The Optimistic Leader
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Today, John Maxwell is shares a lesson on The Optimistic Leader. You see, aligning yourself with an optimistic mindset can help you be a better leader and lead to greater levels of success in your organization. But applying optimism to your daily mindset is easier said than done. So, let John Maxwell show you the way.
After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Becky Bursell reflect on how optimism has helped them become better leaders, and they share some practical ways you can apply this lesson to your own leadership.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the “Optimistic Leader Worksheet,” which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Optimistic and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to leaders who multiply value to others. |
| 0:27.0 | My name is Mark Cole and today John Maxwell is going to be sharing a lesson on the optimistic leader. |
| 0:34.0 | I can tell you after 23 years of being on his team there is none more equipped. |
| 0:40.0 | None more just ready to be able to teach a message that he lives than John Maxwell teaching on optimism. |
| 0:48.0 | You see, aligning yourself with an optimistic mindset can help you be a better leader and lead to greater levels of success in your organization. |
| 0:59.0 | After John's lesson I will be joined by my co-host Becky Bersell, another optimistic leader, as we reflect on how optimism has helped us become better in our leadership, better in our lives, better in our perspective. |
| 1:14.0 | We'll also share some practical ways that you can apply this lesson to your own life to your own leadership. |
| 1:21.0 | If you haven't done so yet, please check out this podcast on YouTube by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com forward slash YouTube. |
| 1:30.0 | Also be sure to download the free fill in the blank PDF we've created for you to help you take notes and follow along. |
| 1:39.0 | You can do that at MaxwellPodcast.com forward slash optimistic. |
| 1:45.0 | That's it, here's Mr. Optimism himself. Enjoy John Maxwell. |
| 1:50.0 | Find the benefit in every bad experience. |
| 1:54.0 | What's the benefit in every bad experience? The character trait in this one is optimism. |
| 1:59.0 | The ability to see life from what I would call the sunny perspective. |
| 2:04.0 | I've tried this at conferences, in fact I'll try this here. I ask people all the time, how many of you have ever had a bad experience in the room? |
| 2:12.0 | Have you had a bad experience? How many of you had a bad experience in the last week? |
| 2:16.0 | This morning, we're getting personal here. We won't go any closer than that. |
| 2:19.0 | I didn't say point to your bad experience. I just said how many of you had one. |
| 2:24.0 | But for some of us it's very easy. When I ask them, is everybody had a bad experience? |
| 2:28.0 | Do you know what I find? I find that we go from 100% of our devices. |
| 2:33.0 | Yeah, I've had a bad experience. Let me tell you my hard luck story. |
| 2:37.0 | We all have them. But when I say have you found the benefit of the bad experience, the hands go down to about 20%. |
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