The Power of Positive Habits
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I share twelve habits that have truly elevated my life and will make a big impact on yours. You'll hear some great stories of overcoming negativity, and the power of encouragement, forgiveness, and connection as well as habits to enhance your health and performance. You'll learn new practical, proven strategies to help you become your best self and build a better future. If these habits inspire you, you'll love all 93 habits I share in my new book "The Power of Positive Habits."
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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. |
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| 0:28.5 | Now let's jump into today's episode. |
| 0:31.6 | As we get started, I want you to put in the chat, what has been a habit that has changed your life? And what's one habit that has |
| 0:43.0 | impacted you in a big way? Like one habit that you can think of that, okay, I did this and it had a |
| 0:50.5 | huge impact on me and affected me in a big way. |
| 0:54.6 | And we had journaling, walking, gratitude, prayer, exercise, reading, decluring, |
| 1:07.3 | exercise, man, there's somebody coming in and it's hard to read them all morning routine i think someone |
| 1:14.9 | said make my bed i like that yeah just make an event morning devotional patience mindfulness |
| 1:21.1 | weight training yeah because i wonder if some of the ones i'm going to be sharing today |
| 1:27.1 | are actually ones that you have done. |
| 1:30.1 | And the good news, I bet some folks have done some of these and others need to do ones that others are doing. |
| 1:38.2 | So we all need certain habits and there are certain habits that are going to be good for us that are meant for us and |
| 1:44.2 | others like, yeah, we're already doing that one. So this is really great. Okay, here's another question. |
| 1:50.4 | What's a bad habit, a bad habit that you know you need to get rid of? Let's be honest here. This is |
| 1:58.5 | like transparency time. What's a bad habit that you need to get |
| 2:02.7 | rid of? And it was funny. I went on the street the other day just asking people questions like |
| 2:08.6 | this with a camera. And a lot of people were like, you know, doom scrolling. I hear that a lot, |
| 2:14.0 | and I'm seeing that a lot here. Scrolling on social media. That is not something we said like 10 years ago, right? No one said, you know, that a lot here scrolling on social media. That is not something |
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