People Fuel: Fill Your Tank for Life, Love, and Leadership

by John Townsend

Overview

People Fuel outlines the twenty-two relational nutrients we all need to cultivate good relationships that provide energy, focus, and the support to be all you were meant to be.

Just as good nutrition is necessary for a healthy body and physical energy, so the right kinds of relationships are critical to living a successful and confident life. If we don't take enough iron, we can develop anemia. Too little calcium leads to bone disease. In the same way, we need the twenty-two relational nutrients essential to a healthy, energized, and productive life.

In People Fuel, Dr. John Townsend—psychologist, leadership consultant, and coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Boundaries—shows you how truly good relationships give you energy, focus, and the support you need to succeed. Through stories and clear applications, Dr. Townsend shows you how to:

• Identify the types of people who can be either energy gains or energy drains
• Receive from relationships the help and support that God intended
• Create higher-quality connections with your family, friends, and coworkers
• Boost your productivity and creativity at work
• Build your essential Life Team

As we learn to tap into these vital nutrients from quality relationships, we will experience more energy, positivity, focus, and the exponential growth to become the confident people God created us to be.

People Fuel is also available in Spanish, Gente que Sume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310346593
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	286,069
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Dr. John Townsend is a nationally known leadership consultant, psychologist, and author, selling over 10 million books, including the New York Times bestselling Boundaries series. John founded the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling and the Townsend Leadership Program. Dr. Townsend travels extensively for corporate consulting, speaking events, and to help develop leaders, their teams, and their families. John and his family live in Southern California and Texas. Visit Dr Townsend.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Purpose of This Book 11

Part 1 Our Relational Foundation 13

1 An Indispensable Truth 15

2 The Path-to-Growth Tree 31

3 The Fruit 38

4 The Trunk of Character 52

5 The Soil Ingredients 57

Part 2 The Nutrients 67

6 Why the Nutrients Are Vital 69

7 Quadrant 1: Be Present 82

8 Quadrant 2: Convey the Good 103

9 Quadrant 3: Provide Reality 121

10 Quadrant 4: Call to Action 137

Part 3 Who Should Deliver Your Nutrients? The Seven Cs 155

11 Coaches: Get the Expertise 157

12 Comrades: Build Your Life Team 167

13 Casuals: Make Great Acquaintances 187

14 Colleagues: Work Productively and Connected 190

15 Care: Provide for Others 195

16 Chronics: Support without Enabling 199

17 Contaminants: Quarantine Yourself and Your Resources 206

Afterword: Take the Fifteen-Day Relationship Challenge 213

Appendix: Emotions List 217

Acknowledgments 219

Notes 221

Editorial Reviews

Healthy relationships are hard to maintain. I'm thankful for discerning guides like John Townsend who give us the tools and insights to foster life-giving relationships. -Gabe Lyons, president, Q Ideas; author, Good Faith

In a world where it's so easy to isolate and hide behind our phones, this book is incredibly valuable. We know that relationships matter, but now we've got a blueprint for how to build the right ones. -Jon Acuff, author, New York Times bestselling Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

Townsend provides a guide for cultivating the relationships that help us reach our potential and pour into the lives of those around us. An essential read for optimizing the relationships in our lives to be our best, most life-giving selves. -Shannon Sedgwick Davis, president and CEO, Bridgeway Foundation; author

Townsend reminds us that all roads lead to healthy, vibrant, and life-giving relationships, a truth I wish I had leaned into in my formative years as a leader, when I had a Ph D in achievement but was at a third-grade level in people. People Fuel helps us to skip a few grades. -Bryan Loritts, author, Insider/Outsider

We often neglect one of God's primary sources of what we need: human relationships. Townsend teaches us a biblical, practical, and research-supported path to providing for, and being provided for by, the right people. -Andy Stanley, senior pastor, North Point Community Church; author

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