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by John C. Maxwell, جون سي. ماكسويل

"إذا كنت مثل غالبية الناس، فلا بد أنك تريد من الحياة أكثر مما تعيشة حالياً. ربما لم تحقق النجاح بكافة الطرق التي ترغب بها في الحياة. ربما أنك لست راضياً بالكامل عن تقدمك. هل تحقق كل ما تبغي فعله؟ أم أنك تريد أن ترى المزيد، وتفعل المزيد، وتصبح المزيد؟
ما الذي يقف في طريقك؟ ما الذي يقيدك؟ هل تعرف؟ إذا كنت لا تعرف ما الذي يقيدك، فكيف ستتغلب عليه؟ ... كثير من الناس يسمعون كلمة قدرة ويفترضون أنها قيد عليهم. يفترضون أن قدراتهم جامدة، خصوصاً بعد سن معينة. يتخلى الناس عن فكرة أن قدراتهم وإمكانياتهم قابلة للتطور. لكن يمكننا تغيير ذلك. نحن نمتلك قدرة لسنا حتى وعي بها. أريد أن أريك كيف تستغلها"
جون ماكسويل

Genres: Leadership, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Business, Self Help, Personal Growth, Audiobook

303 pages, Paperback

First published January 5, 2017

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

[Chris C - A Midlife Wife · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have long admired Mr. Maxwell and his amazing ability to teach lead and dig down to the crux of the subject. His insight is amazing and as I was reading this book I realize that he is the type of person that never stops wanting to better himself or others. I admire that and know that is something I have to work on.

I often feel frustrated in my business because I feel like it gets to a certain level and then stumbling blocks are put in my way. While this is a typical scenario for every business, I often give up or start over and then feel the same frustration again.

This book opened my eyes to many different areas of this issue as he spoke about the capacity and how much we can accomplish in our life and in our business. I took many many notes and I love the fact that at the end of each chapter there are three questions to help you dig down into things you need to adjust and work on.

Mr. Maxwell is extremely well-known for his amazing books. And No Limits is one that is loaded with the insight to bring clarity into your own life. I didn’t just get a nugget of a good takeaway. The whole book is a great takeaway and can change so much in your life.

This is definitely a book that you will reread again and again and find more amazing knowledge that can make impact in your life. That is my plan!

* copy received for review consideration

full review - http://amidlifewife.com/no-limits-by-...

[Arash · Rating 1 out of 5]

ترجمه روان و خوبی داشت و اون 1 ستاره هم به خاطر ترجمش بهش دادم
فقط برام سوال شده که یه انتشارات حرفه ای مثل آریانا قلم رو چه حساب این کتابو چاپ کردن؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟؟
نویسنده یه ریز داشت از خودش حرف میزد
من فلانم
به فلان کارو کردم
من اینجوری زرنگم
و...کلا همه کتاب در مورد خودش داشت حرف میزد
به سطحی ترین شکل ممکن به مسائلی مثل خلاقیت و رهبری و... پرداخته

[Lydia Howe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was required reading at my job, and it was well worth it! It is just shy of five stars for me, and I look forward to re-reading parts of it in the near future.

The book was interesting, thought-provoking, practical, helpful, and well written.

John Maxwell has written dozens of books and sold millions of copies, and yet he hasn't run out of good material to share with the world. It's clear to see that he really cares about others and is writing because he genuinely wants to help others grow and become all they can be.

I will add to this review in the future after I've typed up all my work thoughts for it.

[Bob Wallner · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was my least favorite John Maxwell book. It seems to be missing the passion he had when he wrote so many other books. As much as I truly respect Maxwell and his writing, this book seems forced.

It seemed as he took so many of his best stories and tried to fit them into a productivity book. I really feel this was outside of his specialty. I applaud him for taking the risk but I'm not sure it paid off, for me at least.

[Joe Oaster · Rating 2 out of 5]

I normally love John Maxwell books but in this book nearly every paragraph had the word I or me. He also drops a lot of names tamales about exotic travel and cites numerous of his books. It borders on bragging and arrogance. Disappointed by this book.

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was good. Informative and interesting. Some parts seemed to be regurgitated

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I choose to read No Limits Blow the Cap off your Capacity by John C.Maxwell because I do strongly believe in the capacity of every man or woman to be successful in this society.

And yes I think that there are no limits although sometimes there are many limits for most of people and John C.Maxwell will help the reader to discover his/her potentialities, suggesting which ones are the strongest caps that must be removed for becoming successful for most of us.

The book will be released this March 7th and it is absolutely interesting for everyone.

It is written for people of success not tired to become more successful, but of course the advice shared in this book can be great for every reader. each of us can become a best person.

First of all Mr Maxwell writes that for becoming more successful in life it's necessary to remove some caps from as said before. Which ones?
All the ones not dictated by the birth of the person.

There are caps that won't never be removed. Our parents, relatives, birthplace, the sum of it gives our history.

All the rest of caps are of two types: the ones created by neighbors and so-called friends and the ones created by us.

The work that we must do is to try to destroy these caps for create a best self and a person conscious of his/her value.

In the second part of the book Maxwell analyzes all the capacities each of us possess: energy capacity, emotional capacity, thinking capacity, people capacity, creative capacity, production capacity, leadership capacity, in the third Maxwell will write about Choices, and how we can maximize our capacity.

Mr Maxwell analyzes all these aspects in detail and at the end of every chapter you will find some questions/reflections for you.

A leader and a person with a good personality will be in grade to focus on other people for building great contacts, without to forget to be visionary. Looking forward it's important for every successful person. Without the vision of the future, an organized, logical and structured future it's impossible to create.

A person of success won't think just "the now" but the future of his structure and/or company.

No one can define us and no one including ourselves should put down our self.

Maxwell brings the example of a famous motivator Nick Vujicic without legs and arms. He could have lived devastated because of it, but he choose to live a plenty and a successful life.

The most positive men are the ones who, without any doubt trust others, have a lot of friends and connections because they know that these connections are of mutual help: these men/women become best people thanks to them and friends and connections receive help from them.

The best leaders are the ones able to see the future before its arrival.

An example the one of Ford. Ford thought that maybe life of people would have been better with, well, a car in every house. People of course skeptical because who can see the future is not appreciated and believed.

At that time Ford started a real revolution for the society and for the world.

Cars simplified a lot the hard life of people reducing distances between cities, saving time.

