The Power of a Praying Leader
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I share a keynote starting with a personal story about rejection, perseverance, and the decision to stay positive when everything tells you not to. I talk about how The Energy Bus got rejected over 30 times before one publisher finally said yes. That journey taught me the power of loyalty, gratitude, and treating your team like family. It’s not just about getting to the next level, it’s about building a foundation rooted in values and vision. I share how adversity became my ally, how setbacks shaped my mindset, and how the right habits transformed not just my life, but my leadership. Tune in to learn why positivity isn’t just a feel-good idea, it’s a decision you make every day to become better, together.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Gordon podcast, where we share John's interviews with guests, as well as key strategies and lessons from his keynotes, coaching, and more. |
| 0:09.3 | We want to encourage you to check out Johngordoncertified.com if you're interested in growing as a leader, coach, speaker, or trainer. |
| 0:15.6 | When you get certified, you'll be able to teach, coach, and train others on John's most impactful mindset, leadership, |
| 0:21.1 | and teamwork principles. For more information, visit john gordoncertified.com. That's J-O-N-Gordon |
| 0:27.0 | Certified.com. Now let's jump into today's episode. I'm known for positive leadership, |
| 0:33.9 | and it would be so much easier for me to give you my positive leadership talk or my |
| 0:38.0 | positive team talk or my latest book, The Seven Commitments of a Great Team. That's my real house. |
| 0:42.3 | It's a little uncomfortable today because I'm going to talk about the power of a praying leader. |
| 0:47.5 | First time I'm talking about the power of praying leader with you. So I'm pushing myself past my |
| 0:51.7 | comfort zone because I believe that this message is so important and it's something that we all need to hear. So I'm pushing myself past my comfort zone because I believe that this message is so |
| 0:54.8 | important and it's something that we all need to hear. And I feel called lately to talk about the |
| 0:59.9 | power of prayer. You see, I was in Florida where I live and it was in the morning a couple months |
| 1:07.1 | ago and the power went out. And it was getting really hot, so it wasn't good. |
| 1:13.1 | A few hours later, the power came back on. |
| 1:17.3 | And as the power came back on, I was like, all right, this is awesome. |
| 1:20.8 | This is great. |
| 1:21.5 | We're not out anymore. |
| 1:23.7 | But I realized that when the power went out, we lost power. |
| 1:30.8 | When it was stored, all of a sudden the lights came on, and now we gained power. |
| 1:34.5 | It turns out a car hit a transformer in my neighborhood. |
| 1:39.6 | And when it hit the pole, when the person was okay, thankfully, there was a disconnection that happened, and they lost |
| 1:47.6 | power. We lost power. But when they restored that connection, we then gained power again. And it's like |
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