If you need an attitude makeover, How High Will You Climb? is your go-to guide. Using the metaphor of attitude in the world of flight, author John C. Maxwell helps us analyze our life's attitude ("... an inward feeling expressed by behaviour" - Kindle Location 81) from every possible angle: what an attitude is, how it's formed, what things cause it to nose-dive, and how to change it.

The book has many practical examples. But it is more than a self-help guide, for its points are solidly buttressed by scripture. The body of the book contains lots of interactive features like self-tests and practical application suggestions. In addition, the back of the book has a Study Guide with a set of questions, discussion starters, and journal prompts for each chapter.

I found the book challenging and helpful. I especially appreciated the chapter on how to recognize and overcome discouragement. It is certainly a book I will keep close at hand, for as Maxwell points out, attitude is something we grapple with as long as we live:

"Our attitudes are formed by our experiences and how we choose to react to them. Therefore as long as we live, we are forming, changing or reinforcing attitudes. ... our attitude doesn't remain stagnant" - KL 546 & 571.

(How High Will You Climb? was first published as Your Attitude in 1984 by Here's Life Publishers.)

I received How High Will You Climb? as a gift from the publisher, Thomas Nelson, for the purpose of writing a review. ( )