Leadership Rhythm: When to Push, Pull, or be Patient
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Ever wondered what dancing and effective leadership have in common? It’s all about rhythm. In this episode, John Maxwell is sharing how you can know when to push your people, when to pull them, and when to be patient with them in the process.
After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about what John has shared, as well as give you practical advice for how you can apply it to your personal life and leadership.
Key takeaways:
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When you push people, you make pioneers out of them.
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It's easy to lose focus on long-term goals when you get caught up in putting out daily fires.
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Continually build your ability to read what approach your team needs from you as their leader in the moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you spending your wills on suboptimal task? Do you spend more time putting out fires than planning for long-term goals? |
| 0:07.9 | It's so easy to lose yourself and your daily momentum with little tasks that take you off focus. |
| 0:14.8 | Here's the truth. Your time is too valuable to waste on pesky notifications, calendar invitations, and missed deadlines. |
| 0:23.6 | Just because it all has to get done doesn't mean it all needs to be done by you. |
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| 0:45.8 | you can focus on the tasks that matter. |
| 0:49.0 | If you're looking for new ways to reclaim your time while still maximizing your team's |
| 0:53.3 | productivity, |
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| 1:06.4 | With these tips, you'll be back to doing what you do best in no time. |
| 1:12.3 | Just text the word Maxwell to 55123 for your free copy today. That's M-A-X-W-E-L-L to 55-1-2-3 to start accomplishing more while juggling less with Belay. Welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 1:36.6 | We are so excited that you're viewing and or listening today. |
| 1:41.9 | Our podcast really is committed to adding value to you. And that's exactly |
| 1:45.4 | what we want to do today with the caveat that you'll go multiply that same value to others. |
| 1:52.3 | I'm Mark Cole. And today, John Maxwell is going to help us figure out how to lead people better. |
| 1:58.7 | In fact, John's going to teach us how to know when to push people, |
| 2:02.6 | when to pull people, and when to be patient with them. Yes, I use the bad P word with some of you |
| 2:09.9 | leaders. There is a time for patience. Now, after this lesson, my co-host, Tracy Morrow, |
| 2:16.8 | is going to be helping me and joining me to offer help to you, |
| 2:22.4 | advice to you on how you can apply what we've learned from John today to your life and to your leadership of others. |
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