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John Maxwell's #4 Law of Leadership: The Law of Navigation
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- THE ED MYLETT SHOW
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- Jun 25, 2026
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When uncertainty hits, people stop and look around for someone who knows where they're going. The question is whether that person is you. 📥 CLICK HERE to Download the free Leadership Workbook and submit your question for our Q&A with John and me. Law #4 of John Maxwell's 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership is the Law of Navigation, and the principle is simple: anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leadership isn't just forward motion. It's knowing where you're headed, selling that destination to the people around you, and keeping everyone moving in one direction when the road gets hard... and it always gets hard. John brings one of his most practical frameworks to this episode: the difference between a travel agent and a tour guide. He breaks down how to tell which one you are, and the steps you need to take to become a true leader and get others to the top with you. John also breaks down the three things every navigating leader must do and he gives a step-by-step framework, PLAN AHEAD, that he developed as a young leader in his twenties and has used for over 25 years. I open this episode with something I've sat with for a long time: what it means to lead on the lonely road, why the narrow path in life and in business is the one worth staying on, and how your job as a leader is to make the destination visible enough that people stay the course even when they can't see it yet. Here's what you'll gain from this episode: Travel Agent vs. Tour Guide: The distinction John draws here will change how you think about your role as a leader and whether the people around you are actually being led or just sent. See More. See Farther. See Before: The three things that separate navigating leaders from everyone else, and why it has nothing to do…