Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success by John Maxwell
Nonfiction. 313 Pages. 5 Stars
Synopsis:
Most of us look at our days in the wrong way: We exaggerate yesterday. We overestimate tomorrow. We underestimate today. The truth is that the most important day you will ever experience is today. Today is the key to your success. Maxwell offers 12 decisions and disciplines-he calls it his daily dozen-that can be learned and mastered by any person to achieve success.
My Review:
The premise of this book is right up my alley, and it’s a principle that lasts the test of time. Though the book is twenty years old, it isn’t outdated. We have no power to change yesterday, and the only power we have over tomorrow is to use today as a launching pad. That will never change until the end of time.
The book is very organized and laid out with an intro, the 12 areas Maxwell encourages readers to focus on, and a conclusion. Each chapter has applicational questions to help readers not just ingest the text, but to implement it. Now. Because now is all you have. I appreciated Maxwell’s clarity that change doesn’t always happen overnight (and certainly not just from reading a book), but what we learn can be the impetus for change and there is no better time to begin that change than now.
For the most part the questions were the same at the end of each chapter (with a few customized ones, and even the repeated ones tailored to the new area under consideration), but even so, I only found one of them “repetitive” per say. And that was likely because it was an abstract question about how we expect the decision we made in that area to impact our future. I just struggled with that one after answering it once or twice, mostly because I have no idea what the future is going to throw my way XD And while I want to be intentional with my time now and be proactive and responsible with plans and goals, I’ve also learned to take things day by day and trust the future up to God.
Speaking of, Maxwell also does a great job of being clear about his own Christian perspective while also showing how these principles and areas can apply to anyone of any faith. As a fellow Christian, I loved seeing how his faith impacted each of his points, the lessons he’s learned, etc.
An inspiring, informative read. I took a chapter a day and took time to reflect as he recommended at the end of each chapter. I’d recommend it to anyone seeking a strong foundation in being intentional with our decisions, time, and resources., but one that will make you think. Good for a quick laugh and for motivating you when you’re in a slump.
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