Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success

If you are going through a struggle and trying to see the light, get this book now! It is a mental game changer for taking control of your life and actions and turning what you perceive as a failure into a stepping stone to success. A personal development must have, this is an excellent book for anyone looking to change their situation and learn to take accountability and learn to move forward. It will get you inspired and taking notes, have a highlighter handy and be ready to change your life!

Excellent book to help you look at failure as a method to improve.
If you're not learning from your mistakes, this will teach you how to evaluate
and improve in this area. John shares the story of many successful people who failed multiple times before they "got it right". Very encouraging words for everyone.

This Book is so Amazing!

Its very easy to feel motivated and inspired by fluff that makes you feel like superman,but is it the Truth.

Any person who attempts anything in life will fail multiple times? Picasso didn't fail from the beginning, he was simply a success from the start, so was Michelangelo, Nicola Tesla and many others. There are also many different degrees of 'failure'.
God for example in His Word, The Holy King James Bible did not tolerate the failure of Achan when he rebelled against the most High for it cost him his life and the lives of His family members. In the New testament people who lied to the Holy Spirit once, was struck dead by God. Moses failed to enter the promised land for committing one sin.
We so easily assume that self help motivational books is in line with Gods will, but many times it fails to align itself with pure doctrine coming from the King James Bible, our final authority concerning ALL matters of faith and practice.
Its also very easy to rip the story of Paul the apostle out of context, making Paul the grand example of someone who failed and stood up each time he made a mistake. But were these Paul's mistakes for God predestined Paul to go through suffering for His names sake. Being shipwrecked, stoned, thrown in prison for the sake of the gospel wasn't a mistake from Paul's side or God's.

So now we enter into all sorts of difficult interpretations for Gods Word is Spirit and Life, not soulish and selfish, the way self help books are written. If you are not born again and a disciple of Jesus Christ, then you are eternally lost in your sin heading for eternal hell fire with all your motivational books and all. If you do not embrace the Cross then you do not want to die to self and evangelize the lost as Paul did.

This is the Gospel, the Truth. To fuse Gods pure Word with selfish 'psychology' is nothing but bogus spirituality. Deny yourself, take up your cross daily for without your death and resurrection in Jesus Christ there is no forgiveness of sins!

So where does this leave us. Am I saying thus that one should not stand up each time he falls or that one should accept defeat, of course not, it goes without saying that learning a new skill takes practice. I wouldn't say therefore that its important to use the word 'failure' as one learns a new skill or your learning how to drive a car. It would be an absurdity for a violin teacher to correct the violin student using the word 'failure' each time a wrong note is played.

So what our readers must understand is that life is far more complex than what you can possibly imagine, that language is far to clumsy in defining some vast topic as 'failure' and that ultimate really lies in the realm of the Spirit and not our limited psychology. God for example never used this kind of language with Paul or Moses or any of His prophets so be wary of a psychological "Christianity" that is ultimately valueless. Jesus asks you to lay down your life for the sake of the Gospel, He doesn't explain the obvious to you. Its time to grow up and follow Christ. Read Oswald Chambers "My Utmost for His Highest" and you will find a gem.

If you going to start to read this book, good luck finishing it. It does have some sense, but as any motivational or self help book, the fuel will last you a few weeks. I have read plenty of self help books, the only two books that were "life changing" and permanent for my were: "How to win friends and influence people" and "What to say when you talk to yourself".

This book helped me tremendously after I was fired. I took the advice, lined up 9 interviews and received a 25% increase in base salary. I have recommended this to many others. It is one thing to buy it. It is more important to read it.

GAME CHANGER BOOK!!! Absolutely hands down the best book I've ever read and came at the perfect time. I'm in a space of 2009 was my "failing forward" period 2010 was awareness to the path I was on and 2011 NEW BEGINNING! I loved the book because it gave me permission to let go of the past, accept and appreciate what has been done and how to make an amazing comeback. I also stopped beating myself up so much on the things I thought were huge failures and now just see them being amazing stepping stones into the person I will become. Thank you John Maxwell!!!

This book nails down one of the major causes for failure right on the head: The inability to keep learning and growing and moving forward in the face of percieved failure; and simply quit too soon.

Failing does not make one a failure unless one chooses make it so. Mr Maxwell cites repeated examples of famous and not-so-famous people who have plodded their way to success- one failure at a time; not by merely 'hanging in there' but through continous tweaking, adjusting, and sometimes even starting all over from scratch.

A must read for every entrepreneur and business owner; also anyone trying to climb the corporate ladder.

This was my first complete read of one of John Maxwell's books (I have a 3 CD set by him which I listen to regularly). This one will definitely not be the last. Just purchased "Thinking for a Change" and am excited to get started.

if you don't fail you will not succeed, this book teaches you this very much needed mindset.

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