Become an intentional learner : growth doesn't just happen -- Develop self-awareness : you must know yourself to grow yourself -- Believe in yourself : you must see value in yourself to add value to yourself -- Set aside time to reflect : learning to pause allows growth to catch up with you -- Embrace daily discipline : motivation gets you going-discipline you growing -- Seek out a positive environment : growth thrives in conducive surroundings -- Become highly strategic : to maximize growth, develop strategies -- Turn negatives into positives : good management of bad experiences leads to great -- Growth -- Grow from the inside out : character growth determines the height of your personal -- Growth -- Get used to stretching yourself : growth stops when you lose the tension between -- Where you are and where you could be -- Make smart trade-offs: you have to give up to grow up -- Learn to ask more questions: growth is stimulated by asking why? -- Find a good mentor: it's hard to improve when you have no one but yourself to -- Follow -- Focus on enlarging your potential: growth always increases your capacity -- Help others reach their potential: growing yourself enables you to grow others.

Are there tried and true principles that are always certain to help a person grow? John Maxwell says the answer is yes. He has been passionate about personal development for over fifty years, and here, he teaches everything he has gleaned about what it takes to reach our potential. In the way that only he can communicate, John teaches ... The Law of the Mirror: You Must See Value in Yourself to Add Value to YourselfThe Law of Awareness: You Must Know Yourself to Grow YourselfThe Law of Modeling: It's Hard to Improve When You Have No One But Yourself to FollowThe Law of the Rubber Band: Growth Stops When You Lose the Tension Between Where You are and Where You Could BeThe Law of Contribution: Developing Yourself Enables You to Develop Others This compact read will help readers become lifelong learners whose potential keeps increasing and never gets "used up".