Stop Meaning Well, Start Living Well
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Maxwell Leadership Podcast, John Maxwell teaches why good intentions aren't enough—and how real growth begins when you choose intentional living. You'll discover the difference between passivity and purposeful action, and how intentional listening can transform your relationships and your leadership.
After John's lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow unpack how to apply these ideas in leadership, communication, and personal development. Together, they explore practical ways to overcome procrastination, practice active listening, and bring accountability into your growth journey!
You'll learn how to:
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Move from good intentions to intentional action
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Turn reflection into growth and momentum
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Apply active listening to strengthen connection and influence
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Build accountability into your daily leadership habits
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Embrace intentional living to achieve long-term success
🎯 BONUS RESOURCE: Download the Stop Meaning Well, Start Living Well Worksheet with fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching at MaxwellPodcast.com/LivingWell and click "Download the Bonus Resource."
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 0:10.5 | We are going to add value to you today and then expect you to go multiply that value out. |
| 0:17.6 | So many of you come up to me whenever I meet you at some event or in some city |
| 0:22.6 | and you say, hey, I listen to the podcast in community. In fact, we take your podcast and we |
| 0:30.2 | learn it and apply it to our team meetings. And so for all of you that are listening together, |
| 0:36.1 | way to go. Way to inspire all of us to do that. |
| 0:39.5 | Today we're going to talk about stop the meaning well syndrome and start living well. |
| 0:46.3 | And I'm super excited about getting to that and getting to John's content. |
| 0:50.7 | But Tracy is with me today. |
| 0:52.5 | Tracy, I'm so glad you're here. How are you doing? |
| 0:55.9 | What are you excited about these days? I am doing well. I am excited about many things, but the thing |
| 1:01.4 | I'm most excited about right now is we are on baby watch. We have a couple granddaughters who are |
| 1:07.1 | on the way and one who is on the way any day now. |
| 1:13.7 | So we are very excited about that. |
| 1:16.2 | Yes, grandbabies, grandbabies. |
| 1:16.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:21.3 | You make grandparenting just absolutely awesome. |
| 1:25.5 | Stephanie and I, we're taking a different approach to grandparenting. |
| 1:31.7 | And so when you say I'm excited about another grandchild, I go, oh, Lord, no, no, no, not right now. |
| 1:35.7 | Definitely not have four that keeps us extremely busy. |
| 1:39.3 | And so, yeah, I'm super excited about that. |
| 1:42.9 | Super excited because, I mean, we're in the middle of gratitude week. |
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