How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

by John C. Maxwell

If you want to become a good thinker, then start preparing yourself for the possibility of becoming unpopular.

Popular thinking brings mediocre results. Here is popular thinking in a nutshell: Popular = Normal = Average

most people are more satisfied with old problems than committed to finding new solutions.

Any time they see a problem, they think, Who do I know who can help with this?

Charles H. Burr believed, “Getters generally don’t get happiness; givers get it.” Helping people brings great satisfaction.

“Learn, earn, return—these are the three phases of life.

The Power of Ethical Management, Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale wrote, “People with humility don’t think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.”

think about how you can invest in the other person so that it becomes a win-win situation.

“She has shared her remarkable recipe for inclusion and excellence with countless organizations whose bottom line is measured not in dollars, but in changed lives.”23 He couldn’t have said it better!

Instead, think of the bottom line as the end, the takeaway, the desired result.