Do you know why you want to lead? What drives your interactions with people? These are critical questions every leader must ask themselves for the good of those they lead — and in today's episode, John Maxwell is walking you through how to examine your motives as a leader!

After John's lesson, Mark Cole unpacks John's teaching points so you can apply them directly to your life and leadership.

Key takeaways:

• Motivation is about mutual advantage and empowering people, while manipulation is about personal gain and controlling people.

• Most aspiring leaders want to lead and be loved, but sometimes, they are mutually exclusive.

• To keep your leadership motives in check, regularly serve others without a title or position.

Our BONUS resource for this episode is the Your Motives Matter Worksheet, which includes fill-in-the-blank notes from John's teaching. You can download the worksheet by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/MotivesMatter and clicking "Download the Bonus Resource."

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