John C. Maxwell: “The First Person to Cause Me Problems is Myself.”
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Sean Croxton
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🗓️ 9 December 2025
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
John Maxwell unpacks the Mirror Principle—the idea that healthy relationships begin with honest self-examination. Before fixing others, we must understand, accept, and improve ourselves. Maxwell shares timeless lessons on self-awareness, self-image, responsibility, and the power of personal change to transform every relationship.
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| 0:46.6 | If you can't get along with yourself, if you have a poor self-image, I can promise you. |
| 0:53.6 | You'll never get along with a lot of people, and you'll never be able to believe in them because you don't believe in yourself. |
| 1:10.7 | Welcome back to the Quote of the Day Show. I am your host, Sean Croxton of the day show. |
| 1:14.8 | I am your host Sean Croxton of Sean Croxton.com. |
| 1:17.9 | We got John C. Maxwell on this show today. |
| 1:24.1 | He's going to share one of his people principles, which is the mirror principle. |
| 1:25.5 | You got to take a look in the mirror. And today's feature quote is this. |
| 1:28.8 | The first person to cause me problems is myself. I'll let him tell you what that means. |
| 1:36.5 | John Maxwell's coming up. People principle number two. The mirror principle. |
| 1:46.2 | The mirror principle says, |
| 1:48.6 | the first person we must examine is ourselves. |
| 1:52.3 | And coping with difficult people, |
| 1:54.0 | I love this quote, |
| 1:55.1 | coping with difficult people is always a problem, |
| 1:57.4 | especially if the difficult person happens to be you. |
| 2:02.9 | The question I must ask myself, have I examined myself and taken responsibility for who I am? |
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