Self-Sabotage: Getting Out of Your Own Way (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
As John Maxwell says, "The hardest person to lead is myself." We're human, which means we are constantly getting in the way of our growth and progress. This week, we're starting a new series that is all about how to recognize and fix the most common self-sabotaging habits in a leader's life. For this series we're diving deep into the John Maxwell vault––so deep in fact, you might notice John still has his Ohio accent! Here we will discover the remedies for getting out of our own way
During the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole and Chris Goede dissect John's lesson, share their takeaways, and encourage us to take the time to recognize the self-sabotaging traits in our own lives so that we can begin to get out of our own way.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Self-Sabotage Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Sabotage and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
References:
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 by John C. Maxwell
Leadershift by John C. Maxwell
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast listeners Mark Cole here. Before we get started today I want to take just a brief moment and |
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| 1:03.1 | Hey, welcome back to the John Maxwell leadership podcast. I am joined today by my friend my partner my co-leader |
| 1:11.7 | Chris Cody and today we're gonna navigate a subject that I believe |
| 1:15.9 | Will help those of you listening to the podcast in an incredible way in fact for two weeks |
| 1:22.3 | We're gonna talk about getting out of your own way |
| 1:26.9 | Now I love just that title. It just says everything in fact |
| 1:30.7 | I kind of want to just pause the podcast recording and I want to just go think about that statement get out of your own way |
| 1:38.1 | Today in leadership reality |
| 1:40.4 | We're seeing leaders struggle with leading differently leading because of adversity leading because of unknowns |
| 1:48.5 | And that's why what John Maxwell has said for years is so true |
| 1:53.6 | He says this the hardest person to lead is myself |
| 1:57.9 | We're human which means we constantly get in the way of our own growth our own progress |
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