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    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed
    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed
    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed
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    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed

    By John C. Maxwell

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    Lives are changed-from the simple to the dramatic-through the miracle of encouragement.

    Encouragement is an essential nutrient of growing a positive attitude and improving life, and providing that encouragement benefits both the giver and the receiver(s). The world's foremost leadership expert, John Maxwell, offers practical advice on how to effectively provide the kind of encouragement that transforms individuals, families, churches, and work teams into happier, healthier, more affirming networks. Encouragement Changes Everything focuses on the importance of valuing and growing relationships. This is the perfect gift for people to share and enjoy in either personal or professional contexts.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJan 1, 2008
    ISBN9781418585631
    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed
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    John C. Maxwell

    John C. Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 33 million books in fifty languages. He has been identified as the #1 leader in business and the most influential leadership expert in the world. His organizations - the John Maxwell Company, The John Maxwell Team, EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Leadership Foundation - have translated his teachings into seventy languages and used them to  train millions of leaders from every country of the world. A recipient of the Horatio Alger Award, as well as the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the Luminary Leadership Network, Dr. Maxwell influences Fortune 500 CEOs, the presidents of nations, and entrepreneurs worldwide. For more information about him visit JohnMaxwell.com.

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    Encouragement Changes Everything - John C. Maxwell

    A GIFT OF

    ENCOURAGEMENT

    for

    ___________________________

    from

    ___________________________

    Encouragement

    9781404104235_0003_002

    Encouragement Changes Everything: Bless and Be Blessed

    Copyright © 2008 John C. Maxwell

    All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

    Published in Nashville, TN, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

    Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fundraising, or sales promotional use. For information, please email SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

    Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture references are from The New King James Version of the Bible (NKJV) ©1979, 1980, 1982, 1992, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publisher. All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT) © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Ill. All rights reserved. The New International Version of the Bible (NIV) © 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.

    Designed by Lookout Design, Inc. | Minneapolis, Minnesota

    ISBN–10: 1–4041–0423–2

    ISBN–13: 978–1–4041–0423–5

    Printed and bound in China

    www.thomasnelson.com

    FOR RICK GOAD

    1963–2007

    A friend and encourager who added value to my life.

    He loved me unconditionally,

    Served me continually, and

    Brought joy to me daily.

    Thousands would say with me,

    Rick made a difference in our lives.

    Contents

    INTRODUCTION: Encourage Others and Change Their Worlds

    ENCOURAGEMENT KEEPS US GOING

    A Word to the Wise

    Encouragement and Endurance

    Encouraging the Encourager

    An Experiment in Encouragement

    Great Talent Needs Encouragement

    Encourage Yourself

    ENCOURAGEMENT MAKES US BETTER

    Believe in Yourself

    Positively Wired

    Everyone Appreciates a Kind Word

    Help People Get What They Want

    Take Others to a Higher Level

    It Takes Just a Little Time

    ENCOURAGEMENT GIVES US HOPE

    Keeping Hope Alive

    How to Fight Discouragement

    Encouraging a President

    Hope in the Lord

    Do the Math

    ENCOURAGEMENT TURNS LIVES AROUND

    5 Things Every Encourager Needs to Know about People

    Reach Out to Those Close to You

    A Teacher’s Words Change a Life

    Bless and Be Blessed

    What You Need to Know to Encourage People

    How to Add Value to Others

    ENCOURAGEMENT EMPOWERS TEAMS

    Encourage the Players—Build the Team

    Two Different Kinds of Leaders

    Honor the Whole Team

    To Improve Your Team, Lift Up Your Teammates

    ENCOURAGEMENT LEADS TO GREAT THINGS

    Behind Every Great Person is...A Great Encourager

    Don’t Expect Encouragement from Experts

    The Power of Passion

    His Early Passion Keeps Him Encouraging

    EPILOGUE: Bless and Be Blessed

    Encouragement is

    oxygen to the soul.

    GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

    9781404104235_0008_002

    INTRODUCTION

    Encourage Others and Change Their Worlds

    Everyone needs encouragement. And everyone—young or old, the successful or less–than–successful, unknown or famous—who receives encouragement is changed by it. As Mark Twain said, One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.

    Encouragement’s impact can be profound. A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change his life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential. Like Zig Ziglar says, You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.

    What does true encouragement look like—the kind that changes lives forever? To encourage people is to help them gain courage they might not otherwise possess—courage to face the day, to do what’s right, to take risks, to make a difference. And the heart of encouragement is to communicate a person’s value. When we help people feel valuable, capable, and motivated we sometimes see their lives change forever—and then see them go on to change the world.

    If you are a parent, you have a responsibility to encourage members of your family. If you are an organizational leader, the effectiveness of your team increases dramatically in proportion to the amount of encouragement you give the people you lead. As a friend, you

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