641: 93 Habits That Will Transform Your Life (Starting Day One) with Jon Gordon

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Hal Elrod

Business, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 17 June 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Implementing a new habit rarely feels life-changing at first. Going for a morning walk and getting a few minutes of sunlight, or visualizing checking something off a to-do list, might sound like activities that barely move the needle.

Yet over time, those small actions often become the difference between feeling stuck and becoming the person you're capable of being. And after reading the first chapter of Jon Gordon's newest book, The Power of Positive Habits, I felt the benefits from that one simple action in the first 5 minutes.

Jon is the bestselling author of 33 books, including The Energy Bus, which has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide. But before becoming one of the most respected voices in leadership and personal development, Jon struggled with negativity to the point that his wife told him their marriage wouldn't survive unless he changed. That wake-up call led him on a journey that transformed his mindset, career, and life.

In our conversation, Jon shares the habits that reduce friction and make it easier to follow through, why becoming your own greatest encourager can change everything, and how letting go of the past can unlock the mental blocks that prevent you from becoming the best version of yourself.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Why Jon Wrote The Power Of Positive Habits
The Morning Habit That Changed Everything
The Habit Before The Habit
Using Visualization To Follow Through
Become Your Own Greatest Encourager
Learn From Everyone: The Habit & Mindset
Forgive Fast And Start Growing
Don't Let Old Battles Block New Victories
Don't Let Good Get In The Way Of Great
The Beginning of Success for the Savannah Bananas
How Reading Jon's Book Will Payoff On The First Day
How You Can Learn More with Jon Gordon

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, the show that empowers you to wake up to your full potential and achieve your biggest goals and dreams.
0:09.6	I am your host, Hal Elrod, and I invite you to join us each week as we share actionable strategies to take your life to the next level,
0:16.6	as well as interview world-class experts and entrepreneurs who have achieved extraordinary goals
0:21.9	themselves, and we ask them to give you a peek behind the curtain and teach you exactly what
0:26.4	you need to do to do the same. Ready? Here we go.
0:35.3	What if the habits that will transform your life the fastest are actually easy, but nobody told you which ones to pick?
0:41.9	Most habit books teach you the science of how to build habits.
0:45.0	My guest today wrote a completely different book.
0:47.8	He identified 93 specific positive habits, most of them under two pages each, that you can read in minutes and implement the same
0:55.2	morning. I know because that is exactly what I did. I talk about it today with John Gordon. He's
1:00.9	the author of 33 books, including the Energy Bus, which has sold over three and a half million
1:06.5	copies and shaped the culture of professional sports teams, Fortune 500 companies, and organizations
1:12.0	around the world. But before any of that, he was so negative and miserable that his wife
1:16.8	told him if he did not change, their marriage was over. That is where this conversation
1:21.4	begins. Stay with us because John is going to walk you through the habit before the habit
1:26.9	that removes every
1:27.9	excuse you have for not following through with your new habits, the one habit that rewired his
1:33.1	brain from negative to positive over 25 years ago and why you're going to walk away from
1:37.5	this episode with at least one win you can use today. It is my great pleasure to bring you
1:43.8	this conversation with my friend,
1:45.8	John Gordon, author of the new book, The Power of Positive Habits. Here we go.
1:55.8	John Gordon, it's good to see you, brother. How good to see you. We were just talking about your new book, The Power of Positive Habits.
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