The synopsis and essence of : How Successful People Think – John C. Maxwell
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Author :
John C. Maxwell
Title :
How Successful People Think
Publisher : Hachette Book Group
Year : 2009
Sentence-Summary: How
Successful People Think lays
out eleven specific ways of thinking you can practice to live a better,
happier, more successful life.
SYNOPSIS
Do you act first, think later or think first
and act later?
“No matter what action you take or fail to take, a thought or
lack of thought precedes it.”I can conclude this after reading a book
called "The Way Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your
Life", by John C. Maxwell.In this book, author John Maxwell tells
good thinking, which produces good thinking, and produces good actions.Maxwell discusses 11 strategies people can
use to think more clearly. Maxwell explains, “A person who knows how will
always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be
the boss.”
Here are 11 strategies for clearer thinking:
1.
See the wisdom of big
picture thinking;
We have an interest in changing things. This step trains us
to know something from a wide angle that is characterized by seeing from all
sides. This is also important to see clearly.
2.
Unleash the potential of
focused thinking;
3.
Discover the joy of
creative thinking;
After finding the big step, we formulate the creative
little steps. If we are not creative people, we can do creative things by
imitating!
4.
Realize the importance of
realistic thinking;
After we are crazy enough to bring up ideas, it's time we
examine whether these ideas are realistic? The characteristics of a realistic
idea is the idea has a solid foundation.
5.
Release the power of
strategic thinking;
Thinking
in a planned manner. After we think the idea is quite realistic, we break it
into steps to run the idea. Identify our resources, describe the problems and
potential problems, and how to implement and capture the essence with the
truth. Thus, everything is open, explored, and understood before a decision or
step is decided.
6.
Feel the energy of
possibility thinking;
We have to believe that what we do will succeed! Even
though sometimes what we plan for also often collides with it realistically,
and also collides with its strategy.
7.
Embrace the lessons of
reflective thinking;
Evaluate the steps that have been carried out. Past
experiences, reflected, and taken lessons, to move forward.
8.
Question the acceptance
of popular thinking;
Sometimes the general view is not relevant to the actual
conditions. We must question reliability, look again at the things that seem to
have been widely accepted as something that has been given and tried to find
loopholes for innovation.
9.
Encourage the
participation of shared thinking;
The more heads is the more positive values that enter. Appreciate ideas! Gather the right people from various fields because there will be many (other) people who are more knowledgeable and knowledgeable than us there. Then, we need to dive into the person, understand the way he thinks, and we think with him so that we can participate in absorbing his wisdom, brilliant, genius, and innovative, deeper people in fields that we haven't mastered.
The more heads is the more positive values that enter. Appreciate ideas! Gather the right people from various fields because there will be many (other) people who are more knowledgeable and knowledgeable than us there. Then, we need to dive into the person, understand the way he thinks, and we think with him so that we can participate in absorbing his wisdom, brilliant, genius, and innovative, deeper people in fields that we haven't mastered.
10.
Experience the
satisfaction of unselfish thinking;
We will realize that greater pleasure is giving to others.
The big impact of thinking will be felt when we think for the good of others.
If we do not think about it, then other people also do not want to share with
us, and our thoughts will not be helped by them, whether helped to be
sharpened, or helped to be raised and spread. Futhermore, if we succeed in
transferring kindness to others, we get extraordinary inner satisfaction. With
that satisfaction, extraordinary energy arises to think and do more and more.
11.
Enjoy the return of
bottom-line thinking.
It is a compass to show the direction of our journey so we
always think about how to achieve our goals and targets. It will also prevent
us from unnecessary steps.
Maxwell delves into each of these categories and explains
actions each of us can take to learn how to become a better thinker and, in the
process, improve our lives. All achievement is obtained through action,
but all actions must be preceded by thought. Thus, by improving your ability to
think, you can improve your actions and it will improve your life. Therefore, Another thing, which might need to be understood too,
is that what is conveyed above is all just theory. It will not become
operational and be used, if it’s not practiced. In other words, if from the
theory, it seems we can easily imitate the way of thinking of successful
people, but the practice ...? That's where the challenge is.
Lastly, Maxwell believes that if a person masters each of these critical ways of thinking, including the process of shared thinking to compensate for your weaknesses, your life will change. I think Maxwell is right and I highly recommend this book. That’s all for my review of this book. I hope it will be usefull for us. Amiin. Cheerio!!!!
Lastly, Maxwell believes that if a person masters each of these critical ways of thinking, including the process of shared thinking to compensate for your weaknesses, your life will change. I think Maxwell is right and I highly recommend this book. That’s all for my review of this book. I hope it will be usefull for us. Amiin. Cheerio!!!!
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