Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others: Amazon.ca: John C. Maxwell, Dornan Jim Dornan: Books

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Americas leadership expert teaches that if your life in any way connects with other people, you are an influencer. Whatever your vocation or aspiration is, you can increase your impact with Maxwells simple, insightful ways to interact more positively with others. Watch your personal and organizational success go off the charts!

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Leading specialists on the art and science of leadership, John C. Maxwell and Jim Dornan read an abridged form of their book, Becoming a Person of Influence, for the Nelson Audio Library. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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1.0 out of 5 stars I was looking for something else, Nov 11 2002

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This review is from: Becoming A Person of Influence (Hardcover)

When I bought the book "Becoming a Person of Influence" I was looking for a book that would help me portray confidence. To me, being influential means being decisive, taking a stand on work issues and resolving conflicts. Instead, this book concentrates on empowering others and listening and understanding people. Don't get me wrong, those are HIGHLY IMPORTANT traits of a leader. But I think I was looking for a book called, How not to be a total doormat manager or How to resolve team conflicts. Those are the issues I'm dealing with right now - I need to take a stand and be a "leader" with my team, but I don't quite know how to do that. Unfortunately, this book did not help at all. I was disappointed. I have plenty of books on treating others well and "nurturing" - but I really need one on how not to be such a softie and let people bulldoze right over the top of me. Can anyone recommend a good book for pushover managers? I really don't want to be seen that way - but its difficult to stand up to very aggressive personalities & really put my foot down. One thing I'm learning - sometimes - not matter how much one deserves it or how much one gives it to others - one will NOT necessarily be respected or valued by his/her peers. In fact, there are people in this world who see nurturing and understanding as a weakness and will exploit that weakness. Maybe John C. Maxwell can write a book on how not to be completely exploited while trying to "Enlarge Others."

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3.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly forgettable, Sep 20 2004

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Larry Hehn "Christian in the Rough" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Becoming a Person of Influence (Paperback)

I've read at least six other Maxwell books, and this is the least memorable of all. It's not that there is a lack of content here...looking back through the book, there is a lot of good advice that would be valuable in developing your sphere of influence. It just seems to be an awkward assembly of borrowed wisdom that didn't stick once I closed the cover.

Maybe it's because the majority of the content is repeated from Maxwell's other books. It's not unusual to find two or three quotes or excerpts from other books on each page, which limits the amount of "original" material and seriously hampers the flow. It almost appears that Maxwell and Dornan wrote separately, then did their best to cut-and-paste the two scripts later.

The book considers four levels of influence: model, motivate, mentor and multiply. It does its best to weave those levels into ten chapters whose titles combine to spell "influencer" -- Integrity with people, Nurtures other people, Faith in people, Listens to people, Understands people, Enlarges people, Navigates for other people, Connects with people, Empowers people and Reproduces other influencers.

Perhaps this book would be more effective if you hadn't read any Maxwell books before. It would definitely be best to search through the book for individual nuggets of wisdom rather than try to pull one clear, solid message from these pages. Sadly, the nuggets that you pull are more likely to come from the quotes and excerpts than the original content. This isn't a bad book, but it's definitely not Maxwell's best.

Larry Hehn, author of Get the Prize: Nine Keys for a Life of Victory

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2.0 out of 5 stars Look for his other books, don't buy this one, Oct 13 2003

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This review is from: Becoming A Person of Influence (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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Irresistibe Approach!
Maxwell's Book is a no doubt a unique approach towards creating an irresistible personality empowering impact on others through Influence. Read more

Published on Aug 12 2003 by Ilaxi S. Patel

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, Would Like to Have Seen More Biblical Examples
Maxwell's book is filled with many excellent suggestions, including how to:

1. Nurture others
2. Understand others
3. Reproduce leaders
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