Welcome 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 you and I, and Tracy

Morrow, my co-host, is going to listen as John Maxwell shares how leaders can be bigger

on the inside than they are on the outside. Now, in full disclosure, this should be about

a five-year series because this is one of my most favorite subjects. It is one that I

failed at miserably in my life at one season of leadership and one that I am most passionate

about in this current season of my life. See, John says that when you're bigger on the inside

than you are the outside, over time, you become bigger on the outside. So, Tracy and I will

listen to John with you, then we're going to come back, we're going to discuss John's lesson

and how you and I can apply it to our life and to our leadership. If you would like to download

the bonus resource for this episode or even watch this episode on YouTube, just visit

MaxwellPodcast.com forward slash bigger. Now, without further delay, let's listen to John

challenge us to be bigger on the inside than we are on the outside. When you're better on the

inside than you are on the outside and you're bigger on the inside than the outside over time,

you will become greater on the outside. I'm just going to pull out the characteristics of an

inside out leader, but you're going to get it real quick. Okay, here we go. Number one, inside

out leaders, here we go, gang, this is so huge. Value people more than position.

One of the ways you can tell your dealing with an inside out leader is they value people more than

position. They're never caught up in their position. Number two, inside out leaders inspire others

because they are inspired by others. You cannot inspire others unless you're inspired yourself.

Number three, inside out leaders are secure enough to appreciate and acknowledge others.

Their security allows them to be able to give credit to the people around them.

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