And the Hey, welcome back to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to leaders who multiply value to others.

My name is Mark Cole and today John Maxwell, Chris Gody, and I will continue a two-part series on the 10 Secrets to Success.

Now at the end of today's teaching, John is going to ask you to rank all 10.

So you don't have to press pause yet if you haven't heard episode one but you're

going to want to go back and hear the first part and link this together so that

you too can experience success in your life and your leadership.

After John's lesson today, my co-host Chris Gody and I will join up to discuss the lesson and offer practical ways that you can apply it to your life and to your leadership.

If you'd like to watch this episode on YouTube or download the free bonus resource for this episode just visit Maxwell

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Number six successful people who realize their dreams learn to analyze details. They get all the facts,

all the input, they learn from their mistakes. A minute of thought is worth more than

an hour of talk.

Emerson said, beware, when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another

on analyzing and the details. One of the things I request is every month to get monthly reports from all the managers

and all the financial data because I found out that it tells me a story.

I can sit for a half a day and read all the reports, look at all the

financial data, and then I can ask some great questions. Because there's a story there.

And successful people learn to see the numbers, they learn to hear the story,

and they learn to pick out and see what's important.

Number seven, focus your time and money. In other words, don't let other people or things distract

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