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The Ed Mylett Show · August 6, 2026 · 20m

John Maxwell's #8 Law of Leadership: The Law of Intuition

Ed Mylett, John Maxwell

Ed Mylett and John Maxwell explore Law #8 of the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: the Law of Intuition. Leaders evaluate everything with a leadership bias, sensing what's happening and what needs to happen before others. Maxwell teaches practical ways to develop this intuition, including reading what others miss, finding stillness, and transferring innate intuition from one area of life to leadership. Even if intuition doesn't come naturally, there are two specific steps to strengthen it.

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The Law of Intuition: Leaders Evaluate Everything with a Leadership Bias
John Maxwell teaches that great leaders evaluate every situation through a leadership lens, sensing what's happening, where it's going, and what needs to happen before anyone else can articulate it.
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Highlights

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The Power of Stillness for Intuition
Getting quiet and living beneath the surface gives leaders access to insights they didn't know they needed, sharpening their ability to sense sooner and respond wiser.
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Leaders Are Readers: Reading What Others Miss
Maxwell identifies eight specific things great leaders read in their environment that most people walk right past, which hones their intuition.
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You're Already Highly Intuitive in One Area
Everyone is already deeply intuitive in at least one domain of their life; the challenge is to identify that area and transfer that instinct to leadership.
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What to Do When Intuition Is Not Your Strength
Maxwell provides two honest, practical steps for leaders who struggle with intuition to develop it even if it doesn't come naturally.
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References

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — John C. Maxwell (1998) — The episode is based on this book.

Misc

✧An anecdote promises to reveal how listening to your intuition is all you need to beat the fastest person on earth in a race.
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