Making Today a Better Tomorrow (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2020
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today we begin a new series on The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast called "Making Today a Better Tomorrow." But, this is not just about making today a better tomorrow; it's about making this year a better next year. In this series, John teaches us that tomorrow can be brighter through the daily decisions we make and daily disciplines we practice.
In the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole and Jason Brooks dive into John's lesson and discuss how to close the gap between your decisions and disciplines, and the importance of identifying and living out your values.
Our BONUS resource for this series is the Better Tomorrow Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/BetterTomorrow and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
References:
Change Your World by John C. Maxwell
Today Matters by John C. Maxwell
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to the John Maxwell leadership podcast. We are so glad you have joined us today. |
| 0:12.7 | Today I'm joined in studio with Jason Brooks and he and I are going to take John Maxwell's |
| 0:18.4 | lesson today and apply it to you. Now over the next two weeks, we're going to be sharing |
| 0:24.4 | with you a lesson John did called making today a better tomorrow, making today a better tomorrow. |
| 0:32.1 | And today is part one. Now I love it because this time of the year is the time of year to where |
| 0:39.5 | we try to make this year a better next year. This is the time of year that many of us do year in |
| 0:47.6 | reviews. We kind of review this year in light of wanting to grow and build on next year's plan. |
| 0:55.9 | And it's in that setting that I want to get your mind to not only think like John challenges is in |
| 1:02.6 | this lesson to make today a better tomorrow. But let's take 2020 and let's make 2021 a better year. |
| 1:12.6 | In other words, let's not write off 2020 like I've heard so many people say let's actually make this |
| 1:20.0 | year the year of COVID the year of shutdown the year of polarization. Let's make this year a better |
| 1:29.8 | next year. If you haven't already go to Maxwell podcast.com forward slash better tomorrow to |
| 1:38.2 | download the bonus resource and to take notes with today's lesson. Now we're going to do this in |
| 1:45.1 | two parts because I want to give you plenty of time to go and apply. So listen to John come back |
| 1:51.8 | and join Jason and I as we illustrate and apply John's lesson today. Now here is John Maxwell. |
| 2:11.3 | Basically what I'm going to share with you in this lesson is what I do today has a direct |
| 2:16.8 | relationship with what's going to happen to me tomorrow. And let me put it another way so we |
| 2:22.1 | understand it. What I am today is a result of decisions I made yesterday. In other words, |
| 2:28.4 | everything that I'm enjoying or realizing or suffering from today has something to do with |
| 2:34.8 | decisions and disciplines that I put in order yesterday. So just like yesterday determined today |
| 2:41.1 | today determines tomorrow. So we're going to talk about it. The secret of your success is |
| 2:49.2 | determined by your daily agenda. In other words, what you and I do daily is already determining |
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