Turn Bad into Better: How to Grow From Tough Experiences
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
How can you take something bad and make it better? In today’s episode, John C. Maxwell answers this question and shares a lesson on how you can grow from tough experiences!
After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson sit down to discuss what John shared and give you practical ways to apply it to your life and leadership.
Key takeaways:
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Be intentional in your personal time to do something that will make you better.
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People need encouragement and added value more during difficult times than in any other time.
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What action will I take to improve my situation?
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Turn Bad into Better: How to Grow From Tough Experiences Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/BadtoBetter and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome back to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. This is the podcast that adds value to |
| 0:13.9 | leaders who multiply value to others. My name is Mark Cole, and I'm really excited today for you to |
| 0:20.2 | listen to John Maxwell's lesson. |
| 0:22.2 | In this week's episode, John helps us answer the question, how can I take something bad and make it better? |
| 0:29.7 | In fact, as John will share with you, he's going to give us six things today that will help you take a bad situation and make it better. |
| 0:37.1 | In fact, as I was listening to |
| 0:38.5 | the six things, I was excited because John is going to give you six things that you need to be |
| 0:45.5 | intentional, whether it's bad or good. So I don't want you to say, oh, I don't think I need to |
| 0:51.0 | listen to this. I all think everything's good today. Number one, give me your email address. |
| 0:55.0 | I got a few bad things I want to ship your way. |
| 0:57.3 | But number two, I'm going to give you some things after we debrief that will help you take any situation and make it better. |
| 1:06.6 | I'm going to be joined by my friend and co-host Chris Robinson. |
| 1:10.3 | We're going to help you apply what John shares, and then we're going to give you application to make your life and your leadership better. |
| 1:19.3 | If you would like to download the free bonus resource for this episode or even watch it on YouTube, you can go to Maxwellpodcast.com forward slash bad to better. |
| 1:30.6 | I just like that. |
| 1:31.4 | Bad to better. |
| 1:32.6 | So here we go. |
| 1:33.7 | Here is John Maxwell. |
| 1:41.3 | I'm going to give you a challenge. |
| 1:43.2 | Be one of the few that take a bad experience and turn it into a better experience. |
| 1:49.9 | Now, how are we going to do that? |
| 1:51.2 | So write down that challenge. |
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