Maxwell Leadership Podcast What You Expect is What You Experience
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Jan 28, 2026 
John Maxwell, leadership authority and bestselling author, shows how expectations shape what you experience. He outlines traits of successful expectations and why possibility thinking flips problems into opportunity. Short lessons cover saying yes first, resetting team expectations, and raising the bar over time.
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Expectations Shape What You See
- People generally see what they expect to see, so expectations shape perception and outcomes.
- Successful people set higher-than-normal, self-driven, increasing, and personal expectations.
Set Bold But Believable Expectations
- Set expectations as high as possible while honestly believing they can be realized.
- Unreasonable success requires unreasonable expectations within the bounds of genuine belief.
Expect Problems And Answers
- Expect problems and expect answers; that mindset creates options and perseverance.
- Possibility thinking fuels creativity and keeps you living "on the other side of yes."
