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The Ed Mylett Show · August 13, 2026 · 19m
John Maxwell's #9 Law of Leadership: The Law of Magnetism
John Maxwell joins Ed Mylett to unpack the ninth law from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: the Law of Magnetism. The core principle is that who you are is who you attract, and leaders do not attract who they want but who they are. John walks through a mirror exercise that asks you to list the three qualities you want in others and then assess whether you possess them yourself. Ed connects the law to his internal thermostat framework from Max Out Your Life and The Power of One More, arguing that raising your own standard changes the quality of people who stay in your world. The episode frames that your life is actively recruiting right now, whether you realize it or not.
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John Maxwell's ninth law of leadership says leaders do not attract who they want; they attract who they are.
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership — John C. Maxwell — Source of the Law of Magnetism discussed in the episode
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Max Out Your Life — Ed Mylett — Ed's framework of the internal thermostat
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The Power of One More — Ed Mylett — Ed's framework of the internal thermostat
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✧Ed describes the Law of Magnetism as one of the most confronting laws in the series.
✧John opens with an exercise that asks you to write down the three qualities you most want in others, then asks whether you actually possess those qualities yourself.
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