Mr Maxwell writes that no one can build a great future if a person doesn't take any kind of responsibility. Responsibility means respect for ourselves and the others.

Maxwell speaks also of bad people in our life. People who can sometimes work not necessarily for helping us but the opposite. These people once recognized must be removed from our circle of friends, although we must remaining positive and thinking that it's necessary an expansion of friends and connections, because with them we can grow.

It's important to stimulate people, being helpful for them and vice-versa. It's also important to remember the best moments we are living in this life, creating unforgettable memories.

I loved the anecdotes of the journal written by the author to his wife. Touching.

Maxwell remarks that a person never, never should think that age can be an obstacle.

Mr Maxwell is 70 years and he tell that there is no limits for our person and our personal growth, and that we can learn, appreciate life, better us, continuously, without any kind of interruption.

Sure, add Maxwell changes are fundamental because in opposite case nothing can be possible for improving and becoming someone else, the real person that sometimes it's hidden in ourself because very comfy to do that.

Not risking, not trying, not living after all is better than to be fully alive for some people but these people will always remain behind if they won't change their attitude.

Mr. Maxwell think positively that each person will read this book is potentially great and can become great in every sector he/she loves.

What it will be necessary to do once not anymore in our comfort zone is to be relaxed. Each of us can lose a battle, the important is to win this first step and start to live in a dimension in the past unknown.

I also love that Mr Maxwell remembers God in a final chapter of No Limits. God is very important in the American society and the respect for God is to me the engine of the USA and the biggest blessing.

I thank Hachette for the review copy they sent me of No Limits.

[Violet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Though he’ll be 70 this year, John C. Maxwell is still going strong. No Limits, his latest book, gives readers an understanding of what drives him with lots of how-to on staying productive themselves long after one would expect their batteries to be drained.

The book’s organization is based on Maxwell’s formula for reaching maximum capacity: “If you grow in your awareness, develop your abilities and make the right choices, you can reach your capacity” – p. 2.

The first section of only two chapters, explores awareness. The second seven-chapter block focuses on abilities. Maxwell discusses abilities in many spheres including energy, emotion, thinking, people, and leadership. The last eleven-chapter section focuses on choices. It challenges readers to increase personal capacity and the capacity of the group they’re leading by making the right choices in areas like taking responsibility, being intentional, having a positive attitude, faith, being a good partner, and more.

Though the book targets leaders in the world of work, it also has much to offer individuals who lead in informal ways.

I found this book wide-ranging, positive, encouraging, and wise, though it did leave me wondering where Maxwell gets the seemingly boundless energy he has for work, family, and friends. His recitation of the activities of only one of his days left me tired. How does he manage to live such a full and productive life? I would say by actually living his own advice.

Even as I read it, I realized, this is not me. So, though I personally will not be trying everything in this book, I did find myself underlining passages all over the place and will, in the days ahead, implement more than one of Maxwell’s suggestions to hopefully boost my own capacity and productivity.

Here are a few of my favorite bits:

From Thinking Capacity: “Writing about an idea gives your thinking intellectual weight. It creates clarity in your thinking. Talking about an idea gives it emotional weight. It connects your thinking to your heart – p. 83.

From Creative Capacity: “You will become as creative as the amount of time you set aside for it…. There is a relationship between scheduling a time to be creative and being inspired to create” – p. 129.

From Production Capacity: “Find ways to focus your time and attention and work toward eliminating from your schedule anything that doesn’t have a high return” – p. 145.

From Character Capacity: “Good character uses the same standard in every situation. It something is right, it’s always right. If it’s wrong, it’s always wrong. People with good character are consistent” p. 190.

From Discipline Capacity quoting Steven R. Covey: “Once you have a burning yes inside you about what’s truly important, it’s very easy t say no to the unimportant” – p. 214.

This would be a great book for leaders in any field, as well as young people entering the work force, middle-aged workers who are considering where they’ve been and asking where to now, and healthy, energetic seniors who want to make the most of the years remaining.

I received No Limits as a gift from the publisher for the purpose of writing a review.

[Arezoo ahmadi bonakdar · Rating 5 out of 5]

اگه می‌خواین از یجایی زندگی‌تون رو درست کنید، این کتاب شروع عالی‌ایه.

[Debbie Okrainetz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this letter into a new journal:
"Dear friend, The greatest story every told can only be written by you. I want you to fill these blank pages with intentional acts of kindness that add value to people. Everyday let your words be a record of how you are making a positive difference in the lives of others. Start now and intentionally make a great story with your life."

Also Mother Teresa was quoted: Let no one every come to you without leaving better and happier. Be a living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting!

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Normally I am a huge John Maxwell fan - I’ve read over 10 of his books at a minimum, but I am not sure why this book didn’t vibe with me. I almost think it’s because I have read so many of his previous books that it just felt like a recycled version of his other books and promotion and advertisements for them. I really struggled to finish it because of this. There was some good content but especially if you haven’t read other works by him but I really think he needs to find a different subject to write about or retire :/

[Edward Reed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent book by my mentor and friend. John's wisdom and insight outlines excellent points for anyone to grow outside of their comfort zone.

[Jola Van Dijk · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book. I have already used the part about emotional capacity to help someone and love the apart about making choices. Don't close a door to quite but close a door to open a better door, and the question to help you make that decision

[Shawn Sandt · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, great book and well written.

[Antonio · Rating 4 out of 5]

No Limits Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity by John C. Maxwell

John Maxwell in his book No Limits whrites about our limitations and capacities on his own structured way. He produced a formula for capacity:
AWARENESS + ABILITY + CHOICES = CAPACITY
He says "If you grow in your awareness, develop your abilities, and make the right choices, you can reach your capacity." He repeats well known fact that people will more readily reach their potential when they work on their strengths rather than working on their weaknesses. Our modern civilisation is flawed becaus "the most fundamental assumption in economics is scarcity. This, in effect, assumes away abundance." The mainstream economists are not prepared to deal with abundance. They have few concepts that explain it. In other words, "they define the world in terms of its limitations. They also define people in terms of their limitations. Instead, we need to define our world and ourselves in terms of our possibilities. Maxwell says that it is sad day for any man when he is absolutely satisfied with the life that he is living because as author and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic concludes: "The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place."


