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21 " Never do anything out of obligation. Do everything with gratitude and love. It’s much more powerful that way. "
― Jon Gordon , The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All
22 " If you are complaining you can't be thinking about or creating what you do want. "
― Jon Gordon , The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
23