Positive Mindset Monday | Ep 10: Attack A New Opportunity
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 21 July 2025
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Kick off your week with a fresh perspective on Positive Mindset Monday! In this episode, you'll discover the powerful difference between dwelling on past disappointments and embracing new opportunities ahead. Drawing from real-life experiences with professional athletes, this message explores how shifting from a defensive, backward-looking mindset to an offensive, forward-thinking approach can spark resilience and success, even after setbacks. Learn why focusing on attacking new opportunities, instead of defending your status or past achievements, can transform your outlook and performance. If you’re ready to move past what was and make the most of what’s next, this episode will give you the encouragement and practical mindset shift you need to take on the week ahead. Listen in and share the inspiration!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive mindset Monday. So years ago, I was working with the |
| 0:07.7 | Tampa Bay Lightning, the NHL hockey team. And I was with them during training camp. And they kept |
| 0:12.7 | talking about last year, how they lost in the first round of the playoffs, how they were expected |
| 0:18.6 | to win the Stanley Cup, but they got tight and they lost |
| 0:22.4 | a series that they should not have lost. So they kept talking about last year, trying to figure out |
| 0:26.8 | what went wrong, what they could have done better, how it could have happened. And they were |
| 0:30.8 | reeling and they were discouraged and a little bit in despair. And I said, look, guys, I said, |
| 0:36.3 | that was last year. |
| 0:38.9 | This is this year. |
| 0:40.3 | We can't go backwards. |
| 0:41.8 | We have to look forwards. |
| 0:43.0 | We can't be bitter. |
| 0:45.3 | We just have to focus on getting better. |
| 0:48.5 | Let's look forward, not backward. |
| 0:49.6 | And I gave them research. |
| 0:53.3 | Teams that feel like they're defending something don't do very well. But teams that feel like they're attacking a new opportunity do great. |
| 0:59.0 | Let's attack a new opportunity and stop defending the status of a team that is supposed to win. |
| 1:05.9 | Instead, let's attack every game as a new opportunity, hoping to create great wins today and also in the |
| 1:13.3 | future. |
| 1:13.8 | That changed their mindset. |
| 1:15.3 | That changed their perspective. |
| 1:17.6 | They began to attack a new opportunity every practice and every game. |
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