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The School of Greatness

789 Learning to Lead with John Maxwell

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

KEEP REINVENTING YOURSELF. We all go through times of uncertainty. There are periods we don’t understand what’s happening to us, and we feel unsure of our direction. It can make you want to give up. But it’s often when you feel the most lost that you are forced to find your purpose. Once you know your “why,” you can weather any storm. You’ll still feel the wind and the waves, but you don’t lose your course. Use the uncertainty to find your direction. For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with John Maxwell where he shared how a difficult time taught him how to be a leader. John C. Maxwell is a New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 25 million books in fifty languages. In 2014 he was identified as the #1 leader in business by the American Management Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and Inc. magazine. Learn how to use tough times to your advantage in Episode 789. In This Episode You Will Learn: The moment in John’s adult life had the most uncertainty (3:00) The book that changed John’s life (3:30) How scarcity mindset makes for bad leaders (4:00) What gave John purpose (4:30)

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0:00.0

This is 5 Minute Friday!

0:07.0

Let me introduce you to today's guest.

0:12.6

He is an incredible human being.

0:14.8

His name is John C. Maxwell.

0:16.1

He's a number one New York Times bestselling author, Coach, and Speaker who has sold more

0:20.7

than 25 million books in 50 languages.

0:24.9

In 2014, he was identified as the number one leader in business by the American Management

0:30.3

Association and the most influential leadership expert in the world by Business Insider and

0:36.7

Inc. magazine.

0:38.6

He's also been voted the top leadership professional in the world on LeadershipGurus.net for six consecutive

0:44.6

years.

0:45.6

He's trained more than 5 million leaders.

0:47.8

In 2015, he reached a milestone in having trained leaders from every country in the world.

0:53.5

He is the recipient of the Mother Teresa Prize for Global Peace and Leadership from the

0:58.8

Luminary Leadership Network and he speaks each year to Fortune 500 companies, Presidents

1:04.7

of Nations, and many of the world's top business leaders.

1:10.8

I'm curious.

1:17.8

You know, you've had a lot of experience and you've had a lot of lessons, you've met a

1:21.4

ton of people.

1:23.1

You've probably had to reinvent yourself from teenage years to college and beyond and everything

1:30.0

you've done.

1:32.2

I'm curious, what was the moment in your life?

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