The Winning Attitude: Your Pathway to Personal Success

by John C. Maxwell

Struggling with an ingrained negative attitude? There's real hope for you! You can change and become a winner. You can develop the attitude of mind which brings, peace, courage, and success.

In "The Winning Attitude," John Maxwell shares insights from real life experiences showing how to recognize and attain the winning attitude to overcome life's difficulties, win people over, and turn problems into opportunities

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

214 pages, Paperback

Published June 19, 1996

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

[Lerato]

Great book, made me re-evaluate my life.

[Ged Cusack · Rating 3 out of 5]

As you would expect from the title, this book focuses on our attitudes. The idea is that a positive attitude is a winning attitude.
We are told that our attitudes are a matter of choice and as such we can choose to change our attitude if it isn’t providing us the results we require.
The benefits of our positive attitude and identifying this in others can provide us with a more successful organisation.
Combining this with your other leadership skills to foster the attitude in your workforce can make your business stand out amongst the crowd.
Developing your positive attitude can help produce great results not just in business but in all areas of your life.
There are lots of books out there on attitude and although this had some good information it is not one of the best.
As Maxwell is an evangelical pastor you may expect there to be some references to the bible.
Unfortunately I found the numerous bible stories overrode the message of the book.
I feel a more balanced book would have made it more amenable to a larger audience

[Ekpe Samuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book that changed my life and career, it was given as a gift on my 13th Birthday. The book covers four main points:

I. The Consideration of Your Attitude: Do we have a Nose high or Nose Down attitude
II. The Construction of Your Attitude: How your attitude defines your altitude
III. The Crashing of Your Attitude: How to get rid of bad attitude
IV. The Changing of Your Attitude: How to develop a Nose high and a winning attitude

[Rebekah Rooker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not sure on the date I read this??? sometime shortly after it first came out is my guess....This was the first of Maxwell's books I read and was hooked...he is great about explaining how to be a leader and how to control ones soul...great stuff! :D

[Ale Chávez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiene unos consejos increíbles para poder cambiar las actitudes que te están poco a poco sintiendo que no llevas las riendas de tu vida, aunque a veces el libro me perdía porque siento que se saltaba de tema muy rápido, las historias que pone a lo largo del libro hacen un poco más fácil su lectura y me gusta que haya incluido una guía de estudio al final

[Eshe Mūrutani · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know what to make of this book. Granted, yes it does teach you how to develop a winning attitude with a lot refernce from the Bible. But some reason I expected it to be different from what it was. I fell asleep a couple of times listening to it. I love John Maxwell, but this book didn't do it for me. I would have to listen to it again.

[Mike Salani · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great brain surgery.

[Larry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book..."attitude is small thing that makes a BIG difference"! And then, another of my favorite quotes: "It's your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude"!

[Andy Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read on attitude. It's an early Maxwell book, but as always, good information on becoming a more positive person....

[Marilyn Hancock · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a life changer for me. :)

[Mark Hutchison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will read this one again. Everyone in the business world should this for enjoyment and education. I love these types of reading materials.

[Julia Hazlet · Rating 5 out of 5]

1st read taste of how influential attitude is. It influences almost everything about life. This is a standard read I think everyone should go through

[Jose Peña · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reflexiones positivas:
1. Es un libro que pues hasta cierto te hace reflexionar sobre la actitud que tienes, y las ventajas o desventajas de cambiarla.
2. Te da unas herramientas bastante concretas para poder cambiar tu actitud.
3. Me dí cuenta que la mayoría de las veces tenía una actitud negativa pero yo la justificaba siempre.
4. Lo bueno se contagia, y lo malo también.
5. Me dí cuenta de la importancia de que otras personas conozcan tus objetivos.
6. Reflexionas sobre la importancia de una actitud positiva.
7. El cómo empieces normalmente también determina el cómo terminas
8. El cambio no es necesariamente negativo.
9. Importancia del propósito y planificación
Lo no tan chido:
1. La verdad no dice nada nuevo jajaja
2. Básicamente el libro es lo q puse arriba
3. Está fuertemente influenciado por el cristianismo, el 90% de los ejemplos tienen que ver con la biblia. Esto se entiende porque el autor es pastor jaja.
4. Tira musha paja a lo largo del libro y hay muchas partes que puedes omitir sin pedos pero weno, al final de cuentas creo que es un zape en la cabeza q todo mundo necesita de vez en cuando.

Ya me había retirado de los libros motivacionales pero weno, 1 vez cada 6 meses no hace daño <3

[Leslie Yong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Praise for the book “The Winning Attitude- the key to personal success” by John C. Maxwell
Truly it’s an encouraging and motivational book by the author.
The author shows us how we can change and turn our bad attitude into a winning attitude and to become a winner. With it the author shares the insights from his own real life experiences that teaches us the importance of - how to recognise and attain the winning attitude to overcome life’s difficulties, how to win people over, and how to turn problems into opportunities.

Indeed it’s a challenge for us that we can stop settling for second best, but enters the winner’s circle. Importantly this book is to reveal how we can develop the attitude of mind which brings peace, courage and success.

[Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must read for any person. But I personally like how it educates you on how you are to conduct your attitude if you desire to be a proactive person and thus been successful in any area of your life. Also it has a Christian book and is just not one's person advice but rather biblical teachings. For me personally, it helped me to recover from an addiction and very low self esteem and low expectations for the future. Now many changes in my life help me have a positive outlook on life on many levels. Definitely the glory and honor is for God but this book was part of my growing process.

[Justin Mendoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now the book as a whole does seem to have pretty solid tips in order to explain how to check on your attitude as well as what means you can take in order to change your attitude, it does end up leaning on the religious side a lot, which is expected seeing the Author's background, but I do think people that aren't necessarily religious might find those parts not as helpful especially as it leans more to that part near the end, but i will still say this is an alright book

[Berat Onur Ersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

An old but golden book that pumps courage and excitement to the reader. Concentrating on the future (what comes next?), surrounding oneself with helpful people, optimism, learning from failure, and many more leadership attitudes are sampled, advised and explained in this great book by John Maxwell.
All learnings in the book shall be noted down and visited regularly.

[Isabelle K · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ⭑

I don’t know what to think of this book. It was nothing like the blurb on the back. It was extremely religious and felt geared toward people in leadership roles vs individuals just looking for a casual read.

That being said, I didn’t hate it.

[Hector Andres De Gracia Agrioyanis · Rating 3 out of 5]

me gusto, pero sin embargo muchos versículos de la biblia, para el costo debe ser mas barato.

[Maddelline · Rating 3 out of 5]

The most important thing is your attitude in life.

[Maikel Cabrales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente

Un libro sin igual ... Un lenguaje sencillo pero con significados profundos. Percibí un inicio de cambio en mi actitud desde el principio. Lo recomiendo.

[Ugo Eziefule · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book to keep around whenever you are in a rut

[John Jennings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, not incredible. Classic Maxwell

[Liz Mendoza · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is your daily routine."

"The best thing you'll ever wear is your attitude."

[Harmandeep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook- read by author

Good for beginners

[Juliana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yippee

[Adetutu Aboluwoye. · Rating 4 out of 5]

My
ex boss introduced this book when I was doing my internship in Uni. And I like how practice it is.

[Nicki · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay. It was recycling some thoughts through chapters and in my opinion, using way too many religious comparisons.

[Moo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very boring