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About The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
In The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, John Maxwell crafts a thoughtful roadmap for personal development. He equips readers with practical tools to become their best selves. Through his wit and wisdom, he gently guides readers to look inward in order to grow outward.
Who Should Read The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth
Read if you:
- Feel like you’re at a crossroads and need direction
- Believe you have greater potential waiting to be unlocked
- Enjoy self-help books that offer actionable steps and measurable outcomes
Don’t Read if you:
- Find that self-help literature doesn’t align with your interests
- Prefer to avoid discussions involving religious themes or beliefs
- You are happy where you are and think nothing needs to change
Similar Authors:
- Dale Carnegie
- Stephen R. Covey
- Zig Ziglar
My Review
John Maxwell has dedicated his life to gathering quotes that hold deep meaning for him, and he shares many of them throughout The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. I’ve outlined the key themes by including the quotes that resonated with me in each section. Happy reading!
- The Law of Intentionality: Growth doesn’t just happen
The Law of Diminishing Intent – “The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”
- The Law Awareness: You must know yourself to grow yourself
”There are two great days in a person’s life: the day you were born and the day you discover why.”
- The Law of the Mirror: You must see value in yourself to add value to yourself
”When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.” – Charles Schwab
- The Law of Reflection: Learning to pause allows growth to catch up with you
”Faith is trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” – Philip Yancey
- The Law of Consistency: Motivation gets you going – discipline keeps you growing
”Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”
- The Law of Environment: Growth thrives in conducive surroundings
”We become the combined average of the five people we hang around the most.”
- The Law of Design: To maximize growth, develop strategies
”If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” – Jim Rohn
- The Law of Pain: Good management of bad experiences lead to great growth
”A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.”
- The Law of the Ladder: Character growth determines the height of your personal growth
“Here is a simple, rule-of-thumb guide for behavior: Ask yourself what you want people to do for you, then grab the initiative and do it for them.” – THE MESSAGE
- The Law of the Rubber Band: Growth Stops When You Lose the Tension Between Where You Are and Where You Could Be
”It’s never too late to ve what you might have been.” – George Elliot
- The Law of the Trade-Off: You have to give up to grow up
”The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish.”
- The Law of Curiosity: Growth is stimulated by asking why
”The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker
- The Law of Modeling: It’s hard to improve when you have no one but yourself to follow
”Greater things happen whenever we stop seeing ourselves as God’s gift to others, and begin seeing others as God’s gift to us.” – James S. Vuocolo
- The Law of Expansion: Growth always increases your capacity
”The greatest of all miracles,” he said, “is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today, but we can improve if we make use of the potentials implanted in us by God.” – Samuel M. Silver
- The Law of Contribution: Growing yourself enables you to grow others
”I have one life and one chance to make it count for something…My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” – Jimmy Carter
Final Thoughts
Maxwell’s The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth is one of those books that reveals its depth and richness after multiple readings. I listened to it the first time, but now that I’ve purchased a paperback edition, I’m excited to dive in again. I can’t wait to highlight, annotate, and stick notes throughout the pages to fully engage with the material!
Have you read The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth? What is your favorite John Maxwell book? Are there any other books or authors you would suggest? Please leave a comment. I would love to hear from you.
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