So this is my assessment of the book How to Become a Rainmaker by Fox Jeffrey according to my 8 criteria:
1. Related to practice - 4 stars
2. It prevails important - 4 stars
3. I agree with the read - 4 stars
4. not difficult to read (as for non English native) - 5 stars
5. Too long (more than 500 pages) - short and concise (150-200 pages) - 4 stars
6. Boring - every sentence is interesting - 3 stars
7. Learning opportunity - 4 stars
8. Dry and uninspired style of writing - Smooth style with humouristic and fun parts - 4 stars

Total 4 stars

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Here are some highlights and excerpts from the book that I find worth remembering (Complete highlights and excerpts from the book you can find at https://antoniozrilic.com/myblog):

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The Capacity Challenge

If you grow in your awareness, develop your abilities, and make the right choices, you can reach your capacity.
In other words,
AWARENESS + ABILITY + CHOICES = CAPACITY

▪ My greatest discovery was that these pastors spent no time on counseling people. Instead, they spent all of their time equipping people

▪ Counseling helps people work through their weaknesses. Equipping helps people work on their strengths.

▪ people will more readily reach their potential when they work on their strengths rather than working on their weaknesses.

▪ These leaders were not shepherds, content to just look after a flock. They were ranchers. They had vision. They had the spirit of the pioneers who created something on the frontier. They were building and developing people, inviting people to become part of something greater than themselves. And together they were growing their churches, reaching more people, and making a difference.

▪ Change doesn’t always have to be drastic to be effective.
▪ Change is necessary for you to reach your capacity.

▪ An old-timer saw a boy fishing and went over to see how he was doing. The boy had already caught two small fish, but as the old man was walking over, the boy landed a huge bass.
“That’s a beauty,” the old man said as the boy unhooked the fish. But then the boy tossed the fish back into the water.
“What are you doing?” the old man cried out. “That was a whopper.”
“Yeah,” replied the boy, “but my frying pan is only nine inches wide.”

▪ What’s getting in your way? What’s limiting you? Do you know? If you don’t know what’s limiting you, how will you remove it?

▪ “If you want something done, give it to a busy person.”

▪ Verzola says, The most fundamental assumption in economics is scarcity. This, in effect, assumes away abundance. Thus, most mainstream economists are not prepared to deal with abundance. They have few concepts that explain it. They have no equations that describe it. Confronted with it, they fall back on inadequate theories based on scarcity.1

▪ In other words, they define the world in terms of its limitations. They also define people in terms of their limitations. That’s too confining. Instead, we need to define our world and ourselves in terms of our possibilities.

▪ Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip, wrote, “Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.”

▪ Attention: Looking for What I Need to Know
▪ Awareness: Discovering What I Need to Know

▪ Unfortunately, people don’t become self-aware accidentally.

there are factors that also work against us and prevent us from developing great self-awareness, such as
•  Excuses
•  Success fantasies that are ungrounded in reality
•  Talking without listening to others
•  Unresolved negative emotions
•  Habitual self-distraction
•  Absence of personal reflection
•  Unwillingness to pay the price to gain experience

▪ Discernment: Focusing on What I Need to Do
▪ Intention: Acting on What I Need to Do

▪ “The Mundane Man.”

▪ Sad is that day for any man when he is absolutely satisfied with the life that he is living, thoughts that he is thinking, deeds that he is doing, until there ceases to be forever knocking on the door of his soul, a desire to do something greater for God and his fellow-man.

▪ When an elephant was very young and weighed only several hundred pounds, it was restricted by having a chain clasped to its leg and connected to a tree or deep stake. When the animal tried to move away and learned that it could not break the chain, it limited itself. It believed that whatever restriction was put on it—even a rope it could have easily broken—was more powerful than it was

▪ People are like those elephants. We often believe that some of the restrictions we may have experienced earlier in life are permanent. Or we’ve been told we have limitations that we actually don’t possess, and these things are keeping us from taking the journey in life that we long for. These are the chains we need to break

In this book, I identify and examine seven of these capacities:
• Energy Capacity—Your Ability to Push On Physically
• Emotional Capacity—Your Ability to Manage Your Emotions
• Thinking Capacity—Your Ability to Think Effectively
• People Capacity—Your Ability to Build Relationships
• Creative Capacity—Your Ability to See Options and Find Answers
• Production Capacity—Your Ability to Accomplish Results
• Leadership Capacity—Your Ability to Lift and Lead Others

You also have other capacities that rely more on your choices
• Responsibility Capacity—Your Choice to Take Charge of Your Life
• Character Capacity—Your Choices Based on Good Values
• Abundance Capacity—Your Choice to Believe There Is More than Enough
• Discipline Capacity—Your Choice to Focus Now and Follow Through
• Intentionality Capacity—Your Choice to Deliberately Pursue Significance
• Attitude Capacity—Your Choice to Be Positive Regardless of Circumstances
• Risk Capacity—Your Choice to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
• Spiritual Capacity—Your Choice to Strengthen Your Faith
• Growth Capacity—Your Choice to Focus on How Far You Can Go
• Partnership Capacity—Your Choice to Collaborate with Others

▪ when you pair the development of your capacities with the maximization of your choices, you start to develop personal momentum toward your potential. Momentum is not the result of one push. It is the result of many continual pushes over time.

▪ “If you want to be pushed to your limits,” SEAL explained, “you have to train to your limits.”

▪ Jesse learned that SEAL would simply choose not to eat many times: “I just like to go to sleep hungry… so I wake up hungry. Life is all about staying out of your comfort zone.”

▪ “If you don’t challenge yourself, you don’t know yourself.”

▪ SEAL’s assessment was compelling: “When you think you’re done, you’re only at forty percent of what your body is capable of doing. That’s just the limit that we put on ourselves.”

▪ The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place.
—Nick Vujicic

▪ if the world thinks you’re not good enough, it’s a lie, you know. Get a second opinion.”

▪ the words of Nick, who says, “If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart.”

▪ Mark Twain reportedly said that the two greatest days in people’s lives are the day they are born, and the day they find out why

▪ Part of the process of fulfilling your purpose is becoming aware of the things you can’t change that limit you, so that you can direct your attention toward the things you can maximize to increase your capacity.

▪ You can be successful if others don’t believe in you, but you cannot be successful if you don’t believe in yourself.

▪ Energy Capacity—Your Ability to Push On Physically
Emotional Capacity—Your Ability to Manage Your Emotions
Thinking Capacity—Your Ability to Think Effectively
People Capacity—Your Ability to Build Relationships
Creative Capacity—Your Ability to See Options and Find Answers
Production Capacity—Your Ability to Accomplish Results
Leadership Capacity—Your Ability to Lift and Lead Others

▪ It’s better to manage your energy than to manage your time.

