How to Deal with Discouragement

Maxwell Leadership Podcast

John Maxwell

Business, Leadership, Education, Johnmaxwell

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re talking about something that every person experiences in their lifetime, but not everyone knows how to deal with it. We’re talking about discouragement. In today’s episode, John Maxwell teaches how to strengthen your resilience by understanding the best practices for dealing with discouragement.

Then, after John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about how we’ve learned to deal with discouragement in our own lives and leadership. As a leader, it’s inevitable that you’ll face difficult times. But it’s important to remember that these moments are opportunities to learn and grow. Don’t let discouragement slow you down. Take the initiative and find ways to push through the struggles together with us on the Maxwell Leadership Podcast.

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “How to Deal with Discouragement Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Discouragement and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”

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0:00.0	Music
0:20.0	Welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast.
0:22.7	This is your podcast and our goal is to add value to leaders who multiply value to others.
0:29.9	My name is Mark Cole. I get the privilege of working alongside John Maxwell and our incredible team helping you and I become better leaders.
0:39.6	Today we're going to talk about something that every person experiences in their lifetime.
0:45.6	They experience it multiple times in leadership.
0:48.8	But to be honest with you, not everybody knows how to deal with it.
0:52.3	I'll even say not everyone knows how to even admit they deal with it.
0:57.4	See, I'm talking about discouragement.
0:59.4	In today's episode, we came to discourage you.
1:02.8	No, I'm just kidding.
1:04.2	In today's episode, John Maxwell teaches us how to strengthen your resilience by understanding the best practices for dealing with discouragement.
1:14.2	Then after John is finished with his lesson, my co-host Tracy Morrill and I will be back to talk about how we've learned to deal with discouragement in our lives in our leadership.
1:26.3	But first, if you'd like to, you can watch this episode on YouTube by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com forward slash YouTube.
1:36.3	Let me say this. If you come over to YouTube for the first time, let us know you're out there. We would love to say hello.
1:42.7	Also, today if you would like to download the bonus resource for this episode, which is a free fill in the blank PDF that accompanies John's lesson,
1:53.1	you can visit MaxwellPodcast.com forward slash discouragement.
1:58.8	And click the bonus resource button.
2:02.0	That's all for now. I promise you, John Maxwell is going to encourage you as he talks about discouragement.
2:10.8	As I have watched attitudes kind of mess up or sag or fail or come short of what they should be,
2:17.6	I've come to the conclusion that what happens is there are some things that really cause people's attitudes to quote be set back.
2:25.0	The first one is discouragement.
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