Entries Tagged as 'Attitude'

Be impressed, not impressive

February 11th, 2010 · 35 Comments

Too often we think that if we can impress others, we will gain influence with them. We want to become others’ heroes – to be larger than life. That creates a problem because we’re real live human beings. People can see us for who we really are. If we make it our goal to impress [...]

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Tags: Attitude · Communication · Influence · Maxwell Daily Reader · leadership

Are you moving toward breakdown … or breakthrough?

February 3rd, 2010 · 39 Comments

Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough. Dick Biggs, a consultant who helps Fortune 500 companies improve profits and increase productivity, writes that all of us have unfair experiences; as a result, some people merely exist and [...]

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Tags: Attitude · Failing Forward · Maxwell Daily Reader · mistakes · success

More books … at your request

August 5th, 2009 · 12 Comments

In response to your suggestions for future books, I described in my last post how some questions could actually be answered by already-published books.
Next month, we’re going to talk about my next book (the one that comes out next spring). But before we do, here are some other published books and some of your questions [...]

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Tags: Attitude · Communication · Decision-making · Failing Forward · The Difference Maker · Today Matters · books · success