Positive Mindset Monday | Ep 29: Purpose in the Pain
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
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🗓️ 1 December 2025
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Summary
In this episode of Positive Mindset Monday, I talk about how pain is an essential part of finding and living your purpose. I share why facing challenges can help you grow, make a greater impact, and become who you're meant to be. Listen in for honest encouragement to see purpose in your pain and use it to make a difference. If this message speaks to you or someone you know, share the episode and help motivate others through their pain and toward their purpose!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with your positive mindset Monday. Anyone who I've met that has a big |
| 0:08.7 | purpose had to go through pain in order to experience that purpose and live that purpose. |
| 0:15.5 | Pain is part of the curriculum of life for finding our purpose and making greater difference. |
| 0:22.5 | I don't like pain. I. I don't like pain. |
| 0:28.3 | I know you don't like pain. We spend billions of dollars to actually avoid pain as a society. |
| 0:41.0 | Pain killers, pain medication, drugs, alcohol, and yet, I want to say pain is essential for your growth, and it's essential for living a life of purpose. |
| 0:51.8 | In your pain is a greater purpose to make a difference, to become who you're meant to be, to help others, to make a greater impact in this world. And anyone who has a massive and great purpose went through pain |
| 0:56.2 | in order to live that purpose. And so must you. So when you go and through pain, find the purpose |
| 1:02.3 | in it and use it to live a greater purpose. Please share this with someone who's going through |
| 1:08.6 | something who's experiencing pain to motivate them to |
| 1:11.2 | encourage them through their pain process and purpose. |
| 1:16.3 | God bless you. |
| 1:17.0 | Have a great day. |
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