Possibility Thinking (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In part one of this two-part series, John Maxwell looks at how we can unleash our enthusiasm and hope to solve problems that seem impossible. John says that unsuccessful people allow circumstances to limit them, while successful people see possibility everywhere. John encourages us to have a positive life stance that acknowledges challenges as they happen but allows us to focus on the positive.
Mark Cole and Richard Chancy follow up John’s talk with a discussion on what it looks like to condition your mind to embrace possibility thinking and how to create environments that foster innovation for your teams.
Possibility thinking is an investment in creating the future of your dreams, so get ready to think big!
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Possibility Thinking Worksheet. You can access the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Possible and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
References:
How Successful People Think by John C. Maxwell
Thinking for a Change by John C. Maxwell
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Richard Chancy here. Welcome to the John Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | We're starting a brand new series this week called Possibility Thinking. |
| 0:15.1 | You can find the link to the notes for this episode by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com, |
| 0:20.0 | 4th slash possible. That's MaxwellPodcast.com 4th slash possible. |
| 0:26.0 | We hope you enjoy. Now here's Dr. John C. Maxwell. |
| 0:36.8 | This week I want to teach you about the energy that you receive from Possibility Thinking. |
| 0:44.1 | I know you got your workbooks out. I know every time we get together you're taking some notes, |
| 0:49.2 | working and looking at those surprises we have for you. Stay right with me because this |
| 0:53.7 | lesson is going to fill you with energy. You see the question is how can you, how can |
| 1:00.7 | I unleash our enthusiasm and how can we unleash our hope in order to find solutions for even |
| 1:08.8 | seemingly impossible situations? Well this is true. Unsuccessful people allow circumstances |
| 1:17.1 | to limit them or successful people see possibilities everywhere. That's what we're going |
| 1:25.2 | to talk about. Having Possibility Thinking, which then begins to release energy. When I |
| 1:32.4 | was a child my mother read to me a lot. She was a librarian and so I have a great love |
| 1:36.7 | for books. She had a great love for books. And one of my favorite stories is a child |
| 1:42.1 | perhaps my favorite was the little engine that could. And you know this story. I loved |
| 1:48.6 | it. In fact when my mother used to read it I used to pretend that I was the engine. |
| 1:52.6 | It looks at this hill and this little engine is wondering if it can really make it to |
| 1:57.9 | the top. As the little engine starts to go up there I think I can't. I think I can't |
| 2:03.8 | think again. I think I can't. And of course at the top this is getting slower I think I |
| 2:09.6 | can. You know I think I can. And then gets to the top. Wow. I thought I could. I thought I |
| 2:19.3 | could. I thought I could. I thought I could. Love the story. I love the story because it |
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