Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn
by John C. Maxwell
Maxwell on learning from loss: humility, reality, responsibility, improvement, hope, teachability, adversity, problems, bad experiences, change, maturity. It is a gentle, structured approach to failure and one of his more personal books.
Read it if…
you have just lost something and want to extract the lesson.
Skip it if…
you want research on resilience; it is wisdom and anecdote.
Three things you will actually use
- Loss teaches only if you are teachable.
- Take responsibility; it is the only way to grow.
- Hope is a discipline, not a mood.
Do this first
Write the lesson from your most recent loss in one sentence, and what you will do differently.
Our verdict
Gentle and structured.
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