Chick-fil-A Leadercast 2012: John Maxwell
Choices
• We make a decision that is important then we manage it the rest of our life!
When I was asked what my growth plan was back in my 20’s I had nothing to say because I had none, I did not know that I needed one.
• Growth is not automatic, it requires intentionality
• “15 Laws of Personal Growth”, John’s new book coming out this fall.
First 4 Laws of Personal Growth
Law #1: Law of Intentionality-growth doesn’t just happen, we have to grow on purpose
• We must make a choice to grow!
• For years I never found a person that did have a personal growth plan
• We don’t automatically get better.
• We don’t automatically grow.
• Only thing automatic in life is death.
• There’s a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind the choice you make, makes you. John Wooden
• His dad paid him to read good books from junior high up, not paid an allowance to do chores
• I will put my money where my values are!
• My Dad put good books in my hand.
• My father was very intentional about helping us grow.
• James Allen-“As a man thinkith” Book
• We want to change everything around us except us!
• Everything gets better when we get better
• You have to crock pot leaders, it is a process, you must intentionally grow leaders.
Key to this law: The secret to growing intentionally is growing every day
• My Secret of success is determined by my daily agenda
• Be intentional every day
• Your Growth Plan must be: Simple, Basic, Practical, Applicable so you can do it every day.
• Daily learn how to grow and develop myself
• Your greatest investment that you will ever make is in yourself, your personal growth.
• If you wouldn’t bet on yourself, then why should anyone else?
• You want to bet on yourself and investing in your personal growth is betting on yourself.
• Make a decision to live daily a life of personal growth and development
Law #2 Law of Awareness
• I have to know me to grow me
• How do I do this?
#1 Requirement?
• What is required of me?
• What do I have to do?
• What is expected of me in life?
2. Return?
• What gives me the greatest return?
• What do I do well?
• Strength Zone, what is your strengths?
• I work on what I do well
• Take your personal growth effort and put it to your strengths, focus on your strengths!
• Weak only becomes average after lots of work, no one wants to be just average
• Discover what you do well and then put all your energy into developing what you do well
• If you work on your strength then you can become excellent!
• You can become the best you that you can become if you focus on your strengths.
#3 Rewarding?
• What is rewarding to me?
• What do I enjoy doing?
• Find what you like doing.
• I have a problem, I can’t discern between what is work and what is play.
• I love what I do.
Add these three up and you get Passion!
• When people have passion they have energy
• I love being around people with passion
#4 Law of Environment
• Growth thrives in condusive surroundings
• Many of us are not in a good growth environment
What Makes Up A Growth Environment?
1. Growth environment is a place where others are ahead of me, smarter, faster, better leader, etc
• If you are at the head of the class you are in the wrong class
2. Place where I am continually challenged.
3. Place where my focus is totally forward, yesterday ended last night, it is over get over it, not where I was, it is where I am heading
4. Place where atmosphere is affirming, like minded, growth oriented and directed.
5. Place where I am often out of my comfort zone, over my head, doesn’t matter how deep it is, you are over you head
• Always want to be out of comfort zone, it will cause you to stretch, but not out of your strength zone
6. Growth environment is a place where I am excited everyday
7. A growth environment is a place where it is understood that failure is not my enemy, there will be a lot of failure, lots of mess ups, learn to fail forward.
8. A growth environment is a place where other people are growing.
9. A growth environment is a place where people desire change.
10. A growth environment is a place where growth is modeled and it is expected of me to grow.
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