▪ Tony Schwartz assert, “Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.”

▪ The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not. It is our most precious resource.

▪ 3 Rs that I use for prioritizing:
Requirement—What I have to do
Return—What I do well
Reward—What I love to do

▪ Doing what rewards you almost always gives you energy. The same is true for doing what gives us a high return. However, for most people, fulfilling requirements is not energizing—unless your requirements line up with return and reward. If you have the power to align all three of those, you’ll always be energized by your work

▪ The gymnast Dan Millman wrote, “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.”

▪ every day I look at my calendar and determine the times that will be what Jeffrey Gitomer calls “showtime,” the interactions when what you say, do, and think are crucial to your success or that of your business.

▪ the last question you need to ask yourself to maximize your energy has to do with having margin in your life. By margin, I mean extra time to breathe, think, and make adjustments. Not only does having margin provide space for you to grow; it also gives you the opportunity to recharge

▪ Emotional capacity is the ability to handle adversity, failure, criticism, change, and pressure in a positive way. All of these things create stress in our lives. I’ve found that the inability to deal with stress or emotional pressure takes a lot out of people. They give up, break down, or do unhealthy things to try to escape the pressure. However, emotionally strong people are able to manage their emotions and process through difficulties. That allows them to increase their capacity and moves them closer to reaching their full potential.

▪ Researcher and teacher M. Asch said in her book Perspectives on Applied Psychology, “Remember, motions are the precursors of emotions.” That means you can do things to influence your own emotions.

▪ author and speaker Og Mandino said,
If I feel depressed I will sing.
If I feel sad I will laugh.
If I feel ill I will double my labor.
If I feel fear I will plunge ahead.
If I feel inferior I will wear new garments.
If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice.
If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come.
If I feel incompetent I will remember past success.
If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals.
Today I will be master of my emotions.

▪ Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens writes in his book Resilience:
Many of life’s annoyances just have to be ignored. That doesn’t mean that we suppress, ignore, or deny every pain. Serious pain has to be confronted. But one mark of resilience is learning to tell which pain deserves our attention. Paying attention to every pain, all the time, doesn’t lead to resilience. It usually just leads to whining.2

▪ “The weaker person usually controls the relationship.”
—Elmer Towns

▪ story by psychologist Henry Cloud

▪ A man started a company and built it into a very large enterprise, and was planning to hand over the reins to his son at retirement. One day, he was walking through the factory and observed his son angrily berating an employee in front of other employees. He looked at his son and motioned for him to come to his office.
“David,” he began. “I wear two hats around here. I am the boss and I am your father. Right now, I am going to put my boss hat on. You’re fired. You are done here. I will not have that kind of behavior in my company and will not ever tolerate employees being treated that way. I have warned you about this kind of thing before, and you are still doing it. So, I have to let you go.”
Then he said, “Now, I am going to put on my father hat.”
After a moment’s pause, he continued. “Son, I heard you just lost your job. How can I help you?”3

▪ One of my mentors, consultant Fred Smith, would often say to me, “You must understand the difference between a fact of life and a problem. A fact of life is something you cannot control or fix. A problem is something you can fix.” I’ve never forgotten that great advice.

▪ And I’ve taken responsibility for the things I can control:
•  My Attitude—Only I will determine how I think or feel.
•  My Time—Only I will determine how I spend time and whom I spend it with.
•  My Priorities—Only I will determine what is important in my life and how much time I give to these essentials.
•  My Passion—Only I will identify what I love and what I was created to do.
•  My Potential—Only I will determine where I commit myself to grow.
•  My Calling—Only I will answer to God someday for my purpose

▪ reflection turns experience into insight

▪ There are not two good consecutive days in a leader’s life

▪ How do I do limit the impact of my highs and lows? I practice the twenty-four-hour rule. Simply stated, I limit the effect of any emotional high or low to the twenty-four-hour period that follows the occurrence. If I have a great success, I celebrate for twenty-four hours

▪ Similarly, if I experience a great failure, I allow myself twenty-four hours to feel bad, sing the blues, wear black, and grieve

▪ Emotionally strong people do not expect immediate results

▪ Without resilience, the first failure is also the last—because it’s final

[Brandi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A motivational book - Review to follow.

[Christopher Lawson · Rating 5 out of 5]

As Long As You’re Breathing, You Have Places To Go And Ways To Grow

In NO LIMITS: BLOW THE CAP OFF YOUR CAPACITY, John Maxwell presents a giant assortment of hugely encouraging ideas. Here’s the theme of this book: To really grow your capacity, you must be AWARE, DEVELOP ABILITIES, and make right CHOICES. Here’s how the author puts it:

AWARENESS + ABILITY + CHOICES = CAPACITY

After just a few minutes of reading, I actually felt more optimistic. Plus, it was obvious to me that the author really wants to help the reader.

NO LIMITS is not just a “think positive” book. It’s very much an ACTION book. In fact, at the end of each chapter, are a series of questions to ponder. The idea is to apply your own situation to the “Capacity” questions—and then take action.

The author presents a list of “capacity” areas, and how best to improve them. If you’re not very creative, John has an entire chapter focused on improving creativity. Out of energy? There’s a whole chapter on that. Have trouble thinking deeply—better read the chapter on deep thinking.

Keep in mind that there is a LOT to absorb in this book. I found it best to read some of the chapters, then pause to just let the points “sink in.” When I read the book, I bounced around a lot, selecting chapters that I thought would be most helpful to me. For example, I zoomed in on the section called, “Energy Capacity—Your Ability to Push On Physically.” Here, the author suggests ways to discover what is draining your energy, and then ways to find what boosts your energy.

Another great chapter was on TALENT, and using your gifts and abilities the best you can. The author recommends forgetting the “Anything is possible” myth. “Gallup has proven with their studies on disengagement in the workplace that the anything-is-possible myth has led to many people spending years fighting uphill battles by doing what they’re not good at.”

Rather than wasting time in your weak areas, focus on what you are gifted at: “Why not figure out what your natural strengths are and develop those for the benefit of yourself and others? “

Much of NO LIMITS involves stories and anecdotes about the author and his own experiences. We hear, for example, how John got the LOWEST score in a class measuring creativity. “In 1965, I was a freshman in college. One day in my Psychology 101 class, we were tested for creativity, and when I got back the results, I was shocked to learn that I had tested at the bottom of my class.”

