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The Leading Edge: Say Goodbye to Resolutions and
Instead Be Resolute with Six Steps for Success in 2018
By: Nicole Karnowski Are you one of the millions who make a New Year’s resolution in January only to find it has failed after a few weeks? Well you are not alone. One statistic found only 8-percent of people actually kept their resolutions. Another report from Business Insider found that 80-percent of resolutions fail by…
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Real Stories, Real Success:
How a Cancer Diagnosis Inspired a Fuller Life
Donna Loeffler’s journey with the John Maxwell Team began with her breast cancer diagnosis in 2014. During her recovery period, she did a lot of reading, and she found John Maxwell’s book Intentional Living. The book was eye-opening for her, helping her see that she had some negative thinking patterns. Donna realized that there…
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Real Stories, Real Success:
How to Overcome Excuses and Put People First
For years, John Mejia found himself looking for leadership training and ways to improve himself. He went to seminar after seminar and left each one feeling energized, but it always ended a few days later. He knew something was missing. At that time, John was part of a network marketing company and saw John Maxwell…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Striving for More than Motivation
By: Amy Modglin Have you ever listened to a motivational speaker? What made you want to listen to them? What attracted you to go listen to them? Were they talking about something that you were interested in? I have had people ask me if I do motivational speaking. I am a leader who loves questions…
Read MoreReal Stories, Real Success: Finding Exactly Where You Need to Be
Helen Burton had been following John Maxwell for 15 years before the opportunity to join the John Maxwell Team came to her. After doing her research, she decided to dive all-in. “You can’t have one foot in and one foot out,” she says. She soon advanced to Executive Director, knowing intuitively that this “was exactly…
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The Leading Edge:
How to find the best motivational speaker in the world
By: Annica Törneryd If you like to listen to motivational speakers, you have probably heard of Les Brown, one of my personal favorites. Listening to him is simply amazing. It’s almost impossible not to have to stand up straight, with teary eyes and proclaim, “I am the one, I’ve got greatness within.” If you haven’t already…
Read MoreReal Stories, Real Success: How “Living It Out” Brings Results
For over 20 years, when asked what her dream job would be, Amy Modglin would say, “Traveling the world teaching leadership with John Maxwell.” For all that time, she didn’t know that she could join the team. As soon as she found out about the possibility of becoming part of JMT, though, she joined right…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Lasting Motivation
By: Shenan Toote As a physician, I’m constantly learning new things and applying new concepts that affect my level of understanding in healthcare and also the care that I provide to others. Although I love medicine, it involved an arduous and tortuous path for me that left me wondering at times… “Why?” “Why am…
Read MoreWhat this Olympian Sees as her TRUE Win
When Heather Moyse started taking sports seriously in September 2005, she had never lifted weights before. Soon enough, she was pushing the bobsled in selection races to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At this time, her sister sent her a card reading, “When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” With this…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: The Key for Connecting – Kindness Over Courtesy
By: Noel Martinez Are you sure people understand your message the way you intend it? Using the “right words” in the right context, in my experience, is not enough. Being polite and courteous, for example, is necessary but not sufficient to establish a sound communication. In other words, paraphrasing my friend John C. Maxwell, we…
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