John C. Maxwell

Every major difficulty you face in life is a fork in the road. You choose which track you will head down, toward breakdown or breakthrough. Dick Biggs, a consultant who helps Fortune 500 companies improve profits and increase productivity, writes that all of us have unfair experiences; as a result, some people merely exist and adopt a “cease and desist”...

Well, the countdown has begun… The final edits are complete, contributions from commenters have been added, and Everyone Communicates, Few Connect is currently at the printer. If you remember the cover design from November, you may notice that it’s been modified just a little. After I previewed it, Justin Wise at BeDeviant.com pointed out its design similarity to the logo...

One of the great dreamers of the 20th century was Walt Disney. Back when Walt’s two daughters were young, he used to take them to an amusement park in the Los Angeles area on Saturday mornings. Walt was especially captivated by the carousel. As he approached it, he saw a blur of bright images racing around to the tune of...

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Our Christmas was very merry. We gathered as a family to thank God for the birth of His Son and express our love for each other. My mother’s absence from this earth was on our minds, but with every smile from our grandbabies, we glimpsed the heart of Mom. We know...

Hello! I hope you’re enjoying the final month of 2009. I know MY month began pretty eventfully: On Tuesday, December 1, I had knee replacement surgery. My knee had been causing me trouble for awhile, but still, choosing to have surgery wasn’t easy. After all, I wasn’t looking forward to the pain or the recovery time. Plus a few weeks...

So here it is: the book we’ve all been working on: Available March, 2010 When I turned in this manuscript last spring, I was already very pleased with it. After all, I was confident that … The ability to connect can change people’s leadership, communication, and relationships; Connecting can be learned; and As someone who had learned to grow as...