Attitude 101

Introduction Attitude 101 What Every Leader Needs to Know is a book about leadership. Attitude plays a major role in leadership, and nothing will ever be accomplished to its greatest potential if someone doesn’t have the right attitude. However, with a positive attitude anything is possible, which is what John Maxwell was discussing throughout his book. A persons leadership skills will influence the way their followers think and feel. This book helps people with realizing how important it is to have a good attitude. Someone could have everything going for them and still fail because of their attitude. For example, Maxwell had discussed a personal example of him having a bad attitude resulting in him not being able to reach his potential. When he was in high school he played on the school’s basketball team, after

Of course, people need to be talented to play basketball; unfortunately, if they don’t have the right attitude then they aren’t going to reach their fullest potential. Maxwell provides the reader with an immense amount of personal stories to try and prove his point. It makes a person think about all of the times when they had something like that happen to them; in other words, it puts it in perspective for them. Maxwell wants people to read this book and be able to recognize how an individuals' attitude can impact their performance. Maxwell discussed how a person’s attitude can determine their success or failure and how their attitude can turn problems into blessings. He also talked about how using his four principles can lead a person to a road toward their growing potential. With the four principles being concentrate on one main goal, concentrate on continual improvement, forget the past, and to focus on the future. Lastly, what shapes a person’s personality has the ability to influence a person’s attitude. The topics that I found the most relatable are our physical appearance to others, marriage, family, and a person’s job can affect