Well, that would have been a real ego-buster!

So all in all, I found NO LIMITS to be a fun, encouraging read. I would have liked to see concise “bullet point” at either the beginning or the end of each chapter. That would have made the read a little bit easier. The book concludes with this affirmation:

“I believe in you, and I believe in your ability to reach your capacity.”

Advance Review Copy courtesy of the publisher.

[Kyle Wendy Skultety (gimmethatbook.com) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review originally appeared on my blog at www.gimmethatbook.com.

Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!

If you are feeling down, all you need to do is pick up a John C. Maxwell book and you are guaranteed to become empowered fast. To me, there is nothing greater than the mini pep talks on every page.

So many books encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and work on learning new things. In this latest work by the management genius, Maxwell tells you how to increase your capacity by concentrating on things you are good at. I found this refreshing and unique. Most of us take our strengths for granted and concentrate on things we struggle with, hoping to get better at them. Imagine if you worked on things you ARE good at; how much better would you be with practice?

Some of Maxwell’s suggestions are easily implemented, such as always assuming there is a solution to a problem, discussing your ideas with mentors before they are “perfect” and using your gifts to help others who may need a push forward.

I believe you are always learning and growing. Maxwell holds the same view – no matter what you are doing, there are always things you can take away to benefit either yourself or others. His writing style is clear without being preachy, with generous examples thrown in using real people and actual situations.

On every page you can find a phrase or sentence that can be used as a daily affirmation or work focus point – which is the golden part of this book. I fully intend to buy a hard copy and highlight the things I find valuable.

The author’s love of inspiring others shines through loud and clear. He has created an empire of empowerment with his books and lectures, and you can tell he truly loves his fellow man. No one cares more about your personal growth than Maxwell, and that is refreshing. He’s like a businessman’s Mr Rogers – no judgement, always upbeat and full of confidence.

Simon Sinek is all about the “why”, while John Maxwell is about the “how”. The combined information from these books creates a powerful message for managers, which in turn creates a harmonious and wondrous work message for staff.

[Lanre Dahunsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

John Maxwell Identified 7 capacities and 10 choices we can develop, grow and harness to blow the CAP off our limitations. Everyone has capacities that are based on their natural talents. Some of them require very specific abilities, such as those found in symphony musicians, professional athletes, and great artists.

The Seven Capacities

Energy Capacity—Your Ability to Push On Physically

Emotional Capacity—Your Ability to Manage Your Emotions

Thinking Capacity—Your Ability to Think Effectively

People Capacity—Your Ability to Build Relationships

Creative Capacity—Your Ability to See Options and Find Answers

Production Capacity—Your Ability to Accomplish Results

Leadership Capacity—Your Ability to Lift and Lead Others

Increased capacity comes from making the right choices.

The Ten Choices:

Responsibility Capacity—Your Choice to Take Charge of Your Life

Character Capacity—Your Choices Based on Good Values

Abundance Capacity—Your Choice to Believe There Is More Than Enough

Discipline Capacity—Your Choice to Focus Now and Follow Through

Intentionality Capacity—Your Choice to Deliberately Pursue Significance

Attitude Capacity—Your Choice to Be Positive Regardless of Circumstances

Risk Capacity—Your Choice to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

Spiritual Capacity—Your Choice to Strengthen Your Faith

Growth Capacity—Your Choice to Focus on How Far You Can Go

Partnership Capacity—Your Choice to Collaborate with Others

The Capacity Challenge

If you grow in your awareness, develop your abilities, and make the right choices, you can reach your capacity. Awareness is something we learn. Ability is a gift that we already possess. Choices add to both the things we learn and the gifts we possess.

“AWARENESS + ABILITY + CHOICES = CAPACITY”

Who we are determines how we see ourselves. We naturally tend to see things as we have always seen them. If we want to increase our capacity, we must see differently. We need to be willing to look at ourselves and our world in new ways. We need to pay attention and look for what we need to know.

“Successful people desire excellence. Excellence comes from focusing on your strengths. Whatever you do well, try to do better. That’s your greatest pathway forward to increased capacity.”

Domestication of our Capacity

When an elephant was very young and weighed only several hundred pounds, it was restricted by having a chain clasped to its leg and connected to a tree or deep stake. When the animal tried to move away and learned that it could not break the chain, it limited itself. It believed that whatever restriction was put on it—even a rope it could have easily broken—was more powerful than it was.

People are like those elephants. We often believe that some of the restrictions we may have experienced earlier in life are permanent. Or we’ve been told we have limitations that we actually don’t possess, and these things are keeping us from taking the journey in life that we long for. These are the chains we need to break.

“Awareness changes everything. As soon as we become aware that some of our “limitations” are artificial limitations, we can begin to overcome many of them. We can blow off these caps, which opens the way for growth.”

Catherine B. Ahles, public relations professor and vice president for college relations at Macomb Community College, observes

“We spend most of our twenties discovering all of the hundreds of things we can be. But as we mature into our thirties, we begin to discover all of the things we will never be. The challenge for us as we reach our forties and beyond is to put it all together—to know our capabilities and recognize our limitations—and become the best we can be.”

“Part of the process of fulfilling your purpose is becoming aware of the things you can’t change that limit you, so that you can direct your attention toward the things you can maximize to increase your capacity.”

Energy Capacity—Your Ability to Push On Physically

The ultimate measure of our lives is not how much time we spend on the planet, but rather how much energy we invest in the time that we have. The premise of this book—and of the training we do each year with thousands of clients—is simple enough: Performance, health, and happiness are grounded in the skillful management of energy.… The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not. It is our most precious resource. The more we take responsibility for the energy we bring to the world, the more empowered and productive we become.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position. – Leo Buscaglia

Emotional Capacity—Your Ability to Manage Your Emotions

• Most people do not see themselves as they really are.

• Many people don’t want to resolve their problems; they just want someone to listen to them talk.

• Some people are not emotionally strong, and as a result, they do not cope well with life’s difficulties.

Growth requires your thoughts to be continually upgraded.

The difference between average thinkers and good thinkers is like the difference between ice cubes and icebergs. Ice cubes are small and short-lived. Icebergs are huge, and there is much more to them than meets the eye. Their capacity is enormous.

