{"id":902,"date":"2014-03-31T23:15:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T05:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickduffel.com\/?p=902"},"modified":"2014-03-31T23:15:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T05:15:16","slug":"audiobook-review-be-a-people-person-by-john-c-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=902","title":{"rendered":"AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Be A People Person by John C. Maxwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9781610458634-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-903\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nickduffel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/9781610458634-1.jpg?resize=250%2C300\" alt=\"9781610458634\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>I can\u2019t think of anyone better to write a book entitled<em> Be A People Person<\/em> than John C. Maxwell.\u00a0 Throughout his long and illustrious career as leadership guru, he has emphasized the importance of team, collaboration, and synergy in accomplishing shared goals.\u00a0 He brings many of these ideas together into one volume with <em>Be A People Person<\/em>.\n<p>There are some great ideas in this book, and in typical Maxwell fashion, they are very applicable in a variety of contexts: church, business, home, and interpersonal relationships in general.\u00a0 The book is definitely directed towards leaders in particular.\u00a0 As a more introverted leader, I appreciate Maxwell\u2019s encouragements and tips for relating to people more naturally.\u00a0 There were three chapters that stand out to me as particularly applicable: \u201cHow To Be Confident With People,\u201d \u201cMotivating People For Their Benefit,\u201d and \u201cYou Can Be An Encourager.\u201d\u00a0 The chapter titles give a small glimmer of the great treasure found within.<\/p>\n<p>Maxwell is very fond of illustrations, stories, pithy anecdotes, and quotes.\u00a0 Sometimes he comes across as cheesy and trite with these stories, and his jokes often land with a corny \u201cplop.\u201d\u00a0 However, even when his style doesn\u2019t connect with me, his considerable wisdom and experience are certainly apparent and lend weight to his many relationship maxims.<\/p>\n<p>There are a few other books by John Maxwell I would recommend more readily than this one.\u00a0 However, there are many beneficial ideas to be found here.\u00a0 Leaders, you may want give it a look; especially if, like me, being a people person doesn\u2019t come as naturally to you as it does to that select minority made up of folks like John Maxwell.\u00a0 Skill with people can be developed, and this book could be an invaluable part of that development journey for you.<\/p>\n<p>The narration by Lloyd James in the audiobook version is very well done.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: This audiobook was gifted as a part of the Christianaudio Reviewers Program in exchange for my unbiased review of this work. This has in no way influenced my opinion or review of this work.\u00a0 More information can be found about this and other Christian audiobooks at\u00a0<span style=\"color:#0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christianaudio.com\/\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff;\">christianaudio.com.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t think of anyone better to write a book entitled Be A People Person than John C. Maxwell.\u00a0 Throughout his long and illustrious career as leadership guru, he has emphasized the importance of team, collaboration, and synergy in accomplishing shared goals.\u00a0 He brings many of these ideas together into one volume with Be A&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nickduffel.com\/?p=902\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AUDIOBOOK REVIEW: Be A People Person by John C. 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