Article: Failing forward to succeed.(Failing Forward )(Book Review)

Failing Forward by John Maxwell is a series of stories about people who succeed by failing forward. Maxwell weaves humorous tales and memorable quotes up and down the 15 solid steps to achievement and his answer to the secret of success.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure. As a young boy in school, Maxwell learned to be afraid of failure and to avoid it. In life, he says the question is not if you will have problems but how you are going to deal with them.

My first assignment in a large school district's business department was very different from anything I had done before. Bob ...

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