Positive Leadership Tip | Ep 7: Leadership is a Transfer of Belief
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 2 July 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about one of the most important aspects of leadership, transferring belief to your team. It’s not enough for you, as the leader, to believe in the vision. You have to make sure your team believes in it, too. I’ll share why I think true leadership is about creating a reality where your team sees what’s possible, even when they feel like something’s impossible. Using stories and real-life examples, like Steve Jobs and his “reality distortion field”, I’ll help you see how optimism and belief can unlock your team’s potential. My hope is that you’ll walk away inspired and ready to transfer your belief to those you lead. If you find this message helpful, please share it with your team or someone who needs encouragement today!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive leadership tip of the week. |
| 0:07.7 | And here it is. |
| 0:08.7 | Leadership is a transfer of belief. |
| 0:12.8 | As a leader, you may believe, but does your team believe? |
| 0:16.6 | You must transfer your belief to them. |
| 0:19.4 | And when you do, they will accomplish more than they ever thought possible. |
| 0:22.6 | A great example of this is Steve Jobs. |
| 0:26.6 | He was known for his reality distortion field. |
| 0:29.6 | Time and time again, Steve's team would say that we can't finish this work in this amount of time. |
| 0:35.6 | We can't do what you want us to do. We can't achieve |
| 0:38.7 | that goal. And time and time again, Steve would distort their reality from pessimism or realism, |
| 0:46.8 | I'm just being a realist, to optimism. Time and time again, he would convince them that they |
| 0:52.8 | could do the very thing that they thought |
| 0:54.7 | was impossible. |
| 0:56.8 | And as a result of that, they accomplished |
| 0:59.6 | more than they ever thought possible. |
| 1:00.9 | They accomplished the very things they thought |
| 1:03.0 | they couldn't do. |
| 1:04.3 | And they said Steve had this amazing ability |
| 1:06.6 | to distort their reality. |
| 1:10.0 | Leadership is about distorting the reality of people who might be pessimistic |
| 1:14.8 | or even realistic because belief is always subjective. When you believe you do accomplish more, |
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