Jon Gordon - From average to greatness: How to create true wealth and significance
Good Money with Derrick Kinney
Derrick Kinney
5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode, Derrick Kinney interviews multiple best-selling author and positive leadership expert, Jon Gordon as he discusses how staying true to his personal mission and vision enabled him to overcome adversity and failure and build a life of significance.
What You Will Learn:
● The power of one word and how it can change your life
● What is the catalyst that moves an idea into action
● The impact that generosity and giving have on your perspective and wealth
● The persistence that led to selling two million copies of the “Energy Bus”
● Walking the talk with positive messages when a global pandemic negatively affected his business
● The impact that caring and positivity toward your work can have
● What grit really means and why you need it
● The four C’s that lead to lasting and committed relationships
Inspirational Quotes:
● “I want to make even more because I want to give so much more away. I don't want to just give what I’m giving” Jon Gordon
● “An idea without action is just a dream” - Jon Gordon
● “Just do something, for someone and start there” - Jon Gordon
● “...if you don't have it you can't give it” - Jon Gordon
● “We can't go back and focus on what we’ve lost, we have to look forward. You can either become more during this time or you can become less” - Jon Gordon
● “The care that you put into your work determines whether you are building a masterpiece or a piece of junk or just something average. And when you are building a masterpiece every day there are going to be a lot of people that clamor to work with you” - Jon Gordon
● “You aren’t a true success unless you help others be successful”- Jon Gordon
Recommended Resources:
● Positive “U” Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/positive-university-podcast/id1329995882
● Relationship Grit https://www.amazon.com/Relationship-Grit-Lessons-Together-Thrive/dp/111943033X
● 5 Ways Your Resentment of Money is Ruining the World (free download) www.Goodmoneyframework.com
Transcript
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| 0:16.4 | Welcome to the good money, good hands, good work podcast, where we believe money is not bad and good people should have more of good money in the hands of good people gets good work done. I'm your host Derek Kenny. |
| 0:21.1 | How does a self-described pessimist become the go-to guy to teach |
| 0:26.3 | positive leadership to the Fortune 500 and professional sports teams? John Gort is a best-selling author and expert on leadership, teamwork, and yes, |
| 0:37.2 | positivity. He joined me to talk about how staying true to his personal mission and vision, |
| 0:43.0 | enabled him to overcome adversity and failure |
| 0:46.0 | and build a life of significance. |
| 0:48.5 | If thinking about your future |
| 0:50.0 | makes you anxious or worried, |
| 0:52.0 | you don't want to miss John's advice on how to win today |
| 0:56.7 | so you can win your future. And if you want to change the world, he tells us why you should talk to yourself and not listen to yourself. |
| 1:05.3 | That's how good people get good work done. |
| 1:07.8 | I think you'll enjoy my conversation with John Gordon. |
| 1:11.1 | John, welcome to the show. |
| 1:13.0 | Hey, it's great to be with you. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, John, you have written so many insightful books and really impacted so many lives. |
| 1:20.0 | In our conversation today, I wanted to go down a slightly different path. |
| 1:24.4 | Instead of talking about just one book, I want to visit about many of the powerful ideas |
| 1:29.8 | you've written about. |
| 1:30.8 | And first of all, talk with us about the power of one word and |
| 1:35.4 | how that can change your life. Well each year you pick a word for the year that |
| 1:39.8 | will help you be your best a word that will give you meeting and mission, passion, and purpose. |
| 1:45.6 | And I didn't come up with this concept. |
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