The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast is one of my weekly go-to’s for personal growth and leadership development.  Evidently, I’m not alone.  Since its release in July 2018, 7.2 million people have downloaded John’s content.  If you are not listening (and why aren’t you?), click HERE and start today.

Today John released his 100th episode.  I thought it would be appropriate to commensurate this historic moment by giving you his best quotes from the episode.  Also, if you have not purchased his new book The Leader’s Greatest Return: Attracting, Developing, and Multiplying Leaders, click HERE or on the image provided.  In my opinion, it is the second-best book he has ever written behind The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You.

The following are 20 Quotes From The John Maxwell Leadership Podcast’s 100th Episode.  All quotes are from John.

  1. “I amazed at what you can accomplish if you’re consistent in a relatively short time.”
  2. “We do what we do because all we ever wanted to do was add value to leaders who multiply value to others.  It’s so simple and so true… I’m most thrilled by how many people we’ve helped.”
  3. “The thing that makes me happy is we’ve found another vehicle or another way to really help leaders and come into their life and make their life better.”
  4. “One thing that’s got us where we are is we’ve never been selfish with our material.”
  5. “If you set tangible goals, I think that gets old… Successful people hit their goals… What’s life is adding value to people.”
  6. “Personal growth.  That’s the core answer to being relevant and the answer to reinventing yourself.”
  7. “As you develop yourself you grow out of your old ways.”
  8. “I shed old skin all the time.. If I’m always learning and always growing I’m always seeing new ways of doing things and I’m always seeing better ways to do things.”
  9. “There’s always a better way to do things and there’s always an answer.”
  10. “I never defend what I did and sacrifice that for a better way.”
  11. “I’m taken this COVID-19 period of my life to make it one of the best personal growth periods I’ve ever had personally.”
  12. “I’m getting older but what really thrills me is I’m getting better.”
  13. “If you grow, reinvention is a natural byproduct of personal growth… When you get better, you’ll reinvent yourself.”
  14. “When you get good, you will get a brand.”
  15. “The thing that we hold so dear to us which is our security, if we hold onto it beyond its time becomes our detriment.”
  16. “What is in front of me at 73 (years old) is so much more exciting than what’s behind me.”
  17. “I’ve never set out to make a name for myself.  I have set out to add value to people.”
  18. “Today my greatest joy is other people’s success… The reason is very simple.  I’ve already done that.”
  19. “When you’re really growing every day you have something to add value to people.”
  20. “If I develop myself as a leader, that’s addition.  If I develop you, that’s multiplication.”

John has been my spiritual hero since 1990.  Working for him for six years is one of the greatest experiences of my life.  He truly is getting better with age.  Personally, I don’t want to know where I would be without his influence in my life.

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