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Entrepreneurs on Fire

Jon Gordon: Distractions are the enemy of greatness

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Jon's Best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous NFL, NBA, and MLB coaches, Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals and non profits. He is the Author of numerous books including The Wall Street Journal Best-sellers The Energy Bus and The Carpenter.

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0:00.0

Entrepreneur on Fire, 733.

0:04.0

The most inspiring stories from today's most successful entrepreneurs.

0:09.3

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0:16.4

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0:44.3

fire. Entrepreneurs near and far. John Lee Dumas here and I am fired up to bring you our

0:51.8

feature guest today. John Gordon. John are you prepared to ignite? Yes I am.

1:00.1

Right. John's bestselling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world.

1:05.6

His principles have been put to the test by numerous NFL NBA and MLB coaches.

1:11.2

Fortune 500 companies, school districts, hospitals and nonprofits. He is the author of numerous

1:17.2

books including Wall Street Journal Best Seller, The Energy Bus and The Carpenter. John,

1:23.2

I've given Fire Nation just a little insight. So take your minute and give us some personal insight

1:28.4

and then let's expound upon your bizz. Sure. Well, I just love writing and speaking. It's my purpose

1:34.0

and my passion and one of the things I often say is being positive doesn't just make you better.

1:38.5

It makes everyone around you better and I'm not naturally a positive person. People think I am

1:42.8

because of the books that I write in my talks but I have to work really hard on it. But what I have

1:46.5

found is that the more we feed the positive in our lives, it does bring out the best of ourselves

1:51.4

and others. So John, give us a little personal insight into your life where you're at in the

1:55.9

world and just what you have going on. Sure. I live in Ponabija Beach, Florida. I'm married. I have

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