Category: 2015 – Maxwell’s 21 Laws

Are you practicing the Law of Priorities?

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good. - Stephen Covey

Leaders never grow to the point where they no longer need to prioritize. Take some time to assess your leadership priorities. Are you spread out all over the place? Or are you focused on the few things that bring the highest reward? I’ve heard it said that the best way to assess your priorities is to evaluate your calendar and your checkbook. Are you pleased with what they reveal about your priorities?

Hopefully, your priorities are aligned with your passions. Nothing energizes a person the way passion does. Tim Redmund put it this way, “There are many things that will catch my eye, but there are only a few things that will catch my heart.”

John Maxwell’s 17th Law of Leadership (Law of Priorities) says that leaders understand that activity is not necessarily accomplishment.

Click here to learn more about that law from the life of Peter in Acts 6.

Solomon and the Law of the Big Mo

Watching the NBA Playoffs this year, I’m struck by how important momentum is. As a Houstonian, I pull for the Rockets. They were down to the LA Clippers 3 games to 1 (including losses by more than 20 points). In the sixth game, they didn’t seem to have any energy. They were playing in LA, so the game was on TV late here in Houston. The Rockets were down by 12 at the end of the third quarter, so I decided to shut it down.

When I woke up, I was surprised to learn that the Rockets outscored the Clippers 40-15 in the 4th Quarter (without their MVP, James Harden, on the court)—in perhaps one of the greatest comebacks & collapses in NBA History! That momentum carried the Rockets to victory in Game 7 on their home floor. Unfortunately, the Warriors carried momentum into and out of the Western Conference Finals against the Rockets to a 4 games to 1 victory…

John Maxwell likes to point out that “Momentum is a leader’s best friend.” In fact, that’s his 16th Law of Leadership.

Click here to learn how Solomon exemplified the Law of the Big Mo.