THE ED MYLETT SHOW · 2026-09-17 · 21 min · 4,032 words

John Maxwell's #14 Law of Leadership: The Law of Buy-In

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This is the Ed Milan Show. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, Law 14, the law of buy-in. One of the biggest mistakes leaders make is believing people automatically buy into a vision just because the vision is good. They don't. People don't follow the vision first.

They follow the leader first. Before they believe in the dream, they have to believe in the person carrying it. This is a huge thing. I I have people tell me all the time, Ed, I kind of said the same words that you said I should be saying. Why am I not getting the buy-in?

And that's because they've got to follow you first. They've got to believe in you first. They've got to see your example first. You have to exude and embody that vision, that dream all the time.

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