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Real Stories, Real Success:
Transforming Within to Transforming the World
Anna Chand joined the John Maxwell Team in June of 2015, deciding it was the perfect fit after many signals and hints to join. The decision to become part of the Team wasn’t difficult. What was difficult was getting out there to build her business once she was a member. Anna was quickly…
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Real Stories, Real Success:
Learning an Unexpected but Valuable Lesson
Annica Törneryd admits that taking on new challenges has always been a part of how she lives her life. So, when the opportunity to join the John Maxwell Team came to her, she joined right away. As it has for so many others, the JMT opened the doors for Annica to become a…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Change Your Perspective, Change Your Influence
As a young teacher, I thought teaching was all about content. I believed that if I knew my stuff and explained it clearly, I would be a successful educator. However, this approach eventually failed me. There came a time when my students couldn’t learn from me. It was the one and only year in…
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Real Stories, Real Success:
Making an Impact on Millennials
Gary Gaffney joined the John Maxwell Team in 2014 ready and eager to use the materials and influence of the John Maxwell brand to make a big impact. In the time since, Gary has built a successful business coaching emerging leaders. His focus is on millennials in the workplace and helping them match their…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Achieving the Dream
Think back to the last time you awoke with a start from a deep sleep because of a dream you were having. Was it a good dream or a bad dream? Did it give you a glimpse of the future? What did you do about that dream? Did you take action, or did you…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Perfectionism: A Lifetime of Playing It Safe
Four years into my doctorate degree, one of my professors asked me a question that I couldn’t answer, but it didn’t have anything to do with our class. I was in the hotel gym at 5:30 am just finishing my work-out on the third day of our residency, and he asked me how I…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: I’ve Got Dreams To Remember
In his song, I’ve Got Dreams To Remember, late soul-singer Otis Redding, painfully croons about his lost love. At some point, Otis and his love were an item, but now, she’s moved on. Otis wails and begs for her to stay, but it is not to be. He knows that he can no longer…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: Failure, Embrace It
Thomas Edison stated, “I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work!” Someone once said, “Failure is nothing more than showing you that you have room for improvement.” Have you ever feared failure? It can be so debilitating! How many people do we see in our lives that experience failure and then just give…
Read MoreThe Leading Edge: I wouldn’t do that if I were you!
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you!” This one short sentence righted my trajectory and set me on track to realize my dream. John C. Maxwell, in his book Put Your Dream to the Test, asks the tenacious question, “Am I moving closer to my dream?” I sure thought I was until someone who…
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Real Stories, Real Success:
Learning to Lean Into Greatness
Angi San Souci joined the John Maxwell Team in 2013 and admits that, at the time, she was “afraid of not just my own shadow, but my own greatness and my potential.” This lack of confidence held her back from attending her International Maxwell Certification Event for nearly two years, as she made the…
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