Jon Gordon: The Power of Positive Leadership

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Are others always telling you that you can’t do something or that you won’t make it in your chosen filed? Jon Gordon was told those very things, but he overcame it all and is now a best-selling author and helps inspires new leaders every day. His drive and persistence helped turn his life around after he reached a low point, and now he loves to share his message with those looking for inspiration and purpose in their lives as well. As Gordon says, “Grit is the No. 1 predicting factor of success.” Listen to this podcast to learn the tools for success in your career and personal lives!

Jon Gordon is the author of 17 books including five best-sellers such as The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, and others. His business principles have been used by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and collegiate sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits.

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0:00.0	We are fooled into believing the lie that our past is who we are.
0:07.0	Fear wants to keep you in fear. Fear wants to keep you held back.
0:13.2	Love wants you to propel and move forward
0:16.3	and create something new.
0:18.2	So I think we're held back at our past
0:20.5	because of the pain it caused, the hurt that we experienced, that we're living
0:25.6	over and over again. And so when we have these fears and these negative thoughts that come in
0:31.0	into our life, when we have these memories come in,
0:34.0	we then start to live those memories.
0:37.0	And so it's easy to get stuck there
0:39.0	because it's, I think in many ways,
0:41.0	it's scary also to create a future.
0:44.0	It's scary to actually think about what do I truly want and what do I want to create.
0:48.0	So in some ways we also maybe just hold ourselves back to the past rather than boldly going after the future.
0:55.0	I'm Srenny Rao and this is the unmistakable creative podcast where you get a window into the stories and
1:04.4	insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built
1:08.3	thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art.
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