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

John C. Maxwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 5, 2002

In an easygoing, conversational style, Dr. John Maxwell points out the possibilities within us all and then provides simple game plans for transforming those possibilities into realities. His practical methods of successful living, honed in his own life and ministry, can help you be all you can be.

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About the Author

Dr. John C. Maxwell, America's leadership expert, is the New York Times best-selling author of more than forty best-selling books, including Winning with People, Thinking for a Change,Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. The founder of Injoy Stewardship Service and Maximum Impact, he dedicates much of his time to training leaders worldwide through EQUIP, a nonprofit organization, and speaks to hundreds of thousands of people each year in conferences and seminars. John and his wife, Margaret, reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 190 pages
• Publisher: Victor Books (April 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781438047
• ISBN-13: 978-0781438049
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,610,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, coach, and author who has sold over 19 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and the John Maxwell Company, organizations that have trained more than 5 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and organizations as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and the United Nations. A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books which have each sold more than one million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. You can find him at JohnMaxwell.com and follow him at Twitter.com/JohnCMaxwell.

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding tool for your personal transformation, July 30, 2000

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Andrei Yashurin (Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretched to Your God-Given Potential (Christian living) (Paperback)

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.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lives Up to the Title, April 30, 2004

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Dr. W. G. Covington, Jr. (Edinboro, Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be All You Can Be (Hardcover)

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My potential, March 6, 2005

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Esther-- "Babygirl" (Florida,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be All You Can Be: A Challenge to Stretch Your God-Given Potential (Paperback)

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.