# John Maxwell's #3 Law of Leadership: The Law of Process Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ed-mylett-show-743187/john-maxwell-s-3-law-of-leadership-the-law-of-process Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ed-mylett-show-743187/john-maxwell-s-3-law-of-leadership-the-law-of-process.md Podcast: [THE ED MYLETT SHOW](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ed-mylett-show-743187) Published: 2026-06-18T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/s.gum.fm/s-6924cbc5a0f7aeb98c07279c/traffic.megaphone.fm/GBLL2393206598.mp3 Audio file: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/s.gum.fm/s-6924cbc5a0f7aeb98c07279c/traffic.megaphone.fm/GBLL2393206598.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ed-mylett-show-743187/episodes/john-maxwell-s-3-law-of-leadership-the-law-of-process Duration seconds: 996 ## Resource This is the leadership law that changed the trajectory of my entire family... šŸ“„ ā CLICK HEREā  to Download the free Leadership Workbook and submit your question for our Q&A with John and me. Welcome back to our series on John Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. Law #3 is the Law of Process, and it cuts against everything social media is selling you right now. Leadership develops daily, not in a day. In this episode, John dismantles one of the most damaging myths in leadership: that greatness is an event. He breaks down the critical difference between overestimating the event and underestimating the process, and why so many talented people get stuck, frustrated, and quit before their progress becomes visible. John also draws one of the clearest distinctions I've heard in any leadership teaching: you can make a sudden decision, but you cannot make a sudden change. That is a process. And then he says something I want you to hear: most organizations are trying to microwave their leaders. You can't microwave a leader. You have to crock-pot them. I open this episode with something deeply personal: the story of my father's sobriety, and how his commitment to "one more day" is the most powerful picture of the Law of Process I have ever seen. My dad didn't become the man who changed our family in a single moment. He stacked days. And so do great leaders. Here's what you'll gain from this episode: The Event vs. The Process: Why we consistently overestimate what a single moment will do for us, and why the daily commitment to growth is the only thing that actually builds a leader over time. You Can Make a Sudden Decision. You Cannot Make a Sudden Change: John's sharpest line in the episode, and the distinction that explains why so many people feel stuck even after makinā€¦ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ed-mylett-show-743187/episodes/john-maxwell-s-3-law-of-leadership-the-law-of-process/transcription-requests` ā€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ed-mylett-show-743187/john-maxwell-s-3-law-of-leadership-the-law-of-process.md` ā€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.