Becoming A Person of Influence [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

John C. Maxwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 1997

Whatever your vocation or aspiration, you can increase your impact on others by becoming a person of influence. Learn simple, insightful ways to interact more positively with others, and watch your personal and organizational success go off the charts.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Abridged edition (September 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785271147
• ISBN-13: 978-0785271147
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,691,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Maxwell masterpiece!, May 22, 2000

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Kevin C. Kropf "I ADMIT" (Baldwin City, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

How will you impact the lives of others?

For anyone who works with groups of people (and especially youth) you will find this book to be a great addition to your library. I especially enjoyed the worksheets at the end of each chapter as they were tangible ways of putting theory into practice.

This book is very easy to read, but as with most good books in this category, take notes or be willing to re-read chapters as there is almost too much good information. Most books offer nuggets--this one is a serious gold rush.

The leadership team I work with spent two weeks on Chapter 3 (A person of influence has Faith in People). I thought this was one of the best chapters in any of Maxwell's books and this will become a permanent part of our leadership program.

A great gift for graduating college students or folks newly elected to positions of leadership.

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look for his other books, don't buy this one, October 12, 2003

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"modestominnesota" (Modesto, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

Please consider my suggestion before you decide to buy this book.
I recommend you consider buying his other two books instead of this one.
"The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership"
"The 21 Most Powerful Minutes In A Leader's Day"

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I can't say anything positive about this book, I was shocked to see this author repeat same information written in other Maxwell books.

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I read 5 of his books on leadership, and they all share very similar information. If you read his other books, you will not find any new ideas here. This book badly repeats what's in his other books, and its written by some guy Jim. The writing style of his other books are much better as well. I advice that you don't buy it, just look into his other books I mentioned above.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent, Empowering, Caring Way of Motivating others., December 6, 1998

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Jon Paul Akeo (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others (Hardcover)

For all of you people out there who want to be an excellent mentor, coach, friend, teacher, manager, peer, team mate, I highly recommend this awesome book of how to motivate and inspire others towards personal development and excellence. As a Training Manager, I found that the suggestions and principles mentioned in this book are things that I do in my job each and everyday...what a joy it was to read that these principles that I incorporate on the job everyday, are great habits, perspectives and behaviors that I should be doing....all nicely laid out and spelled out in this book! I found myself constantly saying things like, "Hey, I do that...Wow! I do that too!" And if you are not doing some of the things they recommend already, the book gives you a real genuine, no-nonsense approach of how you can....starting with little baby steps and working your way more until you reach your comfort zone! I am a strong proponent of mentoring, coaching, and empowering others toward personal development and excellence and I would strongly recommend this book to others who find themselves in the same roles, or to anyone who really wants to make a difference in making an impact & being a person of influence to others....:-)