Relationships 101

The service was good and the book arrived in expected time and in good condition. I love the book.

there was so many things that I was missing. I now have the insight to make myself better at realting to others. John Maxwell is awesome.

This book was truly essential as the chapters were quick and easy to read and understand. My existing relationships improved and many new relationships have developed. My career as a consultant has gotten hot since reading this book. It's also a book to keep for reference purposes.

Leadership expert John Maxwell is extremely good at expressing complex truths in series of simple sentences that individually seem obvious. As the pages go by, one realizes one is being exposed to a well-thought out comprehensive world view as to how people should lead other people in a manner than benefits society as a whole. Relationships are important to success, the author writes, because relationships are the glue that holds team members together. What a leader needs to know about others, the author writes, is that people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Leaders can encourage others, the author says, by believing in people before they have proved themselves. This is the key to motivating people to reach their potential. Leaders can connect with people, the author says, by always remembering that the heart comes before the head. Leaders can become better listeners, the author says, by treating every person as if he or she were the most important person in the world. Leaders can build trust with others, the author says, by having their words and actions match. The most important relationships, the author says, are at home. Succeed at home, and all other relationships become easier. A leader can serve and lead people at the same time by loving the people he or she leads more than his or her position, the author says. As the author always does in the many books he writes, he backs up his views with famous historical quotes and anecdotes.. He quotes longtime Reagan aide Michael Deaver on how Reagan managed the press--he liked people and succeeded in getting the press corps to like him--and his staff--he found ways to make clear to everyone how important they were to him. The author quotes President Harry Truman that "When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint--understand what he is trying to do--nine times out of ten he is trying to do right." He quotes President Woodrow Wilson as saying "The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people" and President Lyndon Johnson as keeping a sign in his office saying "You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're doin' all the talkin." The author quotes World War I hero Marshal Ferdinand Foch: "There are no hopeless situations; there are only men and women who have grown helpless about them." The author quotes Pennsylvania Revolutionary War era great Benjamin Franklin as saying that "Those things that hurt, instruct." He quotes Pennsylvania founder William Penn as saying "Never despise or oppose what thou does not understand." The author quotes philosopher-poet-longshoreman Eric Hoffer: "It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at root of the troubles that afflict our world." He quotes Jeff MacNelly's comic strip character Shoe, a crusty newspaper editor, as saying "When it comes to believing in myself, I'm an agnostic." He quotes the evangelist Bill Glass as saying "Over 90% of prison inmates were told by their parents while growing up,

This is a great book. Especially if you like John Maxwell books. This is a compilation of several chapters from some of Maxwell's other bestsellers, and it serves as a great refresher on key leadership principles. The chapters on integrity, and family are worth the price of the book. It is a great, and easy read.