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Leadership Promises for Every Day: A Daily Devotional
Applauded as one of the world's most popular leadership experts, John C. Maxwell distills many of his winning concepts and scriptural meditations into a daily devotional, following the phenomenally popular format of Grace for the Moment and Hope for Each Day . Delivered with his trademark style of confidence and clarity, Maxwell addresses a host of relevant topics including success, stewardship, teamwork, and mentoring.
400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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John C. Maxwell
1,001 books5,805 followersJohn 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.
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December 6, 2022
Loved this little book of leadership teachings from the scripture. John C. Maxwell needs no introduction, he does not miss when it comes to leadership.
July 1, 2023
Muy buenos cada uno de los principios y consejos que el autor comparte en esta recopilación.
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August 10, 2011Este libro fue un obsequio en el convivio del año 2009. Con pensamientos diarios una buena alternativa de crecimiento con bases bíblicas que te ayudarán en tu camino y tu relación con Dios.
October 25, 2016
"Leadership must first start from within." That is a line from the October 25, 2016 devotional thought of Leadership Promises for Every Day by John C. Maxwell. It speaks to the intent of this devotional: that being to strengthen leaders from within.
Each day is a challenge from various works by Maxwell for leaders to grow and thus become better leaders. Some challenges are reminders, some are spurring. In either case, the goal is that leaders continually seek to become better leaders and build-up other leaders around them.
This book is just a rebinding of this devotional that was first printed in 2003. I like the rebinding in this soft leather-like edition more so than the hardback of previous prints. It seems more durable to me. It also holds better than the hardback which makes for easier reading.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Each day is a challenge from various works by Maxwell for leaders to grow and thus become better leaders. Some challenges are reminders, some are spurring. In either case, the goal is that leaders continually seek to become better leaders and build-up other leaders around them.
This book is just a rebinding of this devotional that was first printed in 2003. I like the rebinding in this soft leather-like edition more so than the hardback of previous prints. It seems more durable to me. It also holds better than the hardback which makes for easier reading.
*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
December 21, 2016
[Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Thomas Nelson Publishers. All thoughts and opinions are my own.]
The brand of John Maxwell has in recent years suffered a great deal of erosion in quality, which is perhaps inevitable when an author moves from original and creative writing to, progressively, the combination of formerly disparate materials into omnibus collections [1], and then the repackaging of existing books under a new title to pretend as if they were new books [2]. This book marks a further station along that road, and that is the reformatting of previously published materials for a devotional made up of the author's familiar and, to some, comforting leadership advice, in the manner of some previous authors [3]. Pretty soon, no doubt, will be the inevitable plundering of a posthumous Maxwell's notes for the raw material for future books that will keep the gravy train rolling for a few more volumes of feasts of scraps as has happened before to writers like Henri Nouwen and C.S. Lewis, authors, it should be noted, of far more profound and original thinking than Maxwell. That said, though, this devotional feels right. For someone who reads far more devotionals than I care to admit [4], this book has the elements of what makes for a good devotional--material that works in small chunks, a strong focus on scripture, easy-to-remember material that is suited to lists and bullet points. In fact, given the general unevenness of Maxwell's writings as a whole body of work, this devotional works remarkably well, reminding the reader that 365 small servings of the writer's thinking is easier to digest and appreciate than, to pick an example not at random, the entirety of the author's bible [5].
The contents and structure of this book are easy to understand for someone who is familiar with either devotionals or the author's body of work, or both. This is a 365-day format for a devotional, so each day takes up one small page, with the date, scriptural quotation (sometimes taking up more than half the page), a short paragraph or two of material, sometimes in bullet or list or chart form, and a citation of where the comment is taken from. Almost all of the devotionals are taken from previously written works, showing that the author has largely given up on original writing at this point in his career, but while there is a bit of repetition in the way material is covered and the author is a bit too fond of oversimplification, there is a lot of value here and those who like reading what Maxwell has to say about the importance of leaders and their character will find a great deal to appreciate here. After the twelve months of material there are a few pages left blank except for lines so that the reader, if he or she chooses, can write notes on the material contained in the book.
