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​Journey to Greatness with Don Yaeger

In this special episode, John Maxwell and Mark Cole sit down with their good friend Don Yaeger. Don is an award-winning keynote speaker, business leadership coach, 11-time New York Times best-selling author, and longtime associate editor for Sports Illustrated. 

John and Don talk about their journeys to become great communicators, both on stage and on paper, as well as favorite books they’ve written and what it means to truly be great.  

Instead of notes, this week’s BONUS resource is a free preview of Don Yaeger’s online course, Journey to Greatness, which you can access by visiting MaxwellPodcast.com/Greatness or by clicking the link below. 

 References: 

Free preview of Journey to Greatness by Don Yaeger 

Leadershift by John C. Maxwell 

DonYaeger.com 

Follow Don Yaeger on Twitter: @DonYaeger 

The John Maxwell Online Store 

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