Becoming a Person of Influence; John Maxwell and Jim Dornan

Becoming a Person of Influence: How to positively impact the lives of others; is by the author of many other books involving leadership and working with others. Although the back of the book lists managers, salespeople, and coaches as people who would benefit from this book. I think everyone could take something from this book. After all, who wouldn’t want to be a positive influence on someone?

This book breaks down four steps to become an influential person. Model, Maxwell emphasized the importance of maintaining your personal integrity in all situations. Motivate those around you through nurturing, encouragement and appreciation. Maxwell and Dornan also stress the importance of developing your listening skills to help you better understand people. Steps that not everyone achieves are mentor and multiply. Both of those steps require a lifetime of support to others. Mentoring involves enlarging the lives of others by exposing them to new experiences and helping navigate them through their journey. Multiply comes at the end of the process, by the person once being mentored now being an influence to others.

I would recommend this book to others. It helps you take an introspective look at how you treat and interact with others. At the end of each chapter it also has a checklist for the reader so it makes it somewhat interactive. This book is an easy read and is full of examples and anecdotes from the authors.