Failing Forward
John C Maxwell, 2000, Thomas Nelson, Inc, Nashville, Tennessee
It seems that some people are born to achieve anything they want. Some would say they are lucky, are blessed, or have the Midas touch. But what truly is the reason for their success? Family background, wealth, greater opportunities, high morals, an easy childhood? John C Maxwell reveals the answer;
“The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure”
Maxwell says that if you are like him, you were never prepared to deal with failure. Coming out of school he feared it, he misunderstood it, and ran away from it. But he’s learned to make failure his friend and he can teach you to do the same.
One business periodical stated that the high rates of suicide, substance abuse, and nervous breakdowns could be attributed to people’s desire to train for success when they should train for failure. Failing Forward is the course on overcoming failure that you never received at school.
With Maxwell’s trademark warmth and humour, he teaches straightforward principles for overcoming failure and gives fifteen solid steps to be the kind of achiever you always wanted to be.
”I want to help you learn how to confidently look the prospect of failure in the eye and move forward anyway,” says Maxwell. “Because, in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backwards and start failing forward!”
