How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World

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Thomas Nelson Inc, 2013 - Business & Economics - 208 pages
Leadership guru John C. Maxwell and his friend Jim Dornan share their straightforward, effective way for making an impact on the world: make an impact on individual people. How? Through influence. How to Influence People will empower you on your journey to becoming a potent and positive influence in your relationships both great and small. By pouring your life into other people, which is Dr. Maxwell's definition of "mentorship," you can truly make a difference. And when you have a meaningful impact on the lives of those around you--from your children and coworkers to your customers and the barista at your favorite coffee shop--it makes a difference in your life too.You'll learn to perceive the stages of influence in your relationships and skillfully navigate your progress--from perfect stranger, to helpful confidant, to inspiring mentor--until, ultimately, you attain the highest honor there is for an influencer: becoming a multiplier of other influencers.
 

Contents

1 A Person of Influence Has Integrity with People
1
2 A Person of Influence Nurtures Other People
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3 A Person of Influence Has Faith in People
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4 A Person of Influence Listens to People
59
5 A Person of Influence Understands People
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6 A Person of Influence Enlarges People
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7 A Person of Influence Navigates for Other People
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8 A Person of Influence Connects with People
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9 A Person of Influence Empowers People
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10 A Person of Influence Reproduces Other Influencers
163
Acknowledgments
175
Notes
177
About the Authors
181
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John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.

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