Be All You Can Be [Hardcover]

John C. Maxwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1987

You have big dreams and major goals for your life. You want to be a leader, fulfilled and fully realized, always able to take what life throws at you and stretch beyond the status quo. But for some reason, you never quite get there. You just aren't living up to your potential, and you don't know why. Now America's leadership expert, John Maxwell, gives you the tools you need to Be All You Can Be. In this powerful book filled with easy-to-grasp truths you can put to work right away, you'll discover the principles of success that can really help you succeed. Maxwell will guide you through four key steps: Know: Discover the principles for fulfilling your God-given potential. Show: Learn how to model the principles so others can see them at work. Go: Roll up your sleeves, get out into the world, and live what you've learned. Grow: Experience living at your full potential, continually assessing your progress. As a result, you'll gain considerable hope for the future, which in turn will give you power to overcome in the present. Successful living and leading starts now: Accept the challenge to. Be All You Can Be.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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About the Author

John C. Maxwell is an internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold more than 18 million books. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP, a non-profit organization that has trained more than 5 million leaders in 126 countries worldwide. Each year he speaks to the leaders of diverse organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies, foreign governments, the National Football League, the United States Military Academy at West Point, and the United Nations.  A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week best-selling author, Maxwell has written three books that have sold more than a million copies: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Developing the Leader Within You, and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. His blog can be read at JohnMaxwellOnLeadership.com.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Victor Books (July 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896937852
• ISBN-13: 978-0896937857
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,013,714 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.