Welcome to the John Maxwell Leadership Podcast. My name is Chris Goady and I have the

privilege of co-hosting today with Mark Cole's. We dive into part two of emotional intelligence.

If you're interested in downloading the show notes before you listen today, go visit

Maxwellpodcast.com slash Emotion and there you'll be able to click on the bonus resource

button to be able to download those. Now let's dive into today's lesson on emotional intelligence

by Dr. John C. Maxwell.

The third emotional component is motivation. Here we go. Self-motivation precedes people motivation.

Always has always will. I love it when a leader comes in. John, how do I motivate my people?

That's not the question you'd ask. Let me ask you a question. How self-motivated are you?

I have never known a lazy person motivate anybody. Not one time I've ever looked and seen an

undisciplined person help somebody get disciplined. People do and send your notes what people see.

It's the greatest motivational principle in the world. We are visually attracted to people that

will begin to motivate us. So motivated people, number one, have a drive to achieve.

The first sign is a passion for the work itself. Such people seek out creative challenges,

love to learn, take pride of the job well done. They also display an unflagging energy to do

things better. Passion is contagious and passion is attractive. Passion provides energy.

Number two, motivate people have a clear picture of what is important.

Jack Welp said this statement. Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three priorities of

the organization. If you can't, then you're not leading well. Good stuff. I wrote a book on the

17 laws of teamwork. I don't know if you've read that book or not. But it's a book basically on

teamwork laws that you need to apply to teams so that teams can work effectively.

And one of the laws I have in your notes is the law of the scoreboard. And the law of scoreboard

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