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Jun 2024
42m 30s

Success - Keep It Simple

JOHN MAXWELL
About this episode

Simplicity is the key to communicating direction clearly and effectively to those you lead. So, the question is, what does “simple” look like in leadership and how can you achieve it? John C. Maxwell is going to teach you all about this in today’s episode! 

After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow talk about how you can apply what you’ve learned to your life and leadership.

Key takeaways: 

  • Genius: the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple. 

  • Simple doesn’t work if simple doesn’t relate. 

  • You don’t have to start off well, you just have to begin. 

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Success: Keep It Simple Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John’s teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/KeepItSimple and clicking “Download the Bonus Resource.” 

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