Three-E formula for creativity:

Exposure of an idea to the right people + Expression from their different perspectives = Expansion of that idea beyond my personal ability.

“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.” – Benjamin E. Mays

Historian, Reporter, or futurist

We have three options in life. We can be historians, reporters, or futurists. The historian wants to remind us of everything in the past and wants to filter everything in the future through that. The reporter is really attached to conditions and circumstances today, and that’s just the way it is. The futurist focuses on what hasn’t yet been done. He says, ‘There is more for us to do. We can do more. We can broaden our capacity. There is more of our potential we can take advantage of.

Tempted by Scarcity Thinking

In general, scarcity lives on the other side of “no,” meaning people stay where it’s safe, while abundance lives on the other side of “yes,” meaning they’ll try something new. What does it look like to live on the other side of no?

• It’s limiting—because it directs you away from new opportunities.

• It’s easy—because when you say no, you don’t have to do anything or go anywhere.

• It’s comforting—because it feels familiar. Many people are more fearful of losing the little they do have than they are excited about gaining something they don’t have.

• It’s deceiving—because it appears to be safer, but it’s not. As author Steven Pressfield says, “It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.

• It’s crowded—because that’s where average people live.

[Reyhane Kakavand · Rating 5 out of 5]

واقعا کتاب جمله به جمله اش عالی بود

[Hamid · Rating 3 out of 5]

احتمالاً خواندن کتاب نویسنده‌ای در سن نزدیک به هفتاد سالگی بسیار مفید خواهد بود. تجربیات، اصلاح تفکرات اشتباه و پختگی زیاد در کتاب گنجانده می‌شود. اما پُرچونگی نیز در این سن و شرایط دیده می‌شود. کتاب در باب افزایش ظرفیت و رفتن به بیش از خود فعلی است. شاید مهمترین جمله کتاب «ما اصلاً اجازه نمی‌دهیم چارچوبی ساخته شود» باشد که اشاره به ظرفیت‌ها و چارچوب‌های فکری افراد دارد. در قسمت زیادی از کتاب نویسنده سعی دارد به کمک تجربیات خود، همکاران و دوستانش به مخاطب کمک کند تا ظرفیت‌های خود در حوزه‌های مختلف را افزایش دهد.

[Jarmaine Alcantara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am amazed on how John Maxwell was able to create a 300-page book of self-help cliches. I only read this one because it's on our bookshelf. Didn't finish it.However, the cap story is memorable and would be something I'll be going back to whenever I'm limiting myself. I'm just glad that the story was on the first part of the book.

[Jana · Rating 2 out of 5]

My first book by John Maxwell and my last. Just not my style, very redundant and just hard to listen to sometimes ( I did the audiobook and the narrator may have been part of the problem).

[Eliomax · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite John Maxwell book read to date... JM never disappoints.

[Brian Rapp · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a self-help book by an evangelical good ol' boy, golf playing on a tropical island, Eric Greitens quoting, narcissist. If you can see beyond this, you might find some useful tidbits.

[Reden Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not that deep, really. It's more of an affirmation but I love his morals but I'm into a more profound level of understanding. I'll try Jordan Peterson books.

[Jung · Rating 5 out of 5]

In "No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity", John C. Maxwell encourages readers to unlock their full potential by breaking through self-imposed barriers and expanding their capacity in various key areas of life. Maxwell emphasizes that most limitations are not inherent but are created by our own perceptions or influenced by external factors. The book outlines practical strategies to overcome these caps, allowing individuals to achieve greater success and personal growth.

The journey starts with awareness, which Maxwell identifies as the cornerstone of removing these barriers. Awareness involves recognizing one’s strengths, weaknesses, and the factors that hinder self-improvement. Many people mistakenly believe that their potential is fixed, limiting themselves in unnecessary ways. By becoming aware that capacity is not static, individuals can begin to lift those limits and increase their capacity. This process, called the Capacity Challenge, helps people confront the caps created by their own perceptions and encourages them to shift focus from weaknesses to strengths.

Maxwell then introduces three fundamental capacities: energy, emotional, and thinking. Energy capacity relates to physical well-being and the ability to direct energy toward meaningful tasks. Emotional capacity is about managing stress and adversity, ensuring that emotions don't hinder progress. Thinking capacity involves critical and creative thinking, enabling individuals to solve problems and innovate effectively. These capacities lay the groundwork for expanding one’s potential by fostering resilience, focus, and cognitive flexibility.

The next step is enhancing additional capacities such as people, creative, production, and leadership. People capacity focuses on building strong relationships, while creative capacity is about developing innovative solutions and embracing curiosity. Production capacity ensures that ideas are turned into reality through discipline and goal-setting. Leadership capacity centers on inspiring and guiding others, promoting collective success. By developing these areas, individuals create a solid foundation for long-term growth and achievements.

Maxwell further explores the importance of five life choices that amplify these capacities: responsibility, character, abundance, discipline, and intentionality. Responsibility involves taking control of one's actions, while character is about consistently making value-based decisions. Abundance focuses on maintaining a mindset that sees opportunities instead of limitations. Discipline transforms potential into reality through consistent action, and intentionality ensures that every decision is aligned with personal goals. These choices, when embraced, form the basis for significant personal and professional growth.

The final five capacities – attitude, risk, spirituality, growth, and partnership – further unlock one’s potential. A strong attitude helps in navigating challenges, while risk capacity pushes individuals to step outside their comfort zone. Spirituality provides a sense of purpose and clarity, grounding individuals during times of stress. Growth capacity emphasizes continuous self-improvement, and partnership capacity leverages the strengths of others to achieve shared success.

Maxwell’s central message is that human potential is not fixed. By increasing awareness and developing key capacities, individuals can continuously expand their abilities and achieve the success they envision. These capacities, when cultivated and reinforced, create a dynamic framework for reaching new heights in personal and professional life.

[Sarah Cupitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a lot of new stuff

Quotes:
- “The price of greatness is responsibility.”
- “Management has no power. Management has only responsibility.”
- Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.
- responsibility, character, abundance, discipline and intentionality.
- Consistently choosing actions based on strong values fortifies character and lays the groundwork for success.

