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Book: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life andWork :: Zig Ziglar|Books :: Book
Date: Wednesday, 07 January, 2009 :: 15:42
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Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life andWork
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Manufacturer: Center Street
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Now in paperback, New York Times bestselling author and expert on leadership John C. Maxwell explores the concept that success is really just a frame of mind. Good thinking. It's the one thing all successful people have in common. People who achieve their dreams understand the critical relationship between their level of thinking and their level of progress-and they know that when thinking is limited, so is potential. Now, John C. Maxwell explores this idea and identifies the specific skills people need to make their potential for success explode into results. From focused and creative thinking to thinking for the big picture or the bottom line, he provides examples of effective thinking for every situation. This book doesn't tell readers what to think, it tells them how to think. After all, success is as simple as changing your mind.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: More People Need To Think Productively and this book shows you how!
Date: 2008-11-15 - 
Comment: The 4:8 Principle: The Secret to a Joy-Filled Life
Thinking for a Change is packed with great ideas for succeeding in business and life.
This is one of my favorite Maxwell books even though it falls out of his normal leadership content. In this book, John explains what it means to be a good thinker and also highlights the eleven skills every successful person needs including Big Picture Thinking, Creative Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Possibility Thinking, Unselfish Thinking and several more.
I reread this each year and always notice new insights and better approaches to my business and life.I have highlighted significant portions and have used this book as much personally as for business.
This is also a Top 20 recommendation for my coaching clients at The 1% Club, Inc.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Summary: Excellent, well written book on how to improve one's thinking.
Date: 2008-05-21 -
Comment: Should be required reading for all college freshman. From its examples to its suggestions on how to improve one's thinking, it is well thought out and full of insight. If you ever want to seperate yourself from the herd, then read this book and put into practice its recommendations.
Summary: Is your thinking holding you back?
Date: 2008-03-31 - 
Comment: In Thinking for a Change, Mr. John Maxwell explores how the way we approach thinking affects our lives. The book is broken out into two main parts. Part I is titled, "Change Your Thinking and Change Your Life". Part II is titled, "Eleven Thinking Skills Every Successful Person Needs. In this part he discusses several different types of thinking which are listed below and how to become more proficient at each...
* Big Picture Thinking
* Focused Thinking
* Creative Thinking
* Realistic Thinking
* Strategic Thinking
* Possibility Thinking
* Reflective Thinking
* Popular Thinking
* Shared Thinking
* Unselfish Thinking
* Bottom Line Thinking
I believe this is one of those books that the best way to truly unlock it's value is to read it through once and then go back to individual chapters and read and contemplate the ideas of that particular chapter over a week or two period. With this approach you get an overview of what Mr. Maxwell is trying to get at and then you dive deeper into the details and find applications to your life. At this point I have only read it once through. I believe with further contemplation this could be a five star book.
Below are a few interesting tidbits I took away after my initial run through Thinking for a Change...
* The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = The Right Result (pg. 43)
* When team members come to me with a problem, I insist that they that they also supply three possible ways to solve it. Anyone can point out a problem; only people who think well can present possible solutions. (pg. 101)
* Solid strategic thinkers always know that unless people are working to correct or bolster an area that needs discipline, they should always spend most of their time working in and developing their areas of strength. (pg. 148)
Summary: Solid ideas, many short stories
Date: 2007-11-03 -
Comment: John C. Maxwell and his team have gathered 11 excellent ways to categorize thinking styles, as well as some introductory chapters on related topics, such as the need to approach life with a positive attitude instead of negative. The approach is typical for self-help books. Tell a story about how someone resolved an issue or experienced a breakthrough using the right kind of thinking, just as you, too, can do if you open your mind and really try.
The stories range from trivial to very effective, and they work best if your own personal learning style works from anecdotes better than mine does. In this book, treat the stories more as examples that as instructions. Maxwell makes one good point after another. What you won't get is a lot of advice on how you can take concrete steps to shore up weaknesses. The basic premise is that the exercises and suggested time for contemplation will help the reader to have better self-awareness and acknowledge the benefits of corrective action. I didn't really feel like doing the exercises, so no doubt I undermined the material's effectiveness.
Mr. Maxwell goes easy on the religious references, which suits his wide target audience. The ones he uses are always low key and reasonable, so a non-religious reader should not be bothered at all.
Again, his list of 11 types of thinking is spot-on. Anyone who aspires to leadership must demonstrate most of them, and many of them relate even to young, junior people. As Mr. Maxwell says, it's never to early to raise your game.
Summary: Excellent book for the people looking for Improving the leadership skills
Date: 2007-09-26 -
Comment: this is one another classic from John Maxwell. There are lot many things explained in this book that can help us in our daily life, profession/ business..
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