Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn: Life's Greatest Lessons Are Gained from Our Losses

Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn: Life's Greatest Lessons Are Gained from Our Losses

by John C. Maxwell

John Maxwell believes that the greatest lessons we learn in life are from our losses. Everyone experiences loss, but not everyone learns from it. In Sometimes You Win--Sometimes You LearnSometimes You Win--Sometimes You Learn, Dr. Maxwell explores the most common lessons we learn when we experience loss. He then explains how to turn a set-back into a step forward by examining the eleven elements that make up the DNA of Those Who Learn:1. Humility - The Spirit of Learning
2. Reality - The Foundation of Learning
3. Responsibility - The First Step of Learning
4. Improvement - The Focus of Learning
5. Hope - The Motivation of Learning
6. Teachability - The Pathway of Learning
7. Adversity - The Catalyst of Learning
8. Problems - The Opportunities of Learning9. Bad Experiences - The Perspective for Learning10. Change - The Price of Learning
11. Maturity - The Value of Learning

Learning is not easy during down times, it takes discipline to do the right thing when everything is wrong. This book provides a roadmap to doing just that. As John Maxwell often points out--experience isn't the best teacher; evaluated experience is.

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Hardcover, 256 pages

Published October 8th 2013 by Center Street (first published January 1st 2013)

tags: self help, nonfiction, audiobook, management, philosophy, education, leadership, personal development, business, psychology

Book Quotes

“I always try to remember that I am a work in progress. When I maintain that perspective, I realize that I don’t have to be perfect. I don’t have to have it all together. I don’t need to try to have all the answers. And I don’t need to learn everything in a day. When I make a mistake, it’s not because I’m a failure or worthless. I just didn’t do something right because I still haven’t improved enough in some part of the process. And that motivates me to keep growing and improving. If I don’t know something, it’s an opportunity to try to improve in a new area.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Those things that hurt, instruct.” —Benjamin Franklin”

― John C. Maxwell

“A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.”

― John C. Maxwell

“En Harvard y otras universidades, estudiaron la importancia de la actitud en el éxito de las personas. Se descubrió que la actitud era mucho más importante que la inteligencia, la educación, el talento especial o la suerte. De hecho, se llegó a la conclusión de que hasta un 85% del éxito en la vida se debe a tener una actitud positiva y educable, mientras que sólo un 15% se debe a la capacidad.”

― John C. Maxwell

topics: Accomplish Great Things, Fear Nothing, Inspirational Attitude, Live Your Life, Success In Life, Take Risks

“Finish each day and be done with it…. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely.”

― John C. Maxwell

“El lamento nos deja sin energía. No podemos construir sobre el lamento. El temor al futuro nos distrae y nos llena de aprensión.”

― John C. Maxwell

“La ansiedad y el temor son emociones debilitantes para el corazón humano, y también lo son las pérdidas. Pueden debilitarnos, encarcelarnos, paralizarnos, desalentarnos y enfermarnos. Para ser exitosos, necesitamos encontrar maneras de desatascarnos emocionalmente.”

― John C. Maxwell

“If we’re not failing or making mistakes, it means we’re playing it too safe.”

― John C. Maxwell

“I believe all of us can identify with the poet Carl Sandberg, who said, “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar and a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.” The key to success is following the impulse to soar more than the desire to wallow. And that is a never-ending struggle—at least it has been for me. I believe any successful person would be honest in saying, “I got to the top the hard way—fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Ignorance means we didn’t have the necessary information; stupidity means we had the necessary information but misused it.”

― John C. Maxwell

“El éxito puede conseguir distorsionar nuestra visión de la realidad. Puede hacernos creer que somos mejores de lo que realmente somos. Puede seducirnos a creer que no hay mucho más que aprender. Puede convencernos de que ya no deberíamos esperar afrontar y vencer el fracaso. Estos conceptos son peligrosos para cualquiera que quiera seguir mejorando.”

― John C. Maxwell

“At least once a year I'd ask Steve to point out anything he thought I was doing that was wrong or weaknesses in my leadership that he believed might have me headed for trouble. After a couple of years of this, Steve once said, 'John, you are the most successful person I work with, yet you are the only one who invites critism. Why?' "I don't trust anyone with power that can't be checked," I answered. "Especially me.”

― John C. Maxwell

“People who haven’t overcome major losses are prone to think they are invincible. They start to believe they are better than they really are and are inclined to misuse their power. Everyone who makes a major contribution to life knows what it is to have failures.”

― John C. Maxwell

“A person who cannot sacrifice will never belong to himself; he belongs to whatever he was unwilling to give up. If you want to develop maturity and gain the value of learning, you need to learn to give up some things today for greater gains tomorrow.”

― John C. Maxwell

“An open mind is the beginning of self-discovery and growth. We can’t learn anything new until we can admit that we don’t already know everything.” —Erwin G. Hall”

― John C. Maxwell

“Success is a lousy teacher. It makes smart people think they can’t lose.” It also makes them think they don’t need to learn.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Humorist Will Rogers said, “There are three kinds of men. Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of us have to pee on an electric fence and find out for ourselves.” Ouch. That’s got to hurt. But let’s face it: some people only learn things the hard way.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Pain is inevitable but misery is optional.". A similar thing can be said when it comes to taking responsibility. Loses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Es más fácil pasar del fracaso al éxito que de las excusas al éxito.”

― John C. Maxwell

“Necesitamos fallar rápidamente para que podamos quitarlo de en medio del camino. Si no estamos fracasando o cometiendo errores, significa que estamos actuando demasiado a la segura.”

― John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell

John C. Maxwell (born 1947) is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 50 books, primarily focusing on leadership.

His organizations have trained 2 million leaders worldwide. Every year he speaks to Fortune 500 companies, international government leaders, and audiences as diverse as the United States Military Academy at West Point, the National Football League, and ambassadors at the United Nations.

John C. Maxwell was born in Garden City, Michigan. His father, Melvin, was a minister in a local Wesleyan church. Maxwell followed his father into the ministry, completing a Bachelor's degree at Ohio Christian University in 1969, a Master of Divinity degree at Azusa Pacific University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. Maxwell has received five honorary doctorates of divinity (including ones from the California Graduate School of Theology and Liberty University).
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