Choose Your Perspective in Life Part I, Feat. Jon Gordon, with Joel Marion - BTI 96
Born to Impact
Joel Marion
4.8 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Make a change for the positive with Jon Gordon!
Jon Gordon is the king of positivity. He is the writer of the timeless classic: The Energy Bus (over 12 million copies sold!), as well as 23 other books, including an additional 11 best sellers. Jon is also a world-renowned keynote speaker for fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, and global non-profits.
His work has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, the Golf Channel, Fox & Freinds, and numerous magazines and newspapers.
His clients include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Heat, Clemson Tigers football, Northwestern Mutual, Cambell Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, and many more.
Most importantly, Jon Gordon is a loyal husband, a loving father, and an incredible friend living out the Born to Impact life firsthand.
In this 2-part episode, we discuss:
-The importance of positivity
-What to do when things seem hopeless
-How to find and follow what you were born to do
-How to build back when everything breaks
-Why you need mindset strategies
And so much more.
Jon's story will inspire you, encourage you, and pull you even closer to living the life you were born to live ... don't miss it.
Even more, be sure to subscribe to the Born to Impact podcast to ensure you get notified as new episodes release each week!
After listening, please check out Jon's book "The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy", listen to his "Positive University Podcast", and swing by his Instagram: @jongordon11.
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| 0:00.0 | everything crumbles. I am left with nothing and that's when I really had to turn to God and |
| 0:06.3 | realize he was everything. And you don't realize, right, when you hit rock bottom that God is the |
| 0:11.9 | rock at the bottom. Like that is who you truly need. And you don't realize how much you need him |
| 0:16.4 | until you are about to lose everything. And I'll never forget I prayed for like the first time in |
| 0:21.6 | a long time. And I just said, God, help me. Provide for me and my family, God. And I will do your work. |
| 0:27.2 | I said, God, what am I born to do? Like I know him here for a reason, but what is it? God, |
| 0:31.6 | why am I so miserable? Like why am I miserable? And it came to me like God's like, you're not living |
| 0:36.6 | your purpose. You're not doing what you are born to do. I'm born to impact. And so when I had nothing, |
| 0:41.9 | all I had was prayer. When I don't have any money coming in, I don't know how we're going to pay |
| 0:45.6 | the bills. And I'm hanging on my thread. And I'm praying, God, like help me and my family. And he shows |
| 0:51.8 | up and starts to help. And you see him working in your life. You start to believe. You start to have faith. |
| 1:05.8 | All right. What is up guys? And welcome back to another exciting episode of The Born to Impact |
| 1:12.0 | Podcast. I am excited to interview a great friend of mine. His name is John Gordon. I will |
| 1:18.0 | explain to you just how amazing he is in just a moment. Before we do that, I want to remind you |
| 1:23.3 | what this podcast is all about, the mission, statement of born to impact. Born to impact is the one |
| 1:29.0 | and only podcast specifically designed to move you further towards living the life that you were |
| 1:33.6 | born to live with every episode. Guys, our goal is to give you clear and actionable steps, |
| 1:38.8 | not fluff, but real practical takeaways to help you live a more impactful life, a life with purpose, |
| 1:44.9 | a life where you are making a difference in your family, in your relationships, in your career, |
| 1:50.8 | and in the world around you. And that's what it's all about. We are here to make a difference. We are |
| 1:56.2 | not living this life for ourselves. We are living this life to serve. We are living this life |
| 2:02.0 | to be a conduit for God's will and to impact the people around us. We bring special guests on the show |
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