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🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Ready to discover the key to getting the most benefit out of every experience? In this week's episode, John Maxwell reveals the two "bookends of success" that elevate your preparation and multiply your results!
After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson discuss practical ways to apply John's powerful insights to your daily routines and most important goals.
Key takeaways:
Preparation on the front end and reflection on the back end transform average experiences into powerful growth opportunities.
Realistic thinking is the foundation of effective preparation.
Your expectations determine your preparation.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Bookends of Success Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Bookend and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This podcast, today we are committed to you. We're committed |
| 0:14.9 | to adding value to you. We're committing to resourcing, equipping you, and we ask that you take that |
| 0:20.2 | value and multiply it to others. |
| 0:22.1 | I'm Mark Cole, and today I'm in studio with Chris Robinson. |
| 0:26.8 | I'm telling you what, last year you wrote a book. |
| 0:29.0 | Last year you like changed the world. |
| 0:32.3 | You've got a threshold of book sales that, man, very few get to. |
| 0:37.2 | But here we are our first week of January. Man, how are you doing on your New Year's resolution? Well, you know, just like everybody else. You get started. You kind of do some things, some things that I said that I, you know, you kind of get excited about, you know, this big expansion and vision of what we want to do. And you kind of overestimate your abilities sometimes. But, you know, I'm in the first seven days and we're on track. |
| 0:58.0 | Let's see. big expansion and vision of what we want to do. And you kind of overestimate your abilities sometimes. |
| 0:55.1 | But, you know, I'm in the first seven days and we're on track. |
| 0:58.0 | Let's see if I can make it to 21. |
| 0:59.7 | That's the goal. |
| 1:00.5 | 21. |
| 1:00.9 | 21, that's the number. |
| 1:02.2 | Let's go. |
| 1:03.2 | Those of you that don't know, Chris Robinson is our fearless, incredible leader of a tribe of 59,000 certified coaches, speakers, and trainers, and growing |
| 1:14.1 | every single day. And so, boy, I hope you set some big New Year's resolutions because there's a lot |
| 1:19.3 | of people looking at your leadership right here. Hey, today, speaking of leadership, today John Maxwell |
| 1:24.7 | is going to talk to us about the bookends of success, how you need to |
| 1:29.9 | prepare more and how you need to reflect longer. |
| 1:33.4 | That's just, that's it. |
| 1:34.5 | We're really going to spend our time together, John teaching us how to prepare more, |
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