This is a book that delivers exactly what it sets out to do. It slices and dices Maxwell's writing in such a way that it focuses on biblical essentials, making this perhaps the most Christian of any book I have read by the author. The book has no intellectual pretensions, has no embarrassments like praising the corrupt executives of Enron, and if it is not an original book in any way, it is at least a pleasing book. This is a crowd-pleaser, the book version of a best-of compilation from someone who has been writing books for decades, and this is the sort of book that one can get for a friend who is interested in Christian leadership principles without any hint of awkwardness or discomfort. There is little if any likelihood that there will be anything the author or anyone else will feel embarrassed about in coming years, as the material is fairly straightforward elucidation of Bible-based leadership lessons of the kind that any minister would be happy to give in a sermon or Bible study. And as much as I might want to, I can find little fault in it except for the fact that it shows an author and his literary estate looking to print new books without having new material to share, and and at this stage one ought to expect nothing but leftovers from this author. Good leftovers are still something to enjoy, even as leftovers.
[1] https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
[2] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
[3] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
[4] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
[5] https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2012...
The brand of John Maxwell has in recent years suffered a great deal of erosion in quality, which is perhaps inevitable when an author moves from original and creative writing to, progressively, the combination of formerly disparate materials into omnibus collections [1], and then the repackaging of existing books under a new title to pretend as if they were new books [2]. This book marks a further station along that road, and that is the reformatting of previously published materials for a devotional made up of the author's familiar and, to some, comforting leadership advice, in the manner of some previous authors [3]. Pretty soon, no doubt, will be the inevitable plundering of a posthumous Maxwell's notes for the raw material for future books that will keep the gravy train rolling for a few more volumes of feasts of scraps as has happened before to writers like Henri Nouwen and C.S. Lewis, authors, it should be noted, of far more profound and original thinking than Maxwell. That said, though, this devotional feels right. For someone who reads far more devotionals than I care to admit [4], this book has the elements of what makes for a good devotional--material that works in small chunks, a strong focus on scripture, easy-to-remember material that is suited to lists and bullet points. In fact, given the general unevenness of Maxwell's writings as a whole body of work, this devotional works remarkably well, reminding the reader that 365 small servings of the writer's thinking is easier to digest and appreciate than, to pick an example not at random, the entirety of the author's bible [5].
The contents and structure of this book are easy to understand for someone who is familiar with either devotionals or the author's body of work, or both. This is a 365-day format for a devotional, so each day takes up one small page, with the date, scriptural quotation (sometimes taking up more than half the page), a short paragraph or two of material, sometimes in bullet or list or chart form, and a citation of where the comment is taken from. Almost all of the devotionals are taken from previously written works, showing that the author has largely given up on original writing at this point in his career, but while there is a bit of repetition in the way material is covered and the author is a bit too fond of oversimplification, there is a lot of value here and those who like reading what Maxwell has to say about the importance of leaders and their character will find a great deal to appreciate here. After the twelve months of material there are a few pages left blank except for lines so that the reader, if he or she chooses, can write notes on the material contained in the book.
This is a book that delivers exactly what it sets out to do. It slices and dices Maxwell's writing in such a way that it focuses on biblical essentials, making this perhaps the most Christian of any book I have read by the author. The book has no intellectual pretensions, has no embarrassments like praising the corrupt executives of Enron, and if it is not an original book in any way, it is at least a pleasing book. This is a crowd-pleaser, the book version of a best-of compilation from someone who has been writing books for decades, and this is the sort of book that one can get for a friend who is interested in Christian leadership principles without any hint of awkwardness or discomfort. There is little if any likelihood that there will be anything the author or anyone else will feel embarrassed about in coming years, as the material is fairly straightforward elucidation of Bible-based leadership lessons of the kind that any minister would be happy to give in a sermon or Bible study. And as much as I might want to, I can find little fault in it except for the fact that it shows an author and his literary estate looking to print new books without having new material to share, and and at this stage one ought to expect nothing but leftovers from this author. Good leftovers are still something to enjoy, even as leftovers.
[1] https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
[2] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress...
[3] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2015...
[4] See, for example:
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2016...
[5] https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2012...
