Talent is Never Enough by Maxwell chapters 4

Thanks for reminding me...i have been immersed in many great books lately for my doctoral research that I feel that I need to leave behind my review of Talent is Never Enough by John Maxwell, for the moment. So what I would like to do is to give you some of the highlights and strongly urge you to buy and read the book...if you are a parent or an adult searching for your "calling," this is a must read.

Chapter 4:

Successful people forget…easily. If anyone does them wrong, they consider the source and keep cool. It’s only the small people who cherish revenge. Be a good forgetter. Business dictates it, and success demands it.

Peter Drucker said, “Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration…Our motto seems to be, “Let’s do a little bit of everything.”

Everything I do must go through the filter of: “Am I adding value to people?”

What you commit yourself to will change what you are and make you into a completely different person. What are you commitments? Where are you going? What are you going to be? You show me somebody who hasn’t decided, and I’ll show you somebody who has no identity, no personality, no direction.”

Delay Rewards Until the Job is Done. Pay now, play later. Be intentional, make every action count. Too many people today want rewards before the results. If you know you have the talent and the energy but lack the results, then lack of focus is likely your problem. It takes talent plus focus to reach your potential.