Notes:
- Awareness also involves understanding the obstacles that hinder self-awareness, such as excuses, unresolved negative emotions or distractions.
- While time is finite, energy is something you can manage, increase and direct.
- I believe that all people long to have a consistent friend who loves them, believes in them, and is continually there for them no matter the circumstances. If you’re willing to be that kind of person for others, not only will it expand your people capacity, it will also give you a more satisfying life.
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By valuing and connecting with people effectively, you create a network of support that can significantly enhance your personal and professional life. Creative capacity is the ability to think beyond traditional boundaries and develop innovative solutions. This capacity flourishes when you embrace curiosity, take on challenges with an open mind and expose yourself to diverse experiences. Collaboration with others can spark new ideas and taking calculated risks can lead to breakthroughs. By creating space for creative thinking, you allow yourself to explore and implement new approaches that can lead to significant advancements.
- Strong leaders communicate their vision clearly, invest in the development of their teams and lead by example. By doing so, they create a ripple effect that not only drives collective success, but also helps individuals reach their full potential. These capacities, when developed and nurtured, provide a solid foundation for expanding your potential and achieving sustained success in all aspects of your life. With these capacities in place, you're well on your way to achieving more.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was given to me by my father-in-law who I have realized recently has a lot of faith in me and believes I can accomplish a whole lot more than even I believe.

I have been doing a lot of self-reflection and evaluating of my career and life goals lately. In the last year I was part of a year-long leadership building program through work, and that really opened my eyes to what it means to be a true "leader". I also found through that program that people already regard me as one a lot more than I realized.

This book really solidified a lot of what I learned during that conference. It talks about how we have different capacities in our life that we need to actively work at to achieve. All too often people "float" through life and don't work on actually improving themselves and learning new things. This book is about how we can constantly build ourselves up and accomplish more in our life than we know.

Some of my favorite quotes/ideas (paraphrased) are:

"You must get comfortable being uncomfortable."
"If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room."
"Not everything that had to be done had to be done BY ME. If something was necessary but I didn't have to do it personally, I delegated it."
"You can push team members in areas of choice, but you need to be patient with them in areas related to their background, experience, and skill."

The only reason I give this 4 stars, and not 5, is that the author does a lot of name dropping and promoting of his other books throughout this book. He does it in a way that "makes sense", but for some reason it just started to bother me because it keeps going and going throughout the entire book.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone that is trying to better themselves in any area of their life; anyone that wants to get more out of life; anyone that is in a leadership-type position (note: that doesn't mean "managing people"!).

[ENG Saeed · Rating 5 out of 5]

لا حدود



تقديم المشورة يساعد الناس على التغلب على نقاط ضعفهم

التجهيز يساعد الناس على العمل على نقاط قوتهم

ما يمنع الناس من تحقيق قدرتهم في كثير من الأحيان ليس الافتقار إلى الرغبة بل الافتقار إلى الوعي

إذا كنت تريد أن تدفع نفسك لأقصى حدودك ، يجب أن تتمرن لأقصى حدودك

أود فقط أن أخلد للنوم جائعًا بحيث أستيقظ جائعًا الحياة كلها تدور حول بقائك خارج منطقة راحتك

اذا لم تتحدى نفسك فأنت لا تعرف قدراتك

عندما تعتقد أنك قد انتهيت فأنت لم تتجاوز ٤٠٪؜ مما جسمك قادر على القيام به

الحفاظ على الوضع الراهن أسهل من قبول تحدي جديد وسوف تجد الكثير من الأسباب لعدم السعي لتحقيق أهدافك

المشي على حبل مشدود هو الحياة كل ماهو خلاف ذلك هو الانتظار

السعي لموافقة الاخرين عندما بدأت في حياتي المهنية ، كنت أسعى لرضا الناس . أردت أن أكون المفضل لدى الجميع ، ولم أحب أن أتسبب في جلبة . هذه ليست عقلية جيدة إذا أردت أن تكون قائدا . كان علي أن أتعلم كيفية إزالة هذا القيد . كان علي أن أكون على استعداد للقيام بما هو صحيح أو ما هو أفضل للمنظمة ، حتى لو جعل ذلك الناس غير راضين أو إذا تلقيت الانتقادات . استغرق مني الأمر بضع سنوات للعمل على ذلك ، لكنني فعلت . في كل مرة أردت أن أفعل الشيء السهل الذي من شأنه أن يرضي الآخرين ، حاولت أن أفكر في رؤيتي للمنظمة وللناس ، وساعدتني على اتخاذ قرارات أفضل .

يمكنك أن تكون ناجحا حتى لو لم يؤمن الآخرون بك لكن لا يمكنك أن تكون ناجحا اذا لم تؤمن بنفسك

إدارة طاقتك أفضل من إدارة وقتك

إذا كنت تصارع في مجالات ضعفك فسيتم استهلاكك فقط لكن إذا تألقت في نقاط قوتك مع المثابرة فسوف تحقق إنجاز عظيم

الناس بحاجة إلى الهامش لكثير من جوانب صحنهم وفعاليتهم . إنهم بحاجة لوقت للتعافي من الصعوبات واستعادة ثباتهم العاطفي ، دون هذا الهامش ، يصبح الناس سلبيين .

من دون فواصل التعافي ، لسنا قادرين فسيولوجيا على الحفاظ على العواطف الإيجابية للغاية لفترات طويلة في مواجهة مطالب لا هوادة فيها وتحديات غير متوقعة ، يميل الناس الانزلاق للعواطف السلبية وضع الكر او الفر - عدة مرات في اليوم في كثير من الأحيان يصبحون عصبيين ونافذي الصبر ، او قلقين و غير شاعرين بالأمان
هذه الحالات النفسية تستنزف طاقة الناس وتسبب الاحتكاك في علاقاتهم ،
أن عواطف الكر او الفر تجعل من المستحيل أيضا التفكير بوضوح ، أو التفكير منطقيا ، أو بتمعن . عندما نعلم المديرون التنفيذيون كيفية التعرف على أنواع الأحداث التي تحفز عواطفهم السلبية ، يكتسبون قدرة أكبر على السيطرة على ردود أفعالهم

احد اهم الدروس التي يمكن أن نتعلمها في الحياة
السيطرة على ما يمكنك السيطرة عليه وعدم إضاعة الطاقة على ما لا يمكنك السيطرة عليه

يجب أن تفهم الفرق بين واقع الحياة والمشكلة . واقع الحياة هو شيء لا يمكنك السيطرة عليه أو إصلاحه . المشكلة هي شيء يمكنك إصلاحه

أفعل هذا لأن أخطائي هي أرض خصبة للتعلم . معظم الناس يخافون من الأخطاء أكثر مما يحبون التعلم . أحب التعلم أكثر مما أكره ارتكاب الأخطاء .

