Facing Fear with Nik Wallenda
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast, Mark Cole and John Maxwell invite daredevil Nik Wallenda on to discuss his new book Facing Fear: Step Out in Faith and Rise Above What's Holding You Back!
John and Nik talk about why fear is so powerful, how to gain confidence under pressure, and the importance of focusing on the solution and staying positive.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Facing Fear Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from the discussion. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/FacingFear and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to the John Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | My name is Mark Cole, CEO and President of John Maxwell. |
| 0:12.0 | And one of the things I love about serving alongside John the last 20 years is the people |
| 0:18.0 | that he introduces me to, people that think bigger, that overcome more, that actually challenge |
| 0:25.0 | us to think beyond ourselves, to dream bigger. |
| 0:29.4 | And today you are going to experience another one of those introductions. |
| 0:34.0 | In fact, I'm sitting in studio here with John Maxwell and John, how are you doing today? |
| 0:38.7 | I'm doing great. |
| 0:39.7 | I'm very excited about this podcast because, you know, Mark, when I met Nick, and we had |
| 0:44.5 | a conversation even before he wrote this book, you know, there are some people you meet, |
| 0:51.0 | and when you're done meeting them, you're just like you're a fan or you're impressed |
| 0:54.3 | or you say, I could never do what that person does. |
| 0:57.8 | And I mean, when I finished Nick, our conversation, I walked out, I thought, okay, you do things |
| 1:03.3 | that I'm never going to do. |
| 1:05.1 | You're doing things I don't even want to ever do. |
| 1:07.9 | And but yet you were so inspirational and I just left feeling so lifted from our conversation. |
| 1:16.5 | And then of course, you wrote your book and now we get you on the podcast for our listeners |
| 1:20.2 | and Mark and I are. |
| 1:22.0 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 1:23.0 | We're very excited. |
| 1:24.5 | And you that are listening, you're not only going to enjoy this conversation, but you're |
| 1:28.9 | going to want to tell others to, you know, to link up because I promise you, Nick will, |
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