25 Ways To Win With People Chapters 6-10

Win with others by encouraging others

I will continue to summarize the book by John C. Maxwell entitled, 25 Ways to Win with People. Today, I will summarize chapters 6-10. Here are the chapter titles:

Chapter 6  Give Others A Reputation To Uphold
Chapter 7  Say the Right Words at the Right Time
Chapter 8  Encourage the Dreams of Others
Chapter 9  Pass the Credit on to Others
Chapter 10 Offer Your Very Best

Chapter 6 - Give Others A Reputation To Uphold

• One of the best ways to inspire others and make them feel good about themselves is to show them who they could be.
• When you give someone a reputation to uphold, you give him or her something good to shoot for. 
• All people possess both value and potential
• Back up your high opinion of other with action
• Look past their pasts and give them reputations for their futures
• Give people a new name or nickname that speaks their potential

Chapter 7 - Say the Right Words at the Right Time

• The wrong words said at the wrong time discourage me
• The wrong words said at the right time frustrate me
• The right words said at the wrong time confuse me
• The right words said at the right time encourage me
• Be sensitive to time and place
• The key to saying the right thing at the right time is paying attention to the context
• Say it from the heart
• Recognize the power of the right words at the right time

Chapter 8 - Encourage The Dreams of Others

• Encouraging others in their pursuit of a dream is to give them a wonderful gift
• People will live up to their dreams when they have a chance to fulfill them
• Ask them to share their dream with you
• Affirm the person as well as the dream
• Ask about the challenges they must overcome to reach their dream
• Offer your assistance
• Revisit their dream with them on a consistent basis
• Determine daily to be a dream booster, not a dream buster

Chapter 9 - Pass the Credit Onto Others

• Check your ego at the door
• Don't wait - pass the credit ASAP
• Say it in front of others
• Put it in print

Chapter 10 - Offer Your Very Best

• Anyone can be an important person to me
• Anything we do can be made important
• You can become important to anyone
• Make the most of your gifts and opportunities

I hope you got a chance to scan chapters one through five of the blog. Maxwell did a great job of providing pointers on how we must start with ourselves and become winners before we can make winners out of others. What other ideas do you have that could help leaders with people. Make a comment and provide feedback.