How to Handle Resistance (Part 1)

Maxwell Leadership Podcast

John Maxwell

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🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking about something that every leader has experienced, is currently experiencing, and will experience throughout their life. We’re talking about resistance. One fundamental law of physics says that movement creates friction. So, if you’re a growing leader, a leader who is creating powerful, positive change, then you will experience resistance as well. But, as Jon Kabat-Zinn says, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” The same goes for resistance––it’s inevitable. But are you the kind of leader who will succumb to it, or will you work through it?

In this series, John Maxwell teaches thirteen ways to handle resistance. Then Mark Cole and Becky Bursell dig into some of the ways resistance has shaped their leadership and has taught them to be better leaders.

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

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to
0:22.2	leaders who will multiply value to others. I'm Mark Cole and today we're talking about
0:28.1	something that every leader has experienced. Every leader is probably currently
0:34.5	experiencing and by the way you're going to experience it some more in your
0:37.7	life and in your leadership. I'm talking about resistance. One fundamental law of
0:43.7	physics says that the movement of something or some one creates friction. So if
0:50.9	you're a growing leader, a leader who is creating powerful positive change, then
0:56.4	guess what? Newsflash, get excited, you're going to experience resistance as well.
1:03.0	But as John Kabatzen says, you can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf. The same goes for
1:09.6	resistance. It's inevitable. But are you the kind of leader who will succumb to it or will you walk
1:16.2	through it? In this series we're going to do two parts of John Maxwell teaching on 13 ways
1:23.3	to handle resistance. Then my co-host Becky Bersell and I, we're going to dig into some of the
1:29.1	ways resistance has shaped us and how it's taught us to be better leaders. If you would like
1:35.2	to download this episode's bonus resource, please go to Maxwellpodcast.com forward slash resistance.
1:44.3	This resource is a fill in the blank PDF, it's free and it accompanies John's lesson and makes it
1:51.3	easier for you to capture notes. Also, if you would like to watch this episode on YouTube,
1:57.3	please go to Maxwellpodcast.com forward slash YouTube and be sure to leave us a comment.
2:04.4	Now here we go, grab a pan, grab a paper, here is John Maxwell.
2:14.4	If you're a parent of any teenager, you understand resistance.
2:19.3	Okay. I mean there's no such thing as a teenager that is born to be compliant.
2:31.6	For you that have teenagers or you have kids that are going to become teenagers,
2:35.2	my prayers are with you. Now don't despise those years, some of the teenagers are just,
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