How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward

Successful People

by John C. Maxwell

#1 New York Times bestselling author John C. Maxwell can teach you how to turn any situation into a winning experience.

No one wins at everything they try. But any setback, whether professional or personal, can become a step forward with the right tools and mindset to turn loss into a gain. Drawing on nearly 50 years of leadership experience, Maxwell provides a roadmap for winning by examining the eleven elements that constitute the "DNA" of people who succeed in the face of problems, failure, and losses. Learning is not easy during down times. It takes discipline to do the right thing when something goes wrong. As John Maxwell often points out, experience itself isn't the best teacher; evaluating, understanding, and growing from your experience is. By examining how that process works, you can learn how to take risks and tackle challenges with a successful person's outlook. Derived from material previous published in Sometime You Win -- Sometimes You Learn .

Genres: Business, Self Help, Leadership, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Education, Audiobook

208 pages, Hardcover

First published May 5, 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

[MyNguyen1709 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was written by John C.Maxwell. Some quotes from this book which I like: 1. "winning isn't everything but learning is." 2. "For people who put winning ahead learning life will be difficult. For people who put learning ahead of winning, life will be fulfilling, and they likely to be rewarded with success as a by-product of their growth." 3. "Success is how high you bounce back after you hit the bottom [General George S. Patton]." These thoughts and some stories (except his stories) are not too new to me but the way he wrote and arrange the ideas make it valuable. After reading this book I am grateful for difficulties, I expect more problems - chance for learning.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes! This book right here just earned it's spot in my top 5 self improvement books! This book is full of ideas on how to improve not only your work life but your personal life as well. There are a lot of good quotes that I will be using as future reference. If you are stuck in a rut and need a little shove out of it, this is the book for you! As the saying goes you learn something new everyday and today I learned each little setback is an opportunity to learn, and never give up hope.

[Ginnie Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Majuchan · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The highest reward for out toil is not what we get for
it but what we become by it?"

"I strongly believe that experience isn't the best teacher; evaluated experience is."

Hustle and learn.

Mindset shifter it is! It will give you a different perspective on how to handle difficulties and
adversaries.

Learning with a humble attitude, being hopeful and doing things even small at a time will lead to greater learning.

It can inspire you and at the same time challenge you to take risks and learn.

[Walter Weston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book!

[Charmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

HIGHLIGHTS:
1. LEARN FROM LOSSES:
- What did you learn in this failure?
- Confront losses.
- Turn setback into a step forward.
- get emotionally unstuck from loss.

2. COMPARISON:
- Don’t compare if the playing field isn’t equal.
- self-Talk: Be careful what you think, say, and do

3. BOUNCE BACK:
- profit from adversity
- Overcome an early loss.
- Turn loss into a gain.
- prideful people block growth

4. HUMILITY:
- Humility means you think of your self less.
- always acknowledge a mistake frankly.

5. BE RESPONSIBLE:
- Always able to win when you’re control my growth.
- Respond right to failure.
- Face up to my own mistakes
- Stop repeating failures. Find out what didn’t work.

6. IMPROVEMENT IS NEVER-ENDING:
- positive habits
- intention to learn something
- positive self-talk
- quiet time for reflection
- Focus on one thing consistently.
- Debrief to learn from mistakes

7. TEACHABLE SPIRIT:
- attitude of learning
- open to possible opportunities
- approach as a beginner
- Ask questions
- recognize own part in the mistakes

8. ADVERSITY:
- make the best of it
- catalyst for learning and self-discovery
- Choice to how you deal with it.

9. PROBLEMS:
- Everyone has problems.
- don’t underestimate by letting it get bigger
- Don’t wait for problems to solve itself.
- communicate problem to people who are
Impacted.

10. BAD EXPERIENCE:
- don’t make bad experience worse.
- let bad experience into a good one. Learn something.
- Different can feel awkward.

11. INFLUENCE:
- Spend more time with growing people.
- Behave your way into feeling
- form the habit of finishing
- unlearn wrong ways

[Joseph D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to start out by saying that I am a huge fan of John C Maxwell and if you have not picked up anything by ​him then you are cheating yourself. In this book he really focuses on the key essentials to being successful. I loved his take on humility and thought it was great that he put that right up front. I feel this is key to any success. He addresses other topics but my second favorite topic was on failure. This is a short read and well worth taking the time to read it. One last thought from the book, paraphrased: There are two creatures in each of us. An eagle who wishes to soar and a hippopotamus that wants to wallow in the mud. Which will you give the reins in your life?

