Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential

This is a fantastic book! It is like Red Bull for your soul! Very much a motivational book to get you stepping out and walking towards your calling in Christ Jesus! If you are feeling out of gas in your calling read this book he will inspire you to not give up!

I found this book encouraging and caused to me to look at how I spend my time, to make goals and then start steps to complete these goals. Also to spend more time with the Lord in prayer and reading His Word to be aware of what God's plan is for my life.

I am re-reading this book. I started a new business 5 years ago. From reading this book it caused me to verbalize my victory. I give my self a new injection of ehthusiams on a daily basis. Victory is all I see. I believe I can talk and do my way to success. I believe and know my business and personal life has taken on a clearer meaning. My business is on its way to increase and enlargement. I truly nourish my self on a regular basis with the gems of wisdom which prebail from the book. From my reading this book I am challenged to be all I can be. I appreciate the author, John Maxwell, for writing such a timely book.

Books like this one never grow out of date. In the opening section we're told of the timeless value of principles when Dr. Maxwell writes, "...there are principles of success and there are principles of failure." Obviously if you want to learn the principles of success you learn from someone who has mastered them such as John Maxwell.He moves from this introduction to the matter of abiding in Jesus. He talks about the Scripture of glorifying the Father by producing fruit. Fruit is produced as we abide in Jesus. We're admonished, "Feed your mind on things that will help you think right and then reproduce."The section on dreams is quite thrilling. Dr. Maxwell helps us grasp how real, how vital, how life-giving dreams are. Goals coupled with passion lead to success. In writing about prayer he tells us, "We need to look at prayer as taking hold of God's eagerness, not overcoming God's reluctance." This book will fuel the passion of anyone wanted to live a life of significance in the light of God's standard. It is food for thought for the person consumed with being excellent.

I've read dozens of inspirational and self-help books, and still think that "Be All You Can Be" is a must for all who want to make their life worthwhile. John C. Maxwell is not trying to impress the reader with strange and unheard ideas. He is far from adverting any of controversial methods of "self-realization". In this book you will find sound Christian approach to success, combined with down-to-earth common sense and a heathy dose of humor. The author does not believe that there are shortcuts to releasing of our God-given potential, so those folks who are looking for quick-fixes could be disappointed. However, if you are serious and willing to put God's principles to work for you, this book will prove to be an outstanding tool of your personal transformation.