John Maxwell's #3 Law of Leadership: The Law of Process
6/18/202617 min
This is the leadership law that changed the trajectory of my entire family... 📥 CLICK HERE to Download the free Leadership Workbook and submit your question for our Q&A with John and me. Welcome back to our series on John Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Law #3 is the Law of Process, and it cuts against everything social media is selling you right now. Leadership develops daily, not in a day. In this episode, John dismantles one of the most damaging myths in leadership: that greatness is an event. He breaks down the critical difference between overestimating the event and underestimating the process, and why so many talented people get stuck, frustrated, and quit before their progress becomes visible. John also draws one of the clearest distinctions I've heard in any leadership teaching: you can make a sudden decision, but you cannot make a sudden change. That is a process. And then he says something I want you to hear: most organizations are trying to microwave their leaders. You can't microwave a leader. You have to crock-pot them. I open this episode with something deeply personal: the story of my father's sobriety, and how his commitment to "one more day" is the most powerful picture of the Law of Process I have ever seen. My dad didn't become the man who changed our family in a single moment. He stacked days. And so do great leaders. Here's what you'll gain from this episode: The Event vs. The Process: Why we consistently overestimate what a single moment will do for us, and why the daily commitment to growth is the only thing that actually builds a leader over time. You Can Make a Sudden Decision. You Cannot Make a Sudden Change: John's sharpest line in the episode, and the distinction that explains why so many people feel stuck even after making big commitments. Stop Microwaving Leaders: Why trying to fast-track development creates Pop Tart leaders, and what the crock-pot approach to growing yourself and your team actually looks like in practice. The Secret of Your Success Is in Your Daily Agenda: John's closing principle for the Law of Process: what you do every single day is the single best predictor of who you will become. One More Day at a Time: My personal story about his father's sobriety, and why stacking small, invisible wins is exactly how leaders and families are transformed. 🗓️ New law dropping every Thursday so make sure you're subscribed so you never miss one. Click HERE to Subscribe to my email list to MAXOUT your life (all value, no fluff) Thank you for listening —Please Share it and get the word out! 👉 SUBSCRIBE TO ED'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL NOW 👈 → → → CONNECT WITH ED MYLETT ON SOCIAL MEDIA: ← ← ← ➡️ INSTAGRAM ➡️FACEBOOK ➡️ LINKEDIN ➡️ X ➡️ WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership series, law three, law of process. In today's world, I see a lot of people that wanna be an overnight success. They want instant gratification. I think social media, in a real negative way, has contributed that everybody thinks they can be a millionaire overnight, and if they're not, they feel terrible about themselves because they think they're seeing this on their phone every single day. Someone just became another millionaire. It happens overnight. Everybody seems to want overnight success, but leadership doesn't work that way. Welcome back to our leadership series on John Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Today's principle is the law of process. Leadership develops daily, not in one day. One of the biggest myths about success is that it happens in a single moment. You see these gurus go viral on social media all the time, you know, showing you how overnight or in one moment or there's one key or one thing if you change. And the fact of the matter is you are one decision away from