Matthew West | Overcoming Rejection and Mastering Your Craft to Fulfill Your Calling

The Jon Gordon Podcast

Jon Gordon

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4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of the Positive University Podcast, bestselling author Jon Gordon talks with 5 time grammy nominated singer / songwriter Matthew West.

Matthew has achieved phenomenal success by almost every measure with multiple hit songs and awards. But, it didn’t start out that way. In fact, Matthew didn’t even want to be a recording artist… but you’ll hear more about that in the interview. You’ll also hear how Matthew has embraced rejection to propel him forward, how he handles discouragement and why he’s obsessed with learning and growing to become his best.

Matthew just released a new album called BRAND NEW that you can pick up anywhere music if sold, including iTunes. Listen to a sample here.

If you enjoy this episode, be sure to share it with others. If you’re listening from iTunes or your phone, snap a screen shot and post it on social… tag Jon and Mathew.

Jon Gordon = @jongordon11 on Twitter and Instagram. @jongordonpage on Facebook.

Matthew West = @matthew_west on Twitter, @matthewjwest on Instagram, @matthewwest on Facebook

Most of all, be sure to subscribe to The Positive University podcast so you can get notified when we release new episodes each week. You can go to positiveuniversity.com for past episodes with guests such as Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat… Erwin McManus, Pastor of Mosaic…. Tony Dungy and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker, I'm the co-host of
0:06.8	Positive You, and on this episode, John Talks with five-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Matthew West. Matthew has achieved
0:14.7	phenomenal success in almost every measure with multiple hit songs and awards but it
0:20.0	didn't start out that way. In fact, Matthew didn't even want to become a
0:23.7	recording artist, but you'll hear more about that throughout the interview. You'll
0:26.9	also hear how Matthew has embraced rejection to propel himself forward, how he
0:30.9	handles discouragement, and why he's obsessed with learning and
0:33.8	growing to become his best. Now on a personal note I've had the opportunity to
0:38.0	spend some time with Matthew and his dad at several local concerts and
0:41.2	they're the real deal.
0:42.6	Their heart and their authenticity just really shines through.
0:46.0	Matthew isn't just a talented artist.
0:48.0	He's a great person who cares about making an impact and that really shows.
0:52.1	Now if you enjoy this episode, be sure to share it really shows. Now if you enjoy this episode be sure to share it with
0:54.2	others and you can also subscribe to the Positive University podcast for free and iTunes
0:58.7	or wherever you listen to podcast. You can also go to positive University
1:02.2	dot com and access past episodes with guests such as
1:05.4	Evan Spiegel, the CEO of Snapchat, Earl McManus, Pastor of Mosaic, Tony Dungy, and many more.
1:11.6	All right, let's jump in and join John and Matthew.
1:15.0	Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You,
1:19.0	and today my guest is Matthew West, one of my favorite musicians singers of all time. I am so
1:26.4	fired up for this. Matthew how you doing? I'm doing great man. Thanks for that
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