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The Jon Gordon Podcast

Alan Smolinisky Co-owner, Los Angeles Dodgers | Achieving Your Dreams

The Jon Gordon Podcast

Jon Gordon

Education, Health & Fitness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today, Jon is joined by Alan Smolinisky, entrepreneur, investor, and one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Alan shares what it was like being an immigrants son to eventually realizing his life long dream and what he's learned along the way… lessons like understanding the dignity of hard work, the best parenting advice he learned from Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, why being humble enough to ask for mentorship from the right people will accelerate your career, and so much more.

This is a really insightful look into the mindset of a very successful guy, not just in business but also in life.

If you enjoy this, let us know! Post your biggest takeaways on social and tag Jon Gordon. You can also leave a review on Apple Podcasts or anywhere you listen.

Our featured resource today is…. Daily Positive. It's a FREE daily email with a short quote or message of encouragement to help you overcome challenges and win the day. You can sign up for free at dailypositive.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast.

0:04.9

I'm Daniel Decker, the co-host of Positive You.

0:07.3

Today, John is joined by Alan Smolensky.

0:10.1

He's an entrepreneur, investor, and one of the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

0:14.8

Alan shares what it was like being an immigrant son to eventually realizing his lifelong dream

0:20.0

and what he's learned along the way.

0:22.0

Alan's a young guy, I think he's only like 40, so he's learned a lot in a short amount

0:25.4

of time.

0:26.4

Lessons like understanding the dignity of hard work, the best parenting advice he learned

0:30.6

from Berkshire Hathaway's Vice President Charlie Munger, why being humble enough to ask

0:35.1

for mentorship from the right people will accelerate your career and so much more.

0:40.4

This is a really insightful look into the mindset of a very successful guy, not just in business

0:45.7

or on the field, but in life in general.

0:48.1

If you enjoy this, let us know, post your biggest takeaways on social and tag John Gordon,

0:52.9

and you can leave a review on Apple podcasts or anywhere you're listening.

0:56.9

Our feature resource today is Daily Positive.

0:59.8

It's a free, daily email with a short quote or message of encouragement to help you overcome

1:04.2

challenges and win the day.

1:06.2

You can sign up for free at dailypositive.com.

1:09.3

That's dailypositive.com.

1:10.6

All right, let's jump in and join John and Alan.

1:13.6

Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You, and today my guest is Alan Smolensky.

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