How to Rewire Your Thoughts for Growth

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In today’s episode, Craig Siegel and I are joined by Jon Gordon and Dr. Caroline Leaf to break down the power of grit, connection, and mental resilience. Jon, a bestselling author and speaker on leadership, explains how love fuels perseverance and why strong relationships create unshakable teams. Dr. Leaf, a neuroscientist and expert on the mind-brain connection, shares how to manage thoughts, rewire negative patterns, and use distractions productively. From faith to leadership to rewiring the way we think, this episode covers what it takes to build a mindset that withstands adversity and fuels long-term success.

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0:00.0	We're going to dive right in a word that you use very often and nobody articulates it better to do.
0:06.7	It's a universal language everybody can benefit from.
0:09.7	What does the word writ mean to me, John?
0:13.2	Rit.
0:14.4	Rit is inspired by vision and purpose.
0:18.1	Where are you going and why are you going there?
0:19.9	It is fueled by optimism and belief, powered by faith and purpose. Where are you going and why are you going there? It is fueled by optimism and
0:22.9	belief, powered by faith and hope, driven by love, and includes a little bit of stubbornness,
0:29.7	like you're not going to give up, a little fear of failure, a desire to prove oneself,
0:34.7	and resilience to bounce back when you get nothing. So to me, grit needs you just
0:39.0	keep going. But the main driver of grit is, if you don't love it, you'll never be great at it.
0:44.6	And if you do love it, you won't quit. So people don't talk about love a lot of times with grit,
0:49.5	but love cause you to keep going. And loves his family. I know you love your wife, right?
0:56.0	You're not going to quit on them, and that is what Grits all about is loving.
1:00.0	Beautiful.
1:01.2	Dave, what's coming to with you?
1:02.8	Yeah, it's the application of why.
1:04.4	When I say that, it's understanding exactly what John says in a different terminology
1:10.4	and vernacular of knowing what you
1:12.9	want both non-circ circumstantially with wisdom and faith and also circumstantialed and
1:18.2	knowing who you can help and who can help you with what you want that allows you to have
1:23.7	the ability to execute on that and you know your purpose. Because if your purpose is greater
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