The Leading Edge: Does it Fire You up?

By: Cornelia Steinberg As a young child growing up in the 60s in Germany, I had a dream. I saw myself living in the USA. I had no idea where that dream came from. I would go around and tell people that I would be moving to the US when I am older. Of course,…

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The Leading Edge: Do I Clearly See My Dream?

By: Dennis LaRue, Jr. In the book Put Your Dreams to the Test, John C. Maxwell asks the question, “Do I clearly see my dream?”  It’s a simple question, a thought-provoking and life-altering question. It’s the type of question that could lead an introspective person into a deep contemplative state for days until answered. It’s…

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Real Stories, Real Success:
Setting the Foundation for Success

Bob and Nancy Kittridge are a husband-and-wife coaching team, both of whom have been members of the John Maxwell Team since 2011. Their true passion, and the path that their JMT experience has led them on, is in getting back to basics by helping build a foundation for other people’s success. They started out coaching…

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The Leading Edge: Living with Intentionality

By: Amy Modglin May I take a moment and share with you my favorite John Maxwell book? It is Intentional Living, and I am sure he wrote this book just for me. It resonates with my life story and has upped the ante for me in my life journey of living a life that matters.…

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The Leading Edge: Changing Your Reflection Can Change Your Story

By: Anza Goodbar In John Maxwell’s New York Times Best Seller The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth, he says, “You shouldn’t be too concerned about what others might think of you. You should be more concerned about what you think of yourself.” Chapter 3, The Law of the Mirror, paved the way to reframing past…

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The Leading Edge: The Importance of Changing Your Mind

By: Sandra Kay Reynolds In my favorite book by John C. Maxwell, Thinking for a Change, John tells a very important lesson that every great leader must learn. The chapter on shared thinking is crucial to understanding leadership, mainly because John didn’t always hold this belief. John says, “Only reluctantly did I work on ideas…

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The Leading Edge: When You’re Winning, Nothing Hurts!

By: Craig Ratliff It was a bitter cold and rainy morning. Jim was already twenty minutes behind schedule and, just his luck, traffic was horrible on the way to the office that morning, but he was convinced that things would get a lot better as the day went on. All he needed to do was…

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The Leading Edge: Building my Team on Trust

By: Katin Keirstead Are you at work? Look around you- do you see people? In every industry, in every specialty, in every corner of the globe, people find themselves relying on others to get important jobs done. And while many of us like to believe that our success is solely a product of our own…

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The Leading Edge: Getting “Me” Out of the Way

By: Ebowo Akin-Ojo I have always known John Maxwell, from afar. You just do, he is The Leadership Guru.   Then I was faced with real-time leadership complexities and found myself going to John for advice, through his books. I even had times when I felt “Ugh! Tell me about it, John. You couldn’t possibly…

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