Charlie Ward | 3 Principles for Greatness
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 16 January 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to Jon Gordon's Positive University Podcast. Today Jon is joined by the great Charlie Ward. One of the most decorated players in the history of college football, Charlie Ward won literally every award he was eligible for as a senior quarterback on Florida State's 1993 National Championship team, including being a Heisman Trophy Winner. Charlie wasn't just a star football player but also a star basketball player becoming a 26th round overall pick by New York which led to his 12 year NBA career.
During this conversation Charlie shares his journey and some of the keys for a great life that he learned along the way (integrity, character and hard work).
Let us know your takeaways. Post on social, tag Jon ( @jongordon11 )and Charlie (@realcharlieward ) so they can engage with you too.
Our featured resource today is our Power of Positive Leadership Workshops for TEENS. If you want to give your teen an advantage in life, sign them up for our next online leadership workshop for teens on January 23 or one of our other dates this year. We'll teach them to become positive leaders who overcome challenges, empower themselves and others to make a greater difference! The workshop gets amazing feedback every time we offer it and could be a great inclusion on college applications. Get details, dates and sign up at powerofpositiveleadership.com/teens
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University Podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm Daniel Decker, the co-host of the show, and today John is joined by the great Charlie |
| 0:08.6 | Ward, one of the most decorated players in the history of college football. |
| 0:12.8 | Charlie won literally every award he was eligible for as a senior quarterback on Florida |
| 0:16.6 | state's 1993 national championship team, including being a Heisman trophy winner. |
| 0:22.1 | Charlie wasn't just a star football player, but also a star basketball player becoming |
| 0:25.7 | a 26th round overall pick by New York, which led to his 12 year NBA career. |
| 0:31.6 | Now during this conversation, Charlie shares his journey and some of the keys for a great |
| 0:35.6 | life that he's learned along the way. |
| 0:37.8 | Let us know your takeaways, post on social, be sure to tag John and Charlie so they can |
| 0:41.8 | engage with you too. |
| 0:43.6 | Our featured resource today is our power of positive leadership workshop for teens. |
| 0:47.7 | If you want to give your teen an advantage in life, sign them up for our next online leadership |
| 0:52.5 | workshop for teens on January 23rd or one of our other upcoming dates this year. |
| 0:57.7 | We'll teach them how to become a positive leader who overcomes challenges and powers |
| 1:01.2 | others and themselves to make a greater difference. |
| 1:04.0 | The workshop gets amazing feedback every time we offer it and it could be a great inclusion |
| 1:08.5 | on college applications as well. |
| 1:10.6 | To get the details, dates, and sign up at powerofpositiveleadership.com forward slash teens. |
| 1:16.1 | That's powerofpositiveleadership.com forward slash teens. |
| 1:20.1 | Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You and today my guest is the one and only Charlie |
| 1:29.6 | Ward. |
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