Stay positive. Feed yourself so you can feed others. These are the key messages of Jon Gordon, author of bestselling book The Energy Bus and today's guest.
Jon and I met a few months back when we shared a stage at a client event. I've always loved the transformative fable he shares in The Energy Bus (about what happens when you change your mindset when entering "the bus of life" each day) and was excited to hear more about the man behind the story. Today, you're invited to hear this discussion!
Jon shares "stories even his closest friends haven't heard!" Many about the little known challenges leading up to his best-selling book career (the book was rejected 30 times before it was published; it had little reception for the first 5 years).
Jon's story is about being positive and feeding yourself so you can feed others. Here are a few of my favorite takeaways:
Jon Gordon's Live Inspired 7
1. What is the best book you've ever read?
All the Places to Go. My main takeaway is that life is an open door; God puts doors in front of you.
2. Tomorrow you discover your wealthy uncle shockingly dies at the age of 103; leaving you millions. What would you do?
Invest in others continue to pour into Positive University and more for nonprofits I love: Homes for Hope in Mexico and FCA, the Dream Center in LA.
3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?
Pictures of my family and my grandparents’ pictures that sit on my desk. Pictures of my parents who both passed away.
4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?
Abraham Lincoln.
5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
Dr. James Guild's advice, talk to yourself instead of listen to yourself.
6. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself at age 20?
Don’t stress so much. Enjoy the ride. The message in my books Training Camp and The Energy Bus.
7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read?
Positive.
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Let's move our focus from the cold winter to where the sun is shining: Spring!
One of my favorite parts of spring is March Madness. I love sports, I love baseball and I love the race to the final game (especially when the underdog wins).
Most importantly, after the final game, I love when they play the Luther Vandross song, One Shining Moment, while showing the highlights of the best plays from the entire tournament. They tie it all together and today, I am going to do something similar for you.
On today's episode, I'll recap each of my guests from Season 1 and my main takeaway from each. So many great tips on living inspired. Here we go!
Today's guest is former St. Louis Blues Hockey hero, Gino Cavallini. You'll love hearing the live reunion from my ON FIRE book launch party. [Watch the video.]
I am so honored to have had the opportunity to introduce you to these amazing people; true examples of living inspired. Season 2 starts next Thursday and you are going to love the guests we have lined up! Make sure to subscribe, rate & review wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for being part of the Live Inspired community and please keep inviting your friends to join us - we continue to climb the charts (top 20 on iTunes Business!) and touching lives.
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"You can have everything in life you want, as long as you just help enough other people get what they want."
This is one of the most popular quotes from legendary speaker, Zig Ziglar and it is absolutely modeled through his son Tom's life today.
Tom Ziglar has influenced 250 million lives through his work. On today's show, Tom will share about growing up with Zig as his father and how his dad walked the talk he shared with the world.
Tom shares about falling in love with sales, defines what "sales" really means and early failures he endured as a young president of his father's company.
These were my main takeaways from our time together:
Tom Ziglar's Live Inspired 7
1. What is the best book you've ever read?
The Lord of the Rings
2. Tomorrow you discover your wealthy uncle shockingly dies at the age of 103; leaving you millions. What would you do?
Thank God for someone who lived a good, long life.
3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?
Dad's bible. He underlined it. in fact, I have a lot of his underlined books. That is just priceless.
4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?
Dad.
5. What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
"You are what you are and where you are because of what's gone into your mind. And you can change what you are and where you are by what goes into your mind." This is my favorite quote from dad.
6. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself at age 20?
There's a lot of tempting answers! Don't start that business! It might be a Dave Ramsey thought - Pay cash for everything! I'd get more financially in-tune early on.
7. It’s been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read?
He lived pure and simple by putting the right things into his mind.
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"Discipline becomes dormant in the absence of a dream. So dream big."
This quote is from today’s guest, Rory Vaden.
Rory is an expert and a coach on self-discipline. He’s written books about it, built his business around it but most amazingly – has built a life inspired by it.
Today he is a bestselling author, soon to be father, one-time impoverished young man who began making his financial way as a college student during his summers learning how to do what he has coined as “take the stairs.”
This episode will inspire you to set goals, dream big and hold yourself accountable. You'll have actionable takeaways to begin living your life more inspired today than ever before. Don't miss it!
Here are a few key takeaways:
The LIVE INSPIRED 7 segment is a series of 7 questions, shared “rapid fire” and answered boldly (without prep!) by our guests. My hope is to leave you reflecting on our guest’s answers and YOUR answers… and excited to apply ideas from today’s show to help you live an inspired life.
Rory Vaden's Live Inspired 7
1. What is the best book you ever read?
How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. My main takeaway was have empathy for others and be selfless in your communication.
2. Tomorrow you discover your wealthy uncle shockingly dies at the age of 103; leaving you millions. What would you do?
I would use it to start charities and invest in businesses that generate outcomes. I'm always looking to multiply by spending time and money on things today that will produce results tomorrow.
3. Your house is on fire, all living things and people are out. You have the opportunity to run in and grab one item. What would it be?
I don't think there's anything. I wouldn't go back in.
4. You are sitting on a bench overlooking a gorgeous beach. You have the opportunity to have a long conversation with anyone living or dead. Who would it be?
Martin Luther King, Jr. I would love to ask. What was it like? How did you do it - so elegantly transform hatred?
5. What is the best advice you've ever received?
It's hard to be nervous when your heart's on service.
6. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself at age 20?
Stay the course. You always get paid for how hard you work! All the work you don't feel paid for or respected for right now - it will pay off. Stay the course.
7. It's been said that all great people can have their lives summed up in one sentence. How do you want yours to read?
The guy who helped people take the stairs and believed that the right way was a different way and it paid off, and they could do it.
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