‘How Successful People Think’ (II)
This week, we’ll continue with the remaining parts of ‘How Successful People Think’ by John C. Maxwell.
Chapter 7: Learn from reflective thinking
a) It’s not necessarily experience that is valuable; it’s the insight people gain because of their experience. Reflective thinking turns experience into insight.
b) The value you receive from reflecting will depend on the kinds of questions you ask yourself. For instance,
— — What have I learned today that will help me grow? How can I apply it to my life? When should I apply it?
— — ( For managers) Did I lead by example today? Did I lift my people and organization to a higher level? What did I do and how did I do it?
— — (For marriage and family) Did I communicate love to my family today? How did I show that love? Did they feel it? Did they return it?
Chapter 8: Question popular thinking
a) Popular thinking brings mediocre results. It represents putting in the least energy to just get by. You must reject common thinking if you want to accomplish uncommon results.
b) As you strive to challenge popular thinking, spend time with people with different backgrounds, education levels, professional experiences, personal interests, etc.
Chapter 9: Benefit from shared thinking
a) Always be on the lookout for ideas. Get ideas from customers, children, competitors, other industries, or cab drivers. It doesn’t matter who thought of an idea.
b) If you are the one who brings people together to share their thoughts, praise the idea more than the source of the idea. If the best idea always wins, then all will share their thoughts with greater enthusiasm.
Chapter 10: Practice unselfish thinking
The highest level of unselfish thinking comes when you give of yourself to another person for that person’s personal development or well-being. The people who love you would rather have you than what you can give them.
Chapter 11: Rely on bottom-line thinking
a) The process of bottom-line thinking begins with knowing what you’re really going after. What’s important is that you be as specific as possible. If your goal is for something as vague as ‘success’, you will have a painfully difficult time trying to harness bottom-line thinking to achieve it.
b) Ideally, all team members should know the big goal, as well as their individual role in achieving it. They need to know their personal bottom line and how that works to achieve the organization’s bottom line.
Source: https://www.impressionism.nl/pissarro-1874-expo/#pgcSgb-cl0-4_6182
Source: https://customprinthaus.com/products/orchards-at-louveciennes-1872-camille-pissarro
