Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes Into Stepping Stones for Success

Chock full of action suggestions and real-life stories, Failing Forward is a strategic guide that will help men and women move beyond mistakes to fulfill their potential and achieve success. n nAre some people born to achieve anything they want while others struggle? Call them lucky, blessed, or possessors of the Midas touch. What is the real reason for their success? Is it family background, wealth, greater opportunities, high morals, an easy childhood?n nNew York Times best-selling author John C. Maxwell has the answer: The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.n nMost people are never prepared to deal with failure. Maxwell says that if you are like him, coming out of school, you feared it, misunderstood it, and ran away from it. But Maxwell has learned to make failure his friend, and he can teach you to do the same.n nI want to help you learn how to confidently look the prospect of failure in the eye and move forward anyway, says Maxwell. Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward n