Welcome to today's episode of the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to leaders who multiply value to others.

My name is Mark Cole. I get the privilege of being the CEO of Maxwell Leadership.

And today we're talking about the difference between successful and unsuccessful people.

Now, don't go there. Don't put yourself in one category and talk about the person listening to this with you and the other category.

Okay, this is not a comparison thing.

But this is a question about success and failure and those being two of the most powerful motivators in a leader's life.

We all strive to become successful in our own way.

But sometimes it can seem like we're doomed to fail.

No matter what we do, no matter how hard we try. So in this episode, John Maxwell teaches the three major differences between successful and unsuccessful people.

Then my co-host Becky Bersell will help me dig deeper into John's lesson and why this lesson is valuable for anyone, all of us,

who is looking to improve our outlook and understand what it takes to be successful.

You're going to also gain some invaluable application that will help you put yourself and your leadership on a pathway to success.

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That's it for now. Now here is John Maxwell.

I want to share with you three major differences between successful and unsuccessful people.

Number one is in the area of thinking.

Here's the difference.

Successful people daily think realistically about their problems and positive ways to approach them, very simply stated.

Successful people daily think realistically about their problems and positive ways to approach them.

In fact, Max DePri, a great leadership writer, says the first responsibility of a leader is to define realism.

Now, successful people, what do they do? They think realistically about their problems and positive ways to approach them.

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