How Successful People Think Workbook

by John C. Maxwell

Full of interactive questions and space for readers to provide answers, as well as new material for readers to assess their current type of thinking, this workbook guides readers in applying the lessons they learned from How Successful People Think or the book which it was derived from, Thinking For A Change. Each of the eleven chapters will focus on one type of thinking, and contain a case study, critical thinking questions, a journal section, and an action plan of steps to help the reader create a personalized plan.

Genres: Self Help, Leadership, Business, Psychology

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

John Calvin Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. Some of his books have been on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Reviews

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a FANTASTIC book, and I think any person who hopes to work with people in any kind of group setting can gain a lot from reading this. It's not just for leaders; it helps people take advantage of the various kinds of thinking, with helpful questions and exercises every chapter.

The chapters can be read separate from the others, so the reader can read from one to the next in any particular order he or she desires and not miss anything. There's also a small quiz in the Introduction to help the person find out what kind of thinker he or she is. The person can choose to start with his strongest point to his weakest, or do the reverse. Or he or she can simply read from first to last chapter.

I imagine myself going back to the exercises every so often if only for self-correction, but it is still a helpful book to keep around for review.

If you plan to buy only a few self-improvement books in your life, make sure you include this one.

[Kathleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. I picked it up in the airport before my 7 hour flight to London and boy did it keep me awake. All in all, I think the ideas I got from reading this book filled 20 notebook pages. This challenged me to think about how I develop the different types of thinking in myself, but also in the teenagers I teach. How can teachers help promote and develop the extremely different types of thinking that successful people utilize? I didn't do most of the workbook activities suggested in the book, but the other thoughts and ideas generated from the text make that ok. I will be sure to re-read this sometime in the next few years and am sure I will walk away with new and different insights.

[Earlene Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book with a lot of insight into changing your thinking process. I enjoyed how the thinking process was layout and the supporting quotes for motivation. I haven't pick up a John Maxwell's book that I didn't enjoy reading. This is a quick read 130 pages and concepts provided could be implemented with commitment and daily discipline. We can change our life when we change our thinking.

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read! Thought provoking, challenge and practical. It's small in quantity, but mammoth in content!!!!

[Kim Laraine Ruth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an excellent book and encourages great change and intention in thinking. To get the most out of it it needs to be listened to multiple times.

[Rohan · Rating 5 out of 5]

John has define all the possible thinkings and explain them in very well way.This book give and other level of insight about life and thinking require in the life .

[Yama Chen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Helpless for real life.

[David Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing groundbreaking in here. Just helpful motivating reminders to keep you on track. If you've read other motivational books, this one didn't necessarily blow me away and you've probably heard what he's said in this book. Still, it's a quick read if you're in the mood for it.

I like his tip about "remembering the bottom-line goal", by which he doesn't mean financial but rather the vision, mission or purpose underneath everything else you do. Whatever you determine this bottom-line goal to be is what will shape your smaller tasks and objectives that should all work towards helping you achieve the big-picture bottom-line goal.

[Patama · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book mentioned the principles of 'good thinker'. Mr.Maxwell did a good job in catching message like ' A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss'. Anyway the core concepts are mentioned in many books.
One of my favorite book that have 'nice packaging' is Burger& Starbird's 5 elements of effective thinking
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0691156662

[Denise MacDonald · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this book to be a very boring, drug out read. There were some good tips, however it was all very basic. Anyone with any type of training in management, leadership or counselling already have many of the skills written about in this book. It is a good book for those who don't have training or those who want a refresher.

[Daniel Rodflor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like it... a lot of golden nuggets in it, but for some reason took me 3 moths finish it.

[Fatih Aksoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful insights.

[Dorothy Faudi]

this book is not for the meek hearted! it is very deep and since Mr. Maxwell is a minister, he does use biblical principles. I have not finished this particular book, I lost interest. I, myself have to be in the mood to read this type of book.