Positive Mindset Monday | Ep 1: Partners in Growth

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Jon Gordon

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🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Start your week with fuel for your mindset. In this kickoff episode of Positive Mindset Monday, I share how adversity and even your adversaries can become partners in your growth. With a personal story from my high school football days, I hope to help you reframe your battles as blessings—and reminds you that every challenge is making you stronger. It’s not about avoiding the struggle. It’s about rising through it. Let this be the encouragement you need to face the week ahead with strength, perspective, and purpose.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive mindset Monday. I want to change the way you think about
0:07.9	adversaries and adversity. So often we want to get rid of them. We don't like them. We actually
0:14.3	think they make us weaker. But the truth is, they are our partners in growth. That's right.
0:21.3	Adversity and adversaries are our partners in growth.
0:24.9	They actually make us stronger.
0:27.7	And if you never face them, you wouldn't become the person that you actually are.
0:33.1	I think back to high school football, Tom Siasia, he was my rival.
0:38.1	I had to get better because of him.
0:39.8	I wanted to win the starting job.
0:41.6	I worked harder.
0:42.9	I trained more.
0:44.5	I was passionate about beating him out.
0:47.7	Eventually I won the starting job.
0:49.7	And if it wasn't for Tom, I wouldn't have become the running back that I became.
0:54.0	I wouldn't be who I am today
0:55.3	because it made me work harder even now because of what I learned back then. Your rivals make you
1:02.8	stronger. Your competition makes you better and stronger. The battles you face actually ultimately
1:10.8	help you grow and become stronger.
1:13.0	And you never face the battle, you wouldn't be as strong. So if you think about adversity
1:17.2	and you think about adversaries, they're actually designed for our growth. Isn't that wild?
1:23.9	I used to think we want to get rid of them. Now I realize they're actually a part of our growth process.
1:29.3	We're not meant to get rid of them.
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