The Power Of One: One Person, One Rule, One Month

by John C. Maxwell, Stephen R. Graves, Thomas G. Addington

In this 30-day companion workbook to There's No Such Thing as "Business" Ethics, bestselling author John C. Maxwell demonstrates how we can live with integrity by using the Golden Rule as our standard-in business and in life. In fact, Maxwell suggests the higher standard of exceeding the Golden Rule-by treating people better than they treat us, helping those who cannot help us, doing right when it is natural to do wrong, and keeping promises, even when it hurts.

An ethics guide for any situation, each "day" of The Power of One offers a Drilling Down section which features a case study or story that illustrates the day's topic, Summarizing Principles on the subject, penetrating questions for Making Evaluation, and points of application for Taking Action. Maxwell reveals the factors that can "tarnish" the Golden Rule and teaches how to develop the Midas touch in personal integrity.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Self Help

238 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

John Calvin Maxwell is an American author, speaker, and pastor who has written many books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. Some of his books have been on the New York Times Best Seller List.

Reviews

[Chrisman · Rating 5 out of 5]

2025 re-read

This book is such a trip. It's like a collection of short stories. There's the shootout at Breaker Town, there's time traveling to Maine to rescue Stephen King, there's Dandelo, and there's reaching the dark tower itself. It's very episodic.

I remember really disliking this book, especially the ending, on my first read. Flagg, the villain of the entire series thus far, is tossed aside so quickly once Mordred arrives. I disliked how quickly, suddenly, easily the villains were overcome: Flagg, then Mordred, then the Crimson King himself. And this was still the case on this read.

There was in general a lot more to like for me on this read. I don't think that Patrick Danville really registered with me the first time, but this time around I really appreciated that his power comes from "drawing." Not a gun, like Roland. But drawing. And so it's not death or violence that does in the mad king. But instead art and creation. And this gels so nicely with the fact that the whole series, in one way, is all about stories and where they come from and how they change us.

The Dandelo bit just feels really out of nowhere. And I still hate the characterization of the Crimson King at the end. But overall, I enjoyed this final volume of the dark tower series much more this time around.

I read this series for the first time ten years ago, and it immediately became one of my favorite literary experiences. The story is exciting on the surface: an old western fantasy / sci-fi Arthurian quest metafiction with time travel and portal hopping. Genre-bending. One minute you're in an old western, the next you're in a mobster shoot-em-up.

I loved and still love how much other media it touches on. This read-through, I read four more associated King novels. And watched several movies including the great classic Seven Samurai, and the Magnificent Seven. (Wolves of the Callah was very much a direct adaptation of Seven Samurai.)

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a companion workbook to Maxwell's There's No Such Thing as Business Ethics.