The Number of A Maxwell

I’m a fan of John C. Maxwell’s writing and we have many of his books in our home. Last night some friend gave us a Christmas gift of a CD set of Maxell’s book The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork. We’re looking forward to listening to the set and we blessed by our friends thoughtfulness.

This morning Shirley and I we were having a late breakfast with Scott, and then Eric came over to the house so we were sitting around the kitchen table just having a family chat about all kinds of things. One of the boys noticed the CD set and then we some how got on to how many Maxwell books have a number in the title and thought that a blog entry and some sort of strange math applied to the numbers might make an interesting and hopefully funny post. Sorry John.

Thinking For A Change : 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work
The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow
Leadership 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know
Today Matters : 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
Equipping 101
Relationships 101
The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork Workbook: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team
Today Matters : 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success

Thinking For A Change : 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work
The 21 Most Powerful Minutes in a Leader’s Day: Revitalize Your Spirit and Empower Your Leadership
25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks

So, what are we to make of this? 17 seems to be a prevalent number, as does 21 and 21 has a nice ring to it. Lots of 101, just basic stuff right? Well, how does it add up?

11+360+21+101+101+12+21+101+101+17+17+12+11+21+25 = 932

Perhaps his next book is “The 932 irrefutable indispensable powerful leadership thinking attitudes that matter for equipping highly successfully people and teams looking for a successful relationship change to win and feel like a million bucks”.

I did say sorry right, and John, I really do like your stuff, seriously.

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