Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others Paperback – August 27, 2006

Required Reading!!! The closest counterpart jewel to Dale Carnegie's book "How To Win Friends and Influence People". This book exceeds all expectations if you're open to receiving and applying the principles. John C. Maxwell's Becoming A Person Of Influence; will inevitably become a part of you when you study and apply the principles. I always knew I had potential to influence people, this book intensified my character traits. It is the epitome of becoming an true influencer when you've read and applied the contents. I remember purchasing this book in 2015. I've read and referred back to this book often. Reading it to it's entirety everything within this book became second nature to me, and almost all of what is explained in the book naturally embedded itself within me to carry out those qualities into daily interaction.Ironic that when I read this book I did not expect to be "influenced" by it 😂 But I was heavily influenced into becoming a influencer. Although this book was published in 1997 all of the text transcends all years and applies to all generations of readers who fully comprehend it. John Maxwell is an excellent leader and him and Jim's book instills good qualities you reinforce within yourself to become a true trailblazer in the lives of others. I want people to know that as I'm writing this review that my life has improved socially. I have influenced people prior to reading this book and even now after reading it. I'm no Nostradamus, but I predict that one day I'll influence hundreds, if not thousands of people in this world I occupy--both intentionally and accidentally. The info in this book is common sense, all of these traits you naturally have. You just need to use them more effectively. You'll probably highlight this book heavily like I have!!! Probably the entire book!! It's a jewel in my opinion. Funny thing about is Tupac Shakur is one of my biggest influences in my life. His music, his spoken word in interviews etc. I could line up nearly him and all other legends with everything listed in this book. I believe he would read this book today if he were present. I'm sure I'm own my way to becoming a legend as well,afterall "...legends reproduce legends by a matter of influence." Remember I said that!!! --Clifford Onehundredd 6-15-19. 💎👑 I highly recommend this book to everyone as required reading and I'm definitely going to get in touch with John C. Maxwell to thank him and Jim Dorman for producing this book. I believe if my dreamz manifested and I became a celebrity this is one of the books I would push my fanz to read. It should be in every school, every college, every library. Human interaction is something we will all inevitably face, and this book will equip you with needed social skills. READ & APPLY ITS PRINCIPLES AND YOU TOO WILL INFLUENCE THE LIVES OF OTHERS AS AN INFLUENCER!

Jim Dornan and John Maxwell have given us a gem here. Do you want to become a leader who transforms the situations around you? It seems like we usually conform more than we transform these days, but this book offers ways to break that mold. I am so glad that I went back to the 90s to pick up this book and read it. While some of the examples are a little dated, I don’t think I have anything to play cassette tapes in, the principles are still absolutely applicable. So take some time and level up your leadership with this very valuable tool for your leadership toolbox.

Book arrived on time and as promised condition.

This was a terrific resource for me. I recently was promoted to a new job and a large portion of my job is managing people, and not just people but their personalities. When we set out to do a task no matter how large or small we want to do it with excellence. This book help to show me that successful business isn't run on protocol but on people. It showed me the importance of investing in them and how to enable them to advance within their on sphere of influence as well.

Excellent leadership manual great for group discussions. Sound principles that are timeless.

Really good book to read, to learn how to be a leader. Really recommend it!

How will you impact the lives of others?For anyone who works with groups of people (and especially youth) you will find this book to be a great addition to your library. I especially enjoyed the worksheets at the end of each chapter as they were tangible ways of putting theory into practice.This book is very easy to read, but as with most good books in this category, take notes or be willing to re-read chapters as there is almost too much good information. Most books offer nuggets--this one is a serious gold rush.The leadership team I work with spent two weeks on Chapter 3 (A person of influence has Faith in People). I thought this was one of the best chapters in any of Maxwell's books and this will become a permanent part of our leadership program.A great gift for graduating college students or folks newly elected to positions of leadership.

Easy to read. Things you can put in place each day to grow synergy in your team and your life.