Positive Mindset Monday | Ep 2: Life is Like a Roller Coaster
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
Start your week with a reminder that life’s ups and downs are all part of the journey. In this Positive Mindset Monday, I share why I see life as a roller coaster—sometimes you feel on top of the world, and other times it feels like everything is spiraling down. The key isn’t to escape or give up, but to stay the course, knowing that every low point is followed by a climb back up. Let this episode encourage you to hang on tight and keep riding with hope for what’s ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive mindset Monday. |
| 0:06.0 | Life is like a roller coaster. |
| 0:09.0 | They're going to be ups. |
| 0:10.0 | They're going to be downs. |
| 0:12.0 | Sometimes you're going to feel like you're on top of this world. |
| 0:14.0 | Other times you're going to feel like you are crashing and everything is spiraling downward. |
| 0:19.0 | That is the part of the journey of life. |
| 0:21.1 | The key is when you feel like you're crashing and you feel like you're at the bottom, just |
| 0:25.3 | know the roller coaster goes back up. |
| 0:29.1 | Don't jump off. |
| 0:30.8 | Don't escape. |
| 0:32.5 | Don't give up. |
| 0:33.7 | Just stay on the roller coaster and you will take that ride to a higher place, a better outcome, greater things. |
| 0:41.3 | This is the journey of life and the ups and downs are all part of it. |
| 0:46.0 | So don't let the downs keep you from the ups that you're meant to experience in the future. |
| 0:51.6 | Stay on the roller coaster. |
| 0:53.6 | Stay the course and enjoy the ride. If this |
| 0:57.6 | encourage you, please pass it on so we can encourage others. Have a great day. |
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