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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

Success Is a Choice

John C. Maxwell · 2020
72/100
👍 Worth It

Maxwell distills his core message into fourteen daily choices — belief, passion, initiative, practice — and delivers it in the accessible, organized style that has made him one of the best-selling leadership writers alive. This is abridged from Beyond Talent, so the depth is trimmed, and longtime Maxwell readers will find familiar territory. But for someone new to his work or looking for a clean motivational framework, it reliably delivers what it promises.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety87
Substance / usefulness74
Craft & writing76
Originality58
Evidence & accuracy81
Hype vs delivers74
Age-fit76
👁 Human-eye gut-check72
Penny’s verdict72
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