Authors: John C. Maxwell
ISBN-13: 9781931722520, ISBN-10: 1931722528
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Center Street
Date Published: November 2005
Edition: Reprint
Most of us look at our days in the wrong way: We exaggerate yesterday. We overestimate tomorrow. We underestimate today. The truth is that the most important day you will ever experience is today. Today is the key to your success. Maxwell offers twelve decisions and disciplineshe calls it his daily dozenthat can be learned and mastered by any person to achieve success.
Maxwell (The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership) serves up his usual dose of uplifting advice. This book's message is broader than some of his earlier business tomes, in that he uses his marriage, work experience and anecdotes from people such as basketball coach John Wooden, businessman Armand Hammer and actor Christopher Reeve to explore his theme of the importance of making sound decisions on a daily basis. Too many people dwell on what happened yesterday, according to Maxwell, who believes that, instead, people can maximize what they accomplish every day by focusing on a dozen key areas including family, finances, faith, values and growth. By having clear priorities in each of these areas, Maxwell says that people will actually have fewer decisions to make because their vision will be so clear. Maxwell's tone is straightforward and his advice is sound, if obvious. For example, he offers a list of negative phrases ("Maybe, I'm afraid, I don't believe ) that he thinks should be eliminated from one's vocabulary. As expected from this pastor, he also stresses religious faith and the importance of families. Readers hoping for creative and original advice in solving their problems are likely to be disappointed, but others may still find the book's message uplifting, especially amid today's corporate scandal and concern with declining ethical values. Agent, Sealy Yates. (May) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Acknowledgments | ix | |
Just for Today ... | xi | |
1. | Today Often Falls to Pieces--What Is the Missing Piece? | 1 |
2. | Today Can Become a Masterpiece | 18 |
3. | Today's ATTITUDE Gives Me Possibilities | 39 |
4. | Today's PRIORITIES Give Me Focus | 62 |
5. | Today's HEALTH Gives Me Strength | 83 |
6. | Today's FAMILY Gives Me Stability | 105 |
7. | Today's THINKING Gives Me an Advantage | 128 |
8. | Today's COMMITMENT Gives Me Tenacity | 152 |
9. | Today's FINANCES Give Me Options | 176 |
10. | Today's FAITH Gives Me Peace | 197 |
11. | Today's RELATIONSHIPS Give Me Fulfillment | 217 |
12. | Today's GENEROSITY Gives Me Significance | 239 |
13. | Today's VALUES Give Me Direction | 259 |
14. | Today's GROWTH Gives Me Potential | 278 |
Conclusion: Making Today Matter | 300 | |
Notes | 303 |