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John C. Maxwell, Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know
John Maxwell is perhaps the most widely-read author on leadership and life-effectiveness today. For this reason, LifeandLeadership.com cross-lists Maxwell’s writings under different categories:
Inspiring Leadership – Maxwell is a strong leader in his own right, and equips people to exercise leadership that inspires others to greatness.
Leadership and Life-Effectiveness – In a manner similar to many authors in the success genre, Maxwell presents his insights, whether on leadership or life in general, in terms of what it means to lead a more effective life.
Each of his volumes makes a solid contribution to literature on these subjects, but with so many titles, it is often hard to know where to start. The LifeandLeadership.com Ministry Resource Guide on the John Maxwell Leadership Library may help readers understand the unique value of each of his works, and how each relates to the others.
Observations on Attitude 101
This is part of a series that may be seen as “Cliff’s Notes” on Maxwell. Each volume in the series is about 100 pages, and is an abridged version of Maxwell’s larger works on related subjects. The focus of this text is attitude. Other volumes in the collection cover leadership, relationships, equipping, ethics, success, and mentoring
John C. Maxwell firmly points to attitude as the key in making or breaking a leader. Leadership has less to do with position than it does with disposition, because it will influence the way the followers think and feel. Great leaders understand that the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right responses from others.
Maxwell addresses what shapes a person’s attitude and whether or not attitude can be changed. He addresses the common feeling of failure and shows how to overcome obstacles. Understanding success as a journey rather than a destination, he explains, is the key to good leadership. He concludes Attitude 101 with practical ways readers can take their attitude to the next level.
