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There’s a point where working harder stops being the answer. If every decision, every problem, and every result depends on you, you may not be building a stronger team—you may be building a ceiling.

In this episode of our leadership series on John Maxwell’s The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, we explore Law #20: The Law of Explosive Growth.

The principle is simple: to add growth, lead followers. To multiply growth, develop leaders.

But making that shift requires more than delegation. It means moving from doing everything yourself to developing people who can think, decide, and lead without you. It means trading some short-term efficiency for long-term capacity—and becoming comfortable watching the people you develop surpass you.

You’ll hear John Maxwell explain nine key differences between leaders who develop followers and leaders who develop leaders, including their desires, focus, priorities, attitude, and impact. We also explore how to put this law into practice, whether you’re leading a business, coaching a team, raising children, or mentoring someone with untapped potential.

IN THIS EPISODE:
• Why being indispensable can become a trap
• The difference between delegating tasks and developing leaders
• Why great leaders want to be succeeded—not just needed
• How focusing on strengths helps people move beyond average
• The difference between spending time with people and investing in them
• How to build influence that reaches beyond your own capacity
• Practical ways to help someone lead without you

THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
Choose one high-potential person in your life and invest in them intentionally.

Ask yourself:
• What are they already good at?
• What leadership potential do I see in them?
• What responsibility are they ready for?
• What am I doing for them that they could learn to do themselves?

Give them responsibility, share how you think, and review their process and results together. The goal isn’t simply to get the job done. It’s to develop someone who can lead the job next time without you.

Who believed in your potential before you believed in yourself? Share your story in the comments.

Subscribe for more episodes in our leadership series, and share this conversation with someone who’s ready to stop doing everything and start developing leaders.

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What if the stress you believe is driving your success is actually holding you back?

In this episode of The Ed Mylett Show, I sit down with New York Times bestselling author Yung Pueblo, also known as Diego Perez, for a powerful conversation about emotional healing, inner peace, and achieving more without living in constant tension.

For years, I believed that worry and chaos were part of what made me successful. Diego challenges that belief and explains why a calm mind can unlock greater creativity, clearer decisions, and a more powerful way to pursue your goals. You don’t have to choose between ambition and peace.

Diego also shares the deeply personal story of growing up amid financial hardship, using drugs and alcohol to escape his emotions, and the night that nearly cost him his life. What followed wasn’t an overnight transformation. It was a commitment to honesty, small daily changes, and eventually a meditation practice that changed his relationship with himself.

We explore how to stop feeding anxious thoughts, become more present with the people you love, and recognize the difference between working through pain and repeatedly reliving it. We also discuss his book, Journey: The Year That Changes Everything, and how daily reflection can help you move from reacting to life to living with intention.

You don’t need to hit rock bottom to begin changing your life. You can start where you are.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
• What equanimity means—and why peace doesn’t require perfect circumstances
• How to experience difficult emotions without feeding the stories attached to them
• Why calmness can strengthen your ambition instead of weakening it
• How childhood experiences can shape patterns of worry and tension
• Two practical ways to become more present with the people you love
• The difference between understanding your past and changing your response to it
• How silence and Vipassana meditation can cultivate awareness, non-reaction, and compassion
• How to recognize when to take action, practice patience, or change direction
• Why the labels you give yourself don’t have to define your future

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Your past is part of your story—but it doesn’t have to write your next chapter.

In this Saturday Mashup with Ed Mylett, we explore how the stories you tell yourself, the meaning you attach to your experiences, and the perspective you bring to each day can shape the direction of your life. If you’ve been feeling stuck, replaying old setbacks, questioning your potential, or letting worry take over, this episode offers encouragement and practical ideas for moving forward. It’s a reminder that growth isn’t reserved for a certain age or stage of life. You can challenge an old belief, build a new pattern, and begin creating a different future.

Through personal reflections and conversations with Tom McCarthy, Dr. Caroline Leaf, and Dr. Ethan Kross—plus a featured clip of Tom Brady discussing his parents’ support—this mashup brings together lessons on identity, confidence, emotional awareness, and personal reinvention.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Recognize the narrative you’ve been living—and ask whether it still serves you.

• Explore how the meaning you give an experience can influence your response.

• Understand the role of encouragement in parenting, leadership, and self-belief.

• Hear Tom McCarthy discuss changing old patterns and rehearsing a new story.

• Explore Dr. Caroline Leaf’s approach to thinking, feeling, choosing, and self-regulation.

• Shift your perspective from past limitations toward future possibilities.

• Hear Dr. Ethan Kross explain expressive writing, inner chatter, and tools for managing emotions.

• Discover a different way to approach worry and “mental time travel.”

• Reflect on faith, resilience, and the choice to keep growing throughout your life.

You don’t have to pretend that difficult experiences never happened. The invitation is to consider what they mean for you now—and whether the story you carry forward leaves room for the person you want to become.

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When to lead is just as important as what to do. In this episode, we break down John C. Maxwell's 19th Irrefutable Law — The Law of Timing — and why it separates intelligent leaders from wise ones.

You can make the right decision, with the right people, for the right reasons, and still get the wrong result — simply because your timing was off. Timing is everything.

In this video, you'll learn:

• Why the right action at the wrong time equals resistance (not success)

• The four outcomes every leader faces: disaster, mistake, resistance, or success

• A historical case study: how timing brought Jimmy Carter into office — and took him out

• The 7 qualities timing requires: understanding, maturity, confidence, decisiveness, experience, intuitiveness, and preparation

• 7 indicators that tell you when it's time to make the big decision

• A practical weekly "rep" — 5 questions to evaluate your next major decision or conversation

This week's challenge: Pick one decision or conversation you know is coming. Ask yourself:

1 Is this action right?

2 Am I emotionally ready?

3 Are the people involved ready?

4 What happens if I move now?

5 What happens if I wait?

Then decide: Move, Prepare, or Wait — but put a date on it. Undefined waiting easily becomes avoidance.

Don't confuse impatience with courage, or procrastination with patience. What you do matters — but when you do it can change everything.

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Emmy Award-winning journalist, television personality, and two-time New York Times bestselling author Maria Menounos joins the show for a deeply personal conversation about healing, loss, and finding your true purpose. Maria opens up about the decade-long barrage of challenges she faced — a brain tumor, losing her mother, a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and Type 1 diabetes — and how each one redirected her toward the life she was meant to live. She and Ed discuss the identity crisis that comes with caregiving and loss, how to know when it's time to walk away from a career that no longer fits, and why a health crisis became her "get out of jail free card" to finally pursue her soul's calling.

In this episode, you'll learn:

- How to know when it's time to walk away from a career that looks perfect on paper but doesn't fit your soul
- The "wonder over worry" tool Maria used while facing pancreatic cancer during pregnancy — and how Ed is already applying it
- How to stop bracing for the next bad thing when life keeps hitting you with back-to-back hardships
- The one question to ask yourself before quitting anything: "Am I quitting because it's hard, or because it's not right?"
- Why Maria calls her brain tumor her "get out of jail free card" — and why you shouldn't wait for a crisis to pivot
- How to give yourself permission to rest as a high achiever without losing your momentum
- The lesson no one teaches achievers: when the next rung on the ladder isn't worth what you'd sacrifice to reach it
- Maria's real-time playbook for losing her biggest sponsor, reframing the fear, and quadrupling her YouTube views in 30 days
- A daily gratitude and "God talks" practice you can start in your car tomorrow
- The most important thing Ed and Maria agree you should do with your parents while you still can
- This is a conversation about healing, simplifying, and having the courage to redefine success on your own terms.

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