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Loy Machedo's Book Review - How Successful People Think by John Maxwell

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Channel: Loy Machedo · 2013 · Education

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Loy Machedo's Book Review - How Successful People Think by John Maxwell is another condensed book of Self Improvement / Business where the author tries to summarize the different styles of thinking necessary for success in the Business World.

According to the author the 11 keys to successful thinking:

1. Cultivate Big-Picture Thinking
2. Engage in Focused Thinking
3. Harness Creative Thinking
4. Employ Realistic Thinking
5. Utilize Strategic Thinking
6. Explore Possibility Thinking
7. Learn from Reflective Thinking
8. Question Popular Thinking
9. Benefit from Shared Thinking
10. Practice Unselfish Thinking
11. Rely on Bottom-Line Thinking

Each chapter is roughly 10 pages and usually contains the following style
Quotation by famous people
Benefits of that style of thinking
Tips to improve or become better in that particular style of thinking

Short-comings
Though I couldn't help and admire the authors creativity in coming up with the different styles of thinking, I feel the author repeats himself many times and has the same underlyning principle in all his books.
I wouldn't say these are never-known-before-concepts rather more like another drummed up version of Seth Godin's Linchpin.
There are moments where you feel the author is a bit wishy washy or talks in the hocus pocus world, for instance the 'Think Big Picture'. What if the picture you thought of is not practical or realistic?

Overall Summary
There were moments where I just browsed through and some other moments where I really got inspired and intrigued. I would be kidding myself if I said this wasn't a good book. There are some great moments in this book and I feel there is a lot we can learn from the author. So yes, I would recommend the book anyways.

Overall Rating
7 out of 10.



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