Love & Go | 12 Truths for a Blessed Life with Frank Kelly
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of The Jon Gordon Podcast, I sit down with Frank Kelly, CEO of Kelly Benefits and author of Love and Go: 12 Powerful Truths for a Blessed Life. Frank's story is rooted in family legacy, faith, and a commitment to generosity, growing a business alongside his brothers from humble beginnings to a 500-employee company, all while keeping love as its cornerstone.
Frank shares the inspiration behind his new book, revealing how a spiritual awakening at Cornell University transformed his perspective from religion to relationship. He opens up about distilling four decades of "notes and quotes" into twelve life-changing truths, including the power of God's word, the importance of praise, and the impact of giving generously. Through personal stories like helping a friend heal family relationships through forgiveness, and the blessings that flowed from choosing faith and praise, Frank models how simple truths can be hard to live out but radically transformational.
Whether you're seeking deeper purpose or practical ways to align your life with faith and love, this episode is a heartfelt reminder that living a blessed life is about loving fully, going boldly, and investing in what truly matters. You'll walk away inspired to seek truth, give generously, and experience the joy of sharing love with others.
Check out his new book: Love and Go: 12 Powerful Truths for a Blessed Life
About Frank,
Frank Kelly III is the CEO of Kelly Benefits, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing providers of group insurance, benefits, and payroll solutions, serving more than 10,000 organizations with nearly 500 employees. Beyond business, Frank is deeply involved in community and faith-based leadership, serving with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and numerous civic and nonprofit boards.
A Cornell University graduate and former collegiate and professional lacrosse player, Frank has also coached multiple youth sports and is the author of Look & See, Influence, and The Creator's Game. He is a member of several industry and athletic halls of fame. Frank and his wife, Gayle, have four children and three grandchildren.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Gordon podcast, where we share John's interviews with guests, as well as key strategies and lessons from his keynotes, coaching, and more. |
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| 0:26.9 | certified.com. Now let's jump into today's episode. Hey, this is John Gordon with the John Gordon |
| 0:33.8 | podcast. And today my guest is Frank Kelly. Frank, how you doing? |
| 0:56.9 | Hey, buddy. Great, John. Thank you. So you are a repeat guest. I know people loved our past episode. They're going to love this one. Frank, tell people who you are, where you work, and what do you do? Thanks, John. You know you and I share a connection in Cornell University, Cornell Lacrosse. We both played for Hall of Fame coach, Richie Moran. |
| 1:10.8 | I'm a few years older, as you know. Currently, CEO of a company called Kelly Benefits. I've been there nearly 40 years, and this next year we celebrate 50 years. My parents started 50 years ago in a little bedroom to the basement. I worked with three brothers, blessed to have an incredible wife, four children, two daughter-in-law, three grandsons. And I'm honored to be here today |
| 1:16.2 | to talk about the book that I just wrote. Yeah, love and go. I love the title, Frank. Why did you |
| 1:21.5 | call this book Love and Go? What a cool title. Well, thank you. You know, I had a spiritual awakening my sophomore |
| 1:28.7 | year at Cornell. My faith kind of went from my head to my heart. I went from religion to |
| 1:33.6 | relationship. And I began to understand what it meant to have a love relationship with God. |
| 1:39.2 | You know, someone said, summarized the entire Bible in a sentence or two. It's this. |
| 1:43.6 | You know, someone said to Jesus, what's the greatest commandment of them all? The whole book. There's 66 books in the Bible. But the greatest summary is love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. Love God completely. Love others compassionately. Love yourself correctly. So the first part of the title is the Great Commandment, |
| 2:01.7 | love. The second thing is Jesus says, go, go and share my love and truth and word and deed, go and |
| 2:08.4 | make disciples. So it's kind of my life mission. I've gotten longer statements, but finally |
| 2:13.9 | figured out how to get it real simple, even i can remember two words love the great |
| 2:18.0 | commandment and go the great commission so powerful love and go and it explains everything right |
| 2:23.6 | the great commandment the great commission how come going what else saw of this right well i think you |
| 2:30.7 | know john i started the book about two years ago My wife had a 60th birthday 40 for me, |
| 2:36.0 | and it was my 40th spiritual birthday. She called it 60-40 love. And that was my working title for nearly two |
| 2:43.4 | years. And then the Lord gave me that. And then I Googled Love and Go. And I have the URL, |
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