Life Lessons From John Maxwell's Father - Part 1
Episode 113 of the The Help Made Millionaire Podcast podcast, hosted by Joel Dunn, titled "Life Lessons From John Maxwell's Father - Part 1" was published on October 14, 2020 and runs 17 minutes.
October 14, 2020 ·17m · The Help Made Millionaire Podcast
Summary
Today's conversation between Chad Kneller, Martevious Young and I is in response to a talk from John Maxwell about lessons from his father Melvin. He truly learned a tremendous amount of the wisdom he teaches and walks in from his father, which makes this legacy series so powerful. Over the next few episodes, we will dive into this series and really look at everything he learned and how we can apply those principles in our own lives to leave an amazing legacy of our own. Here are some of the high points from this first episode: You are a PERSON OF VALUE! From that perspective, we each CAN choose to add value to the people around us EVERY single day! People will forget what you said and what you did, but they won't forget how you made them feel. This isn't complicated - noticing someone and engaging them in a thoughtful conversation can go a long way! Travel light: You can't carry a bunch of baggage to the mountain of success. There is so much that we tend to carry that compounds the difficulty of every step we take toward where we are called to go. Pray without ceasing. Have an ongoing conversation with God. Give God the opportunity to intervene by bringing your concerns to him in prayer! If you would prefer to watch this episode on YouTube, check it out here: https://youtu.be/DXYrdafg3G0 Build people up even when they are trying to tear you down -- take the HIGH ROAD! You are always leading people somewhere - so where are the people you are leading headed? Sometimes your life will be the only Bible that people around you will get to read.
Episode Description
Today's conversation between Chad Kneller, Martevious Young and I is in response to a talk from John Maxwell about lessons from his father Melvin. He truly learned a tremendous amount of the wisdom he teaches and walks in from his father, which makes this legacy series so powerful. Over the next few episodes, we will dive into this series and really look at everything he learned and how we can apply those principles in our own lives to leave an amazing legacy of our own.
Here are some of the high points from this first episode:
You are a PERSON OF VALUE! From that perspective, we each CAN choose to add value to the people around us EVERY single day! People will forget what you said and what you did, but they won't forget how you made them feel. This isn't complicated - noticing someone and engaging them in a thoughtful conversation can go a long way!
Travel light: You can't carry a bunch of baggage to the mountain of success. There is so much that we tend to carry that compounds the difficulty of every step we take toward where we are called to go.
Pray without ceasing. Have an ongoing conversation with God. Give God the opportunity to intervene by bringing your concerns to him in prayer!
If you would prefer to watch this episode on YouTube, check it out here: https://youtu.be/DXYrdafg3G0
Build people up even when they are trying to tear you down -- take the HIGH ROAD!
You are always leading people somewhere - so where are the people you are leading headed?
Sometimes your life will be the only Bible that people around you will get to read.
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