Posts by Peter Glocker
Prioritizing Your Passion
In today’s world it can be difficult to avoid stretching ourselves too thin. When we focus on too many responsibilities, relationships, and aspirations, we often find ourselves unable to excel in any particular area. For Randy Stroman, setting priorities has always been a struggle. “There are so many things I want to do, and so…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Mastermind Groups Are Like a Fitness Class for Personal Development
By Michael Gueltig Jr., certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker & trainer Having been an educator for nearly ten years, I know what power there is in reading a book with colleagues. It provides a common focus for discussion, a place to learn new ideas, and a group on which to lean and share ideas…
Read MoreChanging Direction
In 2015, Vinodh Jeyaraj had a great job. As a manager, he earned a comfortable living driving his team to achieve results. Everything seemed like it was going the way he wanted until he started reading John Maxwell’s books. “As part of my job I managed a lot of people and there was a time…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: 5 Reasons to Join a Mastermind Group
By Malachi Thompson III, certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker & trainer When you read John Maxwell’s 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, it is very clear that you need to have a deliberate growth plan to ensure you are not simply fantasizing. Mаѕtеrmindѕ are an incredible way to start your intentional growth journey. They can…
Read MoreFrom Success to Significance
William (Bill) Faulkner did all the right things. Throughout his career he worked his way up, earned the right degrees, and took on greater responsibilities the higher up he climbed. He’d always believed that this was the formula for success. But when he started to reach for the next level, it seemed like something was…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Masterminds Change Lives!
By Amy J. Malay, certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker & trainer At the time that I joined The John Maxwell Team, I had no idea what a Mastermind was. Little did I know how much impact this concept would have! As I absorbed all the amazing teaching from the mentors on the team, I…
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The Leading Edge:
24 Months With the John Maxwell Team
By Emmanuel Udo, certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker & trainer The John Maxwell Team (JMT) has had a very profound impact on my life and equipped me to impact other lives through groups referred to as Masterminds. Although I became acquainted with John Maxwell in 2004 when I attended the Million Leaders Mandate Training…
Read MoreDo It Afraid
Before she joined the John Maxwell Team, Monique Pearson was afraid to fail. “I struggled with perfectionism,” she says. A detail oriented people-pleaser, she worried all the time about making sure that everything she did came out exactly like it was supposed to. Eventually, she was so focused on the details she couldn’t focus on…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: From Fear To Fun
There’s no doubt about it. Glossophobia is still the top phobia. It ranks above arachnophobia, acrophobia, and thanatophobia. In simple English, public speaking ranks above the fear of spiders, fear of heights, and fear of death! A Chapman University Survey on American Fears found that 25.3% say they fear to speak in front of a…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: The Risk of Being Funny
By Sonya Etchemendy, certified John Maxwell Team coach, speaker & trainer Do you think you are funny? There was a time that I thought I was until my sense of humor was put to the test in front of 500 people! Early in my career, I was blessed with many different opportunities and I’d jump…
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