here - Softcover

Maxwell, John C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785288023 ISBN 13: 9780785288022

Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership, 2006

Synopsis

Defining success is a difficult task. Most people equate it with wealth, power, and happiness. However, true success is not a thing you acquire or achieve. Rather, it is a journey you take your whole life long.
In a refreshingly straightforward style, John Maxwell shares unique insights into what it means to be successful. And he reveals a definition that puts genuine success within your reach yet motivates you to keep striving for your dreams.
I want to help you discover your personal road map for success, teach you what it means to be on the success journey, answer many of your questions, and equip you with what you'll need to change yourself and keep growing. - John C. Maxwell

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About the Author

John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to  train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.

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3 Things Successful People Do

The Road Map that Will Change Your Life

By John C. Maxwell

Thomas Nelson

Copyright © 2016 John C. Maxwell
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-7852-8802-2

Contents

Acknowledgments, vii, 
Chapter 1: The Journey Is More Fun If You Know Where You're Going, 1, 
Part 1: Knowing Your Purpose, 
Chapter 2: Where Would I Like to Go?, 21, 
Chapter 3: How Far Can I Go?, 41, 
Chapter 4: How Do I Get There from Here?, 61, 
Part 2: Growing to Your Maximum Potential, 
Chapter 5: What Should I Pack in My Suitcase?, 83, 
Chapter 6: How Do I Handle the Detours?, 103, 
Chapter 7: Are We There Yet?, 129, 
Part 3: Sowing Seeds That Benefit Others, 
Chapter 8: Is It a Family Trip?, 149, 
Chapter 9: Who Else Should I Take with Me?, 169, 
Chapter 10: What Should We Do Along the Way?, 185, 
Afterword: What Did You Like Best About the Trip?, 203, 
Notes, 209, 
About the Author, 213, 

CHAPTER 1

The Journey Is More Fun If You Know Where You're Going

Several years ago, as I was thumbing through Success magazine, I came across a study that Gallup did on what people thought it meant to be a success. That appealed to me because I've always been interested in helping others to become successful, and I wanted to know what Gallup had gleaned. Their answers fell into twelve categories, but the number one answer was "good health." Fifty-eight percent of the people identified that with success over anything else. I don't know about you, but I value good health — and after my heart attack I value it even more. But if I had only good health and nothing else, I don't know that I would label myself "successful."

I've discovered that people often find it hard to define success. But if you don't know what success is, how will you ever achieve it? That's why I want to help you identify a definition of success that will work for you: success is a journey.

Let me begin to illustrate by telling you a story. Several years ago, I stood before the seventy-four employees of INJOY — the organization I had founded in 1985 to teach leadership and personal development — and prepared to tell them some news that I knew would be exciting to some and discouraging to others. I was going to tell them that in a year's time, we would be moving the company from San Diego, California, to Atlanta, Georgia.

My friend Dick Peterson, INJOY's president at the time, and I had been talking about the possibility of moving the company for about six months. It had begun as a casual "what if ..." conversation, but then we started giving it more serious thought. We weighed the advantages and asked our director of finance to run some numbers. We talked about the opportunities that such a move would bring. And finally, we determined that moving to Atlanta made sense professionally, logistically, and economically. We knew that if we wanted to go to a new level in our growth and development, not only as a company, but as individuals, we needed to make the change.

In many ways, that was a very tough decision. I never expected to leave San Diego. From the day we moved there from Indiana, my wife, Margaret, and I felt that it was home. It was the only home that our kids, Elizabeth and Joel Porter, had ever really known. But as much as we loved living in San Diego, we were willing to make the sacrifice of moving away so that we could achieve greater success.

Our more serious concern was for the people on the INJOY team. We weren't sure how they would react. San Diego is one of the most beautiful cities in the coun

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0785288023
• ISBN 13: 9780785288022
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256