September 10, 2019
This book has been a constant reading for many years. I still have the hard cover version. This is a daily devotional that reminds me of the impact that we have as leaders in every day life. We are leaders at home, church, in the workplace.
December 31, 2020
This is my second time around with this excellent John Maxwell Leadership Promises devotional, as usual picked up some more nuggets of gold from Dr. Maxwell. A smart start for anyone in leaderships day...SLT
December 31, 2021
Outstanding daily devotional book!!!
Excellent book! I recommend this book to all spiritual leaders. This book Integrated scripture with everyday leadership opportunities and attributes that all leaders should know have and make a part of their daily walk.
Roderick Currie
Excellent book! I recommend this book to all spiritual leaders. This book Integrated scripture with everyday leadership opportunities and attributes that all leaders should know have and make a part of their daily walk.
Roderick Currie
January 2, 2023
Inspiring and uplifting
This book gives positive encouragement for daily reflection. I enjoyed reading the daily inspirations, they helped me and gave me strength throughout the day.
This book gives positive encouragement for daily reflection. I enjoyed reading the daily inspirations, they helped me and gave me strength throughout the day.
May 15, 2024
I have read this book everyday for 3 years and counting. There are countless examples of what it takes to become a great leader, lead others, build the right team, and do it all while walking with God! HIGHLY recommend this book!
April 12, 2018
Meh. I am a big Maxwell fan but I am not a big fan of the cut and paste devotional.
May 22, 2019
Lovely devotional compilation from Maxwell's best.
January 1, 2020
Excellent
A must read for leaders and also for those who serve in some form of ministry. Share with your team
A must read for leaders and also for those who serve in some form of ministry. Share with your team
September 13, 2021
Liderazgo
Esta lectura es muy entretenida y nos va guiando para liderar siguiendo como ejemplo Dios. Debemos entender que todo proviene de El y liderar bajo su guia
Esta lectura es muy entretenida y nos va guiando para liderar siguiendo como ejemplo Dios. Debemos entender que todo proviene de El y liderar bajo su guia
November 12, 2021
This is a very good and help daily devotion for Leadership- with inspirational promises for Leaders on a daily Everyday devotion.
November 30, 2021
No tiene desperdicios. Hay que leerlo con humildad y atención.
July 28, 2023
I obviously didn’t read it everyday but I did find it insightful and encouraging
January 6, 2024
Excelente
El devocional es buenísimo y seguro pasaras un extraordinario tiempo reflexionando en lo que Dios hablara a tu corazón cuando pases tiempo en el.
El devocional es buenísimo y seguro pasaras un extraordinario tiempo reflexionando en lo que Dios hablara a tu corazón cuando pases tiempo en el.
December 31, 2024
Great Way To Start Your Day
This is a daily forever read. Quick & easy to get your day started and to constantly push you to be a better leader.
This is a daily forever read. Quick & easy to get your day started and to constantly push you to be a better leader.
January 1, 2021
Used this throughout college and honestly enjoyed it.
November 3, 2016
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Anything that helps build leadership skills is good in my book. Because we all as human beings have a lot of growing to do. Even if we don't think we do, we do. There is something good you can get from this book even if you are not thinking you will.
There were definitely things I liked and didn't like about this book.
Anything that helps build leadership skills is good in my book. Because we all as human beings have a lot of growing to do. Even if we don't think we do, we do. There is something good you can get from this book even if you are not thinking you will.
There were definitely things I liked and didn't like about this book.
March 14, 2008
Daily devotional that takes aspects from several of his books.
September 25, 2008
Great devotions for business & personal life.
April 5, 2010
Great leadership priniciples are shared in this book. I read the entire book 3 years ago. I am receiving a second illumination as I read it once again.
May 23, 2010
"Leaders touch a heart first before they ask for a hand."
April 29, 2011
"Quote" Leaders are meant to help others become the people God created them to be. this is a good devotional book to use daily, I found it to be quite inspiring.
July 26, 2011
had some good and interesting tid bits
December 31, 2013
This was an excellent collection of daily advice on leadership. However, as a devotional, it was a little weak.
April 4, 2014
One of my favorite books to have
August 19, 2014
Love it. Quick and powerful daily dose
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