John C. Maxwell

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Leadership Gold took leadership guru John C. Maxwell a lifetime to write, and it delivers his most valuable lessons from forty years of leading.

A leader among leaders, John Maxwell promised himself early in his career that he wouldn't write this book until he was sixty. And now it's finally here. Leadership Gold took Maxwell a lifetime to write, and it delivers his most valuable lessons from forty years of leading. With his signature style, Maxwell comes alongside like a mentor, candidly taking readers through what feels like a one-on-one leadership program. Leadership Gold offers the best of the best, the tried-and-true lessons that no one but Maxwell can share.

John C. Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker, and author who has sold over 13 million books. His organizations have trained more than 2 million leaders worldwide. Dr. Maxwell is the founder of EQUIP and INJOY Stewardship Services.

Acknowledgments....................v Searching for Gold....................vii 1. If It's Lonely at the Top, You're Not Doing Something Right....................1 2. The Toughest Person to Lead Is Always Yourself....................11 3. Defining Moments Define Your Leadership....................20 4. When You Get Kicked in the Rear, You Know You're out in Front....................32 5. Never Work a Day in Your Life....................41 6. The Best Leaders Are Listeners....................49 7. Get in the Zone and Stay There....................57 8. A Leader's First Responsibility Is to Define Reality....................66 9. To See How the Leader Is Doing, Look at the People....................74 10. Don't Send Your Ducks to Eagle School....................85 11. Keep Your Mind on the Main Thing....................96 12. Your Biggest Mistake Is Not Asking What Mistake You're Making....................105 13. Don't Manage Your Time-Manage Your Life....................114 14. Keep Learning to Keep Leading....................124 15. Leaders Distinguish Themselves During Tough Times....................134 16. People Quit People, Not Companies....................143 17. Experience Is Not the Best Teacher....................154 18. The Secret to a Good Meeting Is the Meeting Before the Meeting....................164 19. Be a Connector, Not Just a Climber....................174 20. The Choices You Make, Make You....................184 21. Influence Should Be Loaned but Never Given....................193 22. For Everything You Gain, You Give Up Something....................203 23. Those Who Start theJourney with You Seldom Finish with You....................213 24. Few Leaders Are Successful Unless a Lot of People Want Them to Be....................223 25. You Only Get Answers to the Questions You Ask....................232 26. People Will Summarize Your Life in One Sentence-Pick It Now....................244 Conclusion....................253 Notes....................255

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