| Category: | Business and Investing |
|---|---|
| Author: | John C. Maxwell |
| Publisher: | Forbes Books |
| Publication Date: | April 14, 2026 |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| ISBN-13: | 979-8887507958 |
Under relentless pressure to perform, failure can feel more
dangerous than ever, and our instinct to avoid it has never been stronger. Most
people spend their energy hiding setbacks, dodging mistakes, or letting losses
define their worth. But the most successful people know better. What separates
high achievers from everyone else is not the avoidance of failure; it is knowing
how to get a positive return on it. In How to Get a Return on Failure: Fail
Smarter—Return Stronger, #1 New York Times bestselling author and
world-renowned leadership expert John C. Maxwell shows readers how to rise to
this challenge. Rooted in decades of leadership experience and brought to life
through candid personal stories, from Maxwell's early career stumbles to the
struggles of Abraham Lincoln, Sara Blakely, and Thomas Edison, the book offers
an integrated framework for turning every loss into lasting gain. The premise
is simple but profound: failure is not the opposite of success; it is part of
it.
This book is structured around the practices of people who
fail forward, helping readers see failure as an investment in the future. Readers
will learn to keep success and failure together and embrace the value of things
that are hard to achieve. Maxwell distills a lifetime of teaching into concrete
guidance on nine essential lessons, including how to get over failure by
getting over yourself; how to practice the cycle of improvement; how to use
failure to make yourself better; how to lead others through setbacks; how to
tell good misses from bad misses; and many more. Maxwell's humility in writing
is extraordinary, and he is a leader who has failed often and is not afraid to
say so. Written in a warm, engaging style that blends memorable quotes, honest
confession, and laugh-out-loud Peanuts cartoons, each chapter closes with
discussion questions and action steps that turn insight into habit. Both useful
and enjoyable, How to Get a Return on Failure is a powerful playbook
readers will return to every time life knocks them down.
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