Tests of Timing (Part 2)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In part two of our Tests of Timing series, John Maxwell shares the role that mentors and past victories play in helping you make timing decisions. He also shares that well timed decisions require courage, emotional stamina, passion, and ownership.
In the application portion of this episode, Mark Cole and Jason Brooks share what they are learning from their mentors right now, the strategies they're using to generate momentum, and how they discern courageous decisions from reckless decisions.
Our BONUS resource for this series is the Test of Timing Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Timing and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
References:
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
Leadershift by John C. Maxwell
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions by John C. Maxwell
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to another episode of the John Maxwell leadership podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | Now, if you're a regular, you know that we are in part two of the test of timing series. |
| 0:18.7 | If you're new, where have you been? |
| 0:21.3 | We are so glad that you have made it, but you do want to go back maybe not right now, |
| 0:27.9 | after you listen this lesson, you want to go back and listen to part one of the test of timing |
| 0:33.2 | series. Sometime ago, John Maxwell did a talk about leaders, and really it was for some of us |
| 0:39.7 | leaders that are not naturally gifted in the area of intuition or in the area of the law of timing. |
| 0:48.0 | And so John did a talk about building the right environment to make correct timing decisions. |
| 0:55.3 | So we decided in this time of uncertainty and the times of crises that we should bring this |
| 1:02.6 | lesson to you. John is just getting ready now to teach the next three parts of making the right |
| 1:11.4 | environment. Jason Brooks is with me today in studio via Zoom, and we are going to break that |
| 1:19.7 | down for you when John is done teaching. So if you would like to download the worksheet, |
| 1:25.8 | go to Maxwellpodcast.com forward slash timing, and you'll click on the bonus resource button, |
| 1:34.4 | print out the worksheet, and follow along as John teaches part two test of timing, |
| 1:41.0 | building the right environment. Here is John Maxwell. |
| 1:53.2 | Number four, we not only have the opportunities before us and the influencers behind us, |
| 1:59.8 | the needs around us, but number four talks about here's another timing question and issue, |
| 2:05.4 | and that is the mentors beside us. What kind of mentors do I have at this time in my life that will |
| 2:12.6 | help me if I make this timing decision? Emerson said our chief aim in life is somebody who will make |
| 2:20.0 | us do what we can. And experience, you've heard me probably say this before, experience is not |
| 2:25.9 | the best teacher. Whenever you hear somebody say, well, experience the best teacher, just understand |
| 2:30.6 | that they like clichés, but they don't have a clue. Experiences in the best teacher, |
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