الناس الأقوياء عاطفيا لا يسمحون لأوقات اليسر والعسر بأن تسيطر على حياتهم

من يحكم عواطفه أعظم ممن يحتل مدينة

من السهل دائما التفكير بالفكرة بدلًا من ممارستها

كل يوم قدر الناس عمدا وامن بالناس وأحبهم بلا قيد أو شرط

لا يمكنك زيادة قدرة الناس خاصتك إلا إذا كنت تقدر الناس و تهتم لأمرهم.
واذا كنت لا تحب الناس ولا تحترمهم ولا تعتقد أن لديهم قيمة فذلك يقف عائقًا بينك وبين نجاحك معاهم.

مبدأ قوة القرب :- اقترب من عشرة أشخاص يمكنهم أن يأخذوك للمستوى التالي

الابداع حالة عقلية :- عليك أن تؤمن بأن الإجابات والحلول موجودة إذا كنت على استعداد للاستمرار بالكفاح لإيجادها

أكبر ضرر للنجاح المستمر هو الاعتماد على النجاح الماضي

الإبداع هو ربط الأشياء ببعضها

شركتنا مستمرة لأننا نواصل الإبداع لا شيء يصلح البارحة سيصلح اليوم

لزيادة القدرة الإنتاجية ابدأ العديد من المحاولات لفعل شيء واحد وليس محاولة واحدة لفعل الكثير من الاشياء

إذا كانت الأسئلة تفتح الباب فإن الانصات يبقي ألباب مفتوحًا

قياس نجاحك من خلال ما تقدمة وليس ما تجنيه

العمل لا ينبع من الفكر لكن من الاستعداد لتحمل المسؤولية

دون إدارة يموت القرار الجيد مع الإدارة القرار يستمر

الأعذار هي عوائق النجاح

الأعذار ، على سبيل المثال ، هي عوائق النجاح . تخلق عادة التذرع أسبابا في أذهاننا لعدم مسئوليتنا عن حياتنا . في كل مرة نتذرع فيها بعلة ما ، نفشل في التعلم من أخطائنا . تضع الأعذار اللوم على الآخرين أو على الظروف ، مما يجعلك تتخلى عن السلطة لتغيير حياتك .

الرغبة فى تحمل المسئولية عن النتائج هي جذور الصمود

كن أكثر اهتماما بشخصيتك مما تهتم بسمعتك لأن شخصيتك هي ما أنت عليه بالفعل في حين أن سمعتك هي ما يعتقده الآخرون فقط

من نحن في الداخل أكثر أهمية بكثير من كيفية رؤية الاخرين لنا

لا يوجد شيء اسمه أخلاقيات العمل – هناك أخلاقيات فقط .
يحاول الناس استخدام مجموعة من الأخلاقيات في حياتهم المهنية ، وأخـرى في حياتهم الروحية ، وأخرى في المنزل مع أسرهم . هذا يضعهم في ورطة . الأخلاقيات هي الأخلاقيات . إذا كنت ترغب في أن تكون أخلاقيا ، فأنت تحيا وفقا لها بنفس المعايير في كل الأمور

لا يمكن للضعفاء أن يغفروا أبدًا . المغفرة صفة الأقوياء

الشخصية الجيدة لا تحمل الضغائن

يقول الكاتب وهو في سن 70 أنا أتقدم في السن ، لكنني أرفض أن أصبح شخصا مسنا . هل لاحظت كيف أن المسنين يعتقدون أن جيلهم هو آخر جيل عظيم ؟ ينظرون للأشخاص الأصغر سنا ويتنبئون بالخراب والسواد . هذا حدث لمئات الأجيال

معتنقو الوفرة أسخياء مع الاخرين

بعض الناس يشعر بالقلق من أنه إذا أعطى الكثير مما لديه ، فسوف يعاني من الفقر نفسه . لكن أود أن أقول إن العكس هو الصحيح . كلما أعطيت ، حصلت على المزيد

الفرق بين ما نقوم به وما يمكننا القيام به يكفي لحل معظم مشاكل العالم

معرفة أسرار النجاح ليست مشكلة ، تنفيذ أسرار النجاح الان هذه هي المشكلة

لا شيء طعمه أفضل من الشعور باللياقة

كل ما نفعله باستمرار في الحياة يتراكم

إذا كنا نتجلب العمل باستمرار ، فإنه يتراكم .
إذا كنا نتحدث بشكل سين من الأخرين ، فإن ذلك يتراكم .
إذا أنفقنا أكثر مما نجني ، فإن ذلك يتراكم .
إذا كنا تمارس الإشباع الفوري ، فإن ذلك يتراكم .
ومع ذلك ،
إذا كان ما تفعله باستمرار إيجابيا ، فإن الحياة تتحسن .
قيم الناس على أساس أفضل لحظاتهم وليس أسوأها

يميل الأشخاص المتشائمون للنظر إلى المشاكل على أنها داخلية وغير قابلة للتغيير في حين أن الأشخاص المتفائلين يفعلون العكس

تقبل التعلم

ركز على ما يمكن تعلمه من التجربة السلبية

إذا حولت كل لعبة لمسألة حياة أو موت فستواجه مشاكل وستموت كثيرا

يجب أن تتعلم أن تصبح مرتاحًا خارج منطقة راحتك

ارني رجلا يخشى ان يبدو سيئا وسوف أريك رجلا يمكنك هزيمته في كل مرة

لا تحصي الخسائر بدلا من ذلك أحصي الدروس

كل شيء ينجح أو يفشل وفقا للقيادة

يجب ان يكون حجم القيادة مساوي لحجم المخاطرة

اذا لم تعش على الحافة فأنت تستهلك الكثير من المساحة

لا يوجد نمو في منطقة راحتك ولا راحة في منطقة نموك

إضافة القيمة هي الطريقة الوحيدة التي ستنجح بها الشراكة .
تبدأ الشراكات بالتفكك عندما يبدأ الشخص في الأخذ أكثر مما يعطي .
يقول المثل الصيني : " قد يكون المرء قائدا لبعض الوقت ، ولكن من خلال مساعدة الآخرين على النجاح ، سيكون المرء قائدا للأبد "

لا يمكن للشراكة أن تزدهر اليوم على أساس الاحترام الذي اكتسبته أمس . يجب أن بعاد کسبه باستمرار