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How to Get a Return on Failure

By John C. Maxwell Narrated by John C. Maxwell ⏱ 4 hrs 28 mins 📅 2026 ★★★★½4.9 · 74 ratings

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John C. Maxwell’s How to Get a Return on Failure is available on Audible as a 4 hrs 28 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by John C. Maxwell.

Publisher’s Summary

Get Ahead–Even When You Lose!

What if you could learn to profit from nearly every loss or misstep in your life, and get a return on it—like an investment?

The most successful people get ahead because they deal with failure positively. Since they know they can’t avoid failure, they make the best of it and gain from it. People who adopt this approach learn to build more substantial and significant success in their lives.

In his new book How to Get a Return on Failure, John Maxwell teaches listeners how to turn misses into wins and losses into gains. He creates a positive roadmap anyone can follow during these difficult times and shows how changing your perspective on failure can transform your ability to grow, improve, and move forward.

Failure will always be a part of our lives. We cannot avoid it. But we can leverage it to create a better future for ourselves and others. When we do that, it separates us from the people who let failure stop or defeat them. Follow Maxwell’s advice and you’ll never look at failure the same way again.

Audiobook Details

  • Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
  • Length: 4 hrs 28 mins
  • Publisher: Forbes Books
  • Release year: 2026
  • Audible category: Business & Careers / Management & Leadership / Leadership

Listener Ratings

How to Get a Return on Failure holds an average listener rating of 4.9/5 from 74 Audible ratings.

On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:

  • Performance (narration): 4.8/5
  • Story: 4.9/5
  • 5-star ratings: 97% of all ratings

What Audible Listeners Are Saying

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— Cole, Audible listener

5/5 stars — “Excellent “
Can’t wait to apply this in my life I honestly can’t wait to apply this in my life

— Lee, Audible listener

5/5 stars — “Great leadership book. I love this teaching”
Great way to look at failure and how to use it to help me improve

— Amazon Customer, Audible listener

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