John Maxwell: Chick-fil-A Leadercast Blast The Past
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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