Self-Improvement 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know

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HarperCollins Leadership, Nov 1, 2009 - Self-Help - 128 pages

John C. Maxwell uses his decades of experience to teach you how to reach your full potential through a commitment to personal growth.

Throughout this book, leadership expert John C. Maxwell provides the essential tips and tools to help any leader continue striving for excellence no matter what industry, business, or level of leadership.

In Self-Improvement 101, you’ll learn:

  • the secret of becoming a lifelong learner,
  • where to focus your time for maximum growth,
  • what sacrifices are worth making to keep getting better,
  • how to overcome obstacles to self-improvement,
  • the key to turning experience into wisdom,
  • and why leaders need to be learners, among many other essential lessons.

People never reach their potential by accident. Often, those who achieve the greatest success have the greatest desire to learn and grow.

Self-Improvement 101 guides you on an essential journey to uncovering your own desire, commitment, and unyielding determination to improve your life--and to improve yourself.

 

Contents

1 What Will It Take for Me to Improve?
3
2 How Can I Grow in My Career?
17
3 How Do I Maintain a Teachable Attitude?
27
4 What Role Do Others Play in My Growth?
41
5 Where Should I Focus My Time and Energy?
57
6 How Do I Overcome Obstacles to SelfImprovement?
69
7 What Role Does Experience Play?
83
8 What Am I Willing to Give Up to Keep Growing?
95
Notes
109
About the Author
111
Blank Page
118
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John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.

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