Joseph McKnight
http://www.josephmcknight.com

[Connie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great motivation & encouragement! The author addresses things that limit our chances of “winning”. He writes on humility, maturity, gratitude, intentional growth, and hope, as well as victimization, avoiding pain, and “blame storming”. He explains that growth is a slow process not to be rushed, by using the example that while an apple a day may keep the doctor away; eating 7 apples in one day will probably result in a stomach ache. We rush to reach goals quickly, this book reminded me that the process to reaching my goals is as critical as the goal itself. I plan to read more books by J. Maxwell.

[Haashim Dhurre · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book I learnt for many thing the first lesson I learnt is
1.the most important person you ever talk to is yourself,so be careful what you say.
second lesson I learnt is
2.the most important person you will love is your self,so be careful what you do.
third lesson I learnt is
3.the people who succeed in life don't try to escape pain,loss or unfairness.
fourth lesson I learnt is
4.the responsibility is the most important ability that person can possess.

you must know || we first make our habits and then our habits make us ||

[Samantha Juraschka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great easy read, especially before a new year begins.
The book was motivational, and it encourages you to keep positive and be willing to change.

I didn't find the book was that different than most leadership books, but like most people the book served as a great reminder to:

(1) Keep positive
(2) Have hope
(3) Be willing to change and learn from failure
(4) Always be learning and be teachable
(5) Keep bouncing back

I'll definitely read this again.

[Deb Hill · Rating 5 out of 5]

I expected this book to simply be a list of what one must do to be successful. I did not expect it to include advice on the application of recovering from failures and losses. Often, we separate and segregate the ideologies of success snd failure. The suggestions that John Maxwell presented in this book are consistent with those from his many other books and are supported by quotes from other distinguished and accomplished individuals throughout history.

[Kev Willoughby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Possibly the best John Maxwell book I've read so far! So much of this one is focused on our perceptions when we encounter adversity and setbacks. John Maxwell is a patient teacher, showing us how to use our losses as stepping stones instead of tombstones. I experienced this title as an audiobook, but I'll be acquiring a hard copy soon. This is worth regular re-reads.

[Hazel · Rating 3 out of 5]

not what i thought it would be ... thought this was more of a business ish book... ended up being more of an inspirational read? self help ish book? but definitely recommended to those going through a tough time in their life or a negative bout and needing some encouragement!
good quick read :)

[Ryk Good · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book if you're looking for an inspirational quote book or if this is your first self-help read. If you don't fall into either of these categories, then you can skip it and be perfectly fine in life.

[Upen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a little gem. I love the thought that winning isn't everything learning is. No matter how small we learn as long as we learn we grow and that is true success to better ourselves and everything around us betters.

Some great quotes and examples in this book.

[AJ Conroy]

Came as a recommendation from a trusted source, and I am a sucker for the self-improvement genre, but I stopped at five chapters. Very authoritarian vibe and no sense of humility. Not a my teacher in this season at least.

[Stephen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible insight and eye opening. John C Maxwell does an incredible job really putting you into a different perspective of life and viewing your losses and failures as the greatest challenges. HIGHLY RECOMMEND to someone trying to change the way the think and process!

[Zach Karp · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

I couldn’t help but feel like this was a shallow book that was unaware of the real reality of the world. A lot of corny “real eyes realize reality lies” type of writing. Author failed to make any compelling realizations.

[Nithin Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think a better name for this book is, "Learners are winners." This is a great book on the importance of being a learner and how to stay humble.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Challenging

I have been challenged to not die in my failures but to grow out of them. Such a great book

[Olawale · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very realistic book. It's talks about how to handle life's challenges and disappointed in the most graceful and beneficial ways

[Elijah C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really excellent.

[Besma · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading it.
A mistake isn’t bad , it’s there to teach you something.

[Kaylee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this book so far!! Great quotes!! Great questions. Evaluation. It’s making me think and I think I wish I had a hard copy so I can underline the points he is making.

[Michael Frank]

i like it

[Brittany Sartain · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Life is more difficult for those who stop learning and growing.”

[Melis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple nuggets, but not as impactful as some of his other books.

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book!

[Suciyati Martinea · Rating 5 out of 5]

The value that he writes was through to my mind and heart! What I love the most is the part that we have to learn from the failures and also don't forget to always learn and learn.

[Kweku Ananse Mansoh]

Very inspiring piece. Puts life into perspective and pushes that button of leadership within you.

Will be checking on the author's other writings.