The Thinker's Edge: 11 Practices for Getting Ahead in Business and Life

by John C. Maxwell

How Can You Get an Edge in a Competitive World? Think better.

In The Thinker’s Edge, international bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell shares eleven simple practices to help you better use your most-valuable asset—your mind.
 
Whether you’re competing against others or trying to beat your own best performances, good thinking is the key.
 
In The Thinker’s Edge, international bestselling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell shares eleven simple practices to help you better use your most-valuable asset—your mind.
 
By developing your thinking and creating habits of mind, you will gain insight and perspective, become innovative and focused, display realism and optimism, and embrace strategy while adding value to others. Follow Maxwell’s advice, and you and your team will perform better than you ever have before.

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Maxwell Moments is an innovative new series that will encourage personal growth, leadership development, and success. Find direct and practical advice to grow your career, business, or interpersonal skills. These easy-to-read books include short chapters for busy readers that can be savored in small bites, read in a single sitting, given as gifts, and used as mentoring tools.

Genres: Leadership, Business, Personal Development

210 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2022

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

[Shirin Attia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Catchy messages worth reflecting on:

"If you don't like the crop you're reaping, you need to change the seed you're sowing."

"There is a direct correlation between how much you believe in possibilities and your level of energy for pursuing them."

"Creative thinking is intelligence having fun."

"If you combine the thoughts you have and the thoughts others have, you will come up with thoughts none of you have ever had!"

[Jeff Bobin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply a collection of thought provoking statements from a variety of people to make you think outside the box you may be in.

[Haniffa Mohamed Riaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m a big fan of John C Maxwell. It’s a good book for those who are looking for great quotes from some of the best people in the world.

[Lizabeth Something · Rating 4 out of 5]

From its place on my desk, this book has watched me build a small business. It has watched me sit down, sick with anxiety over deadlines and projects, watched me dance with excitement over closed deals and new clients, and watched me come near to tears over conflict and challenge. I’ve read a couple of pages every day for almost two years. Now, as I sit at my desk planning a new turn, a new chapter, I read the final pages on strategic planning and “thinking as a man of action, acting as a man of thought” and I read: “the person who is prepared has his battle half fought” (Miguel de Cervantes).

Excellent book. Especially challenges the idea that every man should be island. No, put your ideas up to strong scrutiny.

Thank you for the compilation of quotes and thoughts and all your commentary, John Maxwell.

[Kristine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent and chock full of concpets and considerations for your teams.

[Nicholas Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy to follow book, written in a bunch of aphorisms and quotes, not just from Maxwell, but other thinkers. Good for its subtitled purpose: how to think properly to get ahead in business and life.

[John of Canada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing terribly new. Some good ideas.