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John Gordon

John Gordon

Jon Gordon is a bestselling author and keynote speaker on positive leadership, known for The Energy Bus, and founder of The Jon Gordon Companies.

Oct 10, 2026

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[laughs]
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And he starts going through it.
68:25
And as he starts teaching me the carrot, the egg, and the coffee bean, I'm like, man, that is an incredible story.
68:30
And so we decided to write a book based on that.
68:32
I called up Damon.
68:33
I said, "Hey, this needs to be a book." I had a vision for it immediately as Dabo was telling me about it, and it's really simple.
68:39
When you put a carrot into boiling hot water, what happens to the carrot? It gets softened.
71:26
[laughs] Right.
22:42
Yeah.
22:42
The busiest people on earth actually get back to you.
22:45
And then I'll have some coaches who don't get back to me for a while.
22:48
It's like one of my tests, actually.
22:50
I can tell how great that coach is, their state of mind, by how they respond to their texts and how much they can actually handle.
22:58
They can handle so much.
22:59
So they have the habit of, one, connecting with their people, which is essential.
25:17
What, what, what role do you play? Why do they need you?
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So if I say the term love to you, you would say what as it comes to building teams and elevating performance?
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Great teams love each other.
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And because you love each other, you're going to serve and sacrifice for each other.
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Love is about being sacrificial.
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That's real love.
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Sacrificial.
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It's going to cost you something.

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very connected to my friends and but so the commitment by the way everybody is the commitment to connect just think about all the things in your business or your family you just kind of do stuff but are you committed to connecting on a deeper level in your marriage with your children with your team with your business like are you and then like if you are like what are you doing about it what's your plan what's your strategy right so the commitment to connect yeah

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