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🗓️ 2 February 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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On this episode of the Positive University Podcast, bestselling author Jon Gordon talks with Steve Jacobson (@fairwaysteve1), the founder and CEO of Fairway Mortgage. Fairway is one of the top mortgage companies in the country, funding over 39 billion in 2019. They also employ over 7000 people nationwide and have helped thousands of people achieve their dreams of home ownership.
This episode is packed with back-to-back takeaways. Steve shares a lot of real-world, practical lessons from what he's learned by leading and growing Fairwary since 1996.
Some of those takeaways include:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker, I'm the co-host of |
| 0:06.8 | Positive You. And on this episode, John Talks with Steve Jacobson, the founder and CEO of |
| 0:12.2 | Fairway Mortgage. |
| 0:13.6 | Now Fairway is one of the top mortgage companies |
| 0:15.8 | in the country funding over $39 billion in 2019 alone. |
| 0:21.5 | They also employ over 7,000 people nationwide and have helped thousands of people achieve |
| 0:26.0 | their dreams of home ownership. This episode is packed with back-to-back takeaways. |
| 0:31.2 | Steve shares a lot of real world practical lessons from what he's learned |
| 0:34.8 | by leading and growing fairway since 1996. Some of those takeaways include how Steve |
| 0:40.4 | overcame significant adversity early on to make Fairway what it is today, |
| 0:44.6 | the importance of discipline in achieving your goals and how daily disciplines create the |
| 0:49.6 | results long term. |
| 0:51.2 | Steve also shares his guiding principles that he used to build |
| 0:54.3 | fairways culture and sustain their growth and success and three keys that drive |
| 0:58.6 | Steve as a leader and a whole lot more. But before we dive in, I have a quick question for you. |
| 1:03.4 | How do you feel about where you are personally and professionally right now? |
| 1:07.4 | Would you like to be in a better place, maybe happier, more fulfilled, achieving better |
| 1:11.7 | results? If so, I want to encourage you to join John. happier, more fulfilled, achieving better results. |
| 1:13.0 | If so, I want to encourage you to join John Gordon's mentor |
| 1:15.8 | coaching program, where John teaches a live interactive |
| 1:19.3 | group coaching session online each month. |
| 1:21.8 | We do a deep dive on a variety of topics from |
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