Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn for Teens: How to Turn a Loss into a Win

by John C. Maxwell

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell brings his common sense self-help lessons to teens!

Any setback--a championship loss, a bad grade, a botched audition-can be seen as a step forward when teens possess the right tools to turn that loss into a gain of knowledge. Drawing on nearly fifty years of leadership experience, Dr. Maxwell provides a roadmap for becoming a true learner, someone who wins in the face of problems, failures, and losses.

The teachings from Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn have been edited and adapted just for teens. This Young Readers edition features all-new stories of real life figures that overcame adversity early in their lives, including entrepreneur Steve Jobs, Olympic Gold Medalists Gabby Douglas and Mikaela Shiffrin, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published February 24, 2015

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

[avery jillson · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️ I thought this was a really great self - help book! It was nicely written and as a person who struggles with perfection and puts a lot of pressure on themselves, I think it was a great book with great advice 🤩

[Benjamin Krewson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes You Win Sometimes You Learn is a very empowering book written by John C Maxwell. The book is about how when you lose you shouldn’t just lose, you should learn from your mistakes. The author John C Maxwell includes many stories about people who were successful. For example, on page 51 he writes about Gabrielle Douglas, and how she needed to leave her hometown to practice with a good coach for gymnastics. If she hadn’t had left I doubt she would have been in the olympics. This book is compelling, fascinating, and amazing. One quote in this book I think we should live by is, “ When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at actually change.” This means that if we look at everything in a positive way, the things we thought were negative are positive. This goes back to what the book is about, how to turn a loss into a win. This book has changed my way of thinking. I would recommend this book to anyone.

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A friendly and approachable personal development book about overcoming setbacks and reframing mindset for teenagers. However, this book should be read by everyone, for the lessons it contains and holds are priceless and invaluable.

A page-turning, organised and insightful read, definitely recommended for anyone who wants a quick but beneficial read on how to organise your life and reframe your mindset to become a better person and live a better life.

[Gerrie]

LMAOOOO I am such a sucker for self-help books, and my mind was blown when I remembered that kids and adolescents also have self-help books. I thought I'd try it because it's so much easier to process (big words hard. small words easy).

The personal examples chosen will appeal to and connect with teens, though they do make the book a little dated. I had to dust off some older memories when talking about the 2010s Olympians and celebrities.

For the adult reader, there's a lot of stuff in here that you probably already knew, either through experience or intuitively, but it's still nice to have life lessons spelled out and as a reminder. For me, I found the book a good starting point for some very intense journaling leading into a session with my therapist as I tackle the psychological crisis that comes in one's late 20s.

[Sunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to read this book for school. My first thought was 'great. Another boring book for school." But after reading the first two chapters, I kept reading. It's a quick read and very insightful + useful. It gives us such a different point of view of things too which is helpful in understanding how things work.

[Muthia Ulfa · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is my second book from Maxwell and I can say I always feels enlightened after reading his books. His books gave me confidence I lost. I noted the straight-forward reading so it is very easy for non English speaker to read it and get what he meant in one blink of eye.

[Elise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this and can't wait to share this with my students. Maxwell gives great advice, quotes, and stories to go with each chapter. There is also a journaling aspect to have teens look deeper and connect to each chapter.

[Marissa Sutherland · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is phenomenal! We read it as a family, and I’m going to re-read it by myself. It is written with teens in mind, but he articulates concepts so succinctly about how to turn losses into learning experiences and that most situations are really about our attitudes in how we approach them.

[Rachael · Rating 5 out of 5]

The advice in this book seems pretty straightforward, but it was timely for me. The journal prompts & exercises within are the best parts. The teen format was also nice to get to the point more succinctly.

[Sieara DeLone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing. It is totally mind-changing. I recommend this and the adult version to everyone. Please read. It sounds cheesy, but it's really insightful. I highlighted the mess out of it.

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

https://www.equipped4success.com/?p=4133

[Aubrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very approachable and practical tool for college students.

[Jeriza Pearl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not only for teens but also for struggling adults. Great book! Full of lessons we can apply in real life.

[rovnique Dosso · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love love love love love love love it

So inspiring
Inspirational
Motivational
Role modeling
Great I could read it 1000 times it is so interesting I love it

[Alli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great for teens, but like most books of its type, it has a lot of lofty talk and not a lot of practical examples. Worth giving to a kid to read, or reading at the same time as them.

[W. Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

simple truths that it takes a lifetime to learn

[Carter Hoegh]

read with school good book

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

READ FEB 2017

A must read for pre-teens up. Maxwell adapts his original "Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn" and provides useful ideas to help teens understand (and learn) from failures and mistakes.

This is also part of a FREE Global Youth Leadership program being offered in 2017.
https://tinyurl.com/gsd246z #JMTeam #JMTGYI #youthmax

[Library]

Any setback--a championship loss, a bad grade, a botched audition-can be seen as a step forward when teens possess the right tools to turn that loss into a gain of knowledge. Drawing on nearly fifty years of leadership experience, Dr. Maxwell provides a roadmap for becoming a true learner, someone who wins in the face of problems, failures, and losses.

The teachings from Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn have been edited and adapted just for teens. This Young Readers edition features all-new stories of real life figures that overcame adversity early in their lives, including entrepreneur Steve Jobs, Olympic Gold Medalists Gabby Douglas and Mikaela Shiffrin, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai.

[Tami Ewell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to help teens learn the value of failure and how to have a healthy attitude towards it.

[Trpusey · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Read for JSD Literature Committee