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🗓️ 12 June 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
It can be tough to maintain a positive mindset in the face of negativity, whether it’s at home or in the office. Best-selling author and “positivity expert,” Jon Gordon, has made a career of helping teams – both in business and in sports – embrace positivity and develop more positive mindsets.
In this episode, Brian and Jon delve into tips and strategies for cultivating positivity. You’ll learn the four questions to ask as you reflect on the events of your day, the right way to handle a negative person or situation, and how to coach people through negative or defensive feelings.
Whether you’re a natural optimist or a recovering pessimist, this episode is sure to help you maintain a positive mindset and help those around you do the same.
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Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“Make sure you invest in you first.” — Jon Gordon
“When you create a culture and say, ‘this is how we do things here,’ that begins the process of letting everyone know how we will deal with negativity.” — Jon Gordon
“Deliver truth with grace.” — Brian Buffini
“Great families fight. It’s not the fighting that hurts the family; it’s lack of love, trust or respect that affects the team.” — Jon Gordon
“The more you have the difficult conversations, the better you’ll be as a team.” — Jon Gordon
“Grace must arrive before truth.” — Jon Gordon
“Positivity can only be tested in the fire of negativity.” — Brian Buffini
“It’s not okay to be moody. You have to show up every day to be your best for yourself and your team.” — Jon Gordon
“Your team can’t trust you if they don’t know what to expect from you.” — Jon Gordon
“We as leaders have to take care of ourselves so we can help others.” — Jon Gordon
“Not all the broken wings will fly during your tenure. But when the broken wing flies, it becomes … a homing pigeon. They’ll walk around with gratitude every day.” — Brian Buffini
“Commitments are greater than goals.” — Jon Gordon
“Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
Learn more about Jon Gordon: http://www.jongordon.com/
Mentioned in the episode: No Complaining Rule by Jon Gordon The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon
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0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Baffini show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies |
0:19.3 | of success. |
0:20.3 | Here's your host, Brian Baffini. |
0:31.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you and welcome to the Brian Baffini show, something |
0:35.0 | real special for you today. |
0:37.2 | Once a year I hold a very exclusive event at the La Costa Resort in spots called the Peak |
0:42.1 | Experience. |
0:43.1 | And the 500 most successful people in our coaching program come to this for three days, a very |
0:49.0 | advanced immersion in content, networking, synergy, very, very powerful time. |
0:56.1 | And rarely have we brought anybody in to view this or see this, but you're going to get |
1:00.8 | a chance at it today. |
1:02.1 | And one of my great friends, Mr. John Gordon, was recently a guest at our Peak Experience. |
1:09.0 | We did a live Q&A session and it was on leadership. |
1:12.6 | Now you guys have heard of John Gordon before, he wrote the best selling book, The Energy |
1:17.3 | Bus, just a phenomenal guy, a guy who really lights up a room. |
1:21.8 | And he's been on every major TV network. |
1:24.0 | I think he's had eight or ten best sellers, just phenomenal. |
1:27.7 | Sold over three main copies of his book worldwide, but he is the real deal. |
1:31.4 | And he speaks to a lot of sports teams and really a great motivator and a great innovator. |
1:37.2 | And he came to our group to talk about leadership and it morphed into more than just business |
1:41.5 | leadership when leading your life and your business. |
1:45.2 | And so it was a great time. |
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