Positive Leadership Tip | Ep: 28 Learn from Others
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I dive into why learning from others is essential for true leadership growth. I share how surrounding yourself with diverse voices and experiences helps you collect invaluable wisdom, just as I've done through my own circle of leaders. Join me as I reflect on the power of collaboration and encourage you to seek out those who can help you become better. If this insight inspires you, share this episode and help others grow their leadership too!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive leadership tip. |
| 0:05.4 | So I remember talking to Ken Blancher, the author of the One Minute Manager. |
| 0:10.0 | And Ken told me, his mom asked him why he keeps writing books with so many different authors. |
| 0:15.4 | She said, Ken, why don't you write your own books? |
| 0:18.1 | And Ken said, Mom, I already know what I know. When I write a book with someone |
| 0:22.7 | else, I learned what they know. I think it's a great lesson for leaders to listen to other people, |
| 0:30.0 | to hear other people, to learn from others because no one is as smart as everyone. And you learn from others as you collect knowledge information |
| 0:41.2 | and wisdom from other people you grow as a leader it's why i do my circle i have a circle where |
| 0:48.0 | all these leaders get together and we learn and grow from each other and i know that they've gotten |
| 0:53.1 | better because of me and i've gotten better because of me, |
| 1:00.2 | and I've gotten better because of them. Who is in your circle? Who are you learning from? |
| 1:05.1 | And who can you learn from? Start doing that today, and you'll grow as a leader. |
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