What You Focus on Expands (Part 1)
Maxwell Leadership Podcast
John Maxwell
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
If what you focus on expands and what you put behind you shrinks, what should you be focusing on in your leadership? This week, we’re starting a two-part series where John Maxwell answers this question and gives you 4 things that you need to put in front of you!
After his lesson, Mark Cole and Chris Robinson discuss what John has shared and offer you practical advice for how you can apply it to your life and leadership.
Key takeaways:
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Spend time with the right people.
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You equip people off of strengths; you counsel people off of weaknesses.
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People need clarity and direction in their lives.
Our BONUS resource for this episode is the What You Focus on Expands (Part 1) Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Expand and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.”
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| 1:39.8 | Hey, welcome to the Maxwell Leadership Podcast. |
| 1:43.0 | Our podcast is truly committed to adding value to you. |
| 1:46.8 | Over the next 35 minutes, our goal is to bring something to your awareness that will make you better, |
| 1:53.4 | that will inspire you, that will, we say, add value to you. Now, I must admit there's a hook to that. |
| 1:59.5 | We want to add value to you so that you will |
| 2:02.4 | multiply value to others. Our goal today at Maxwell leadership is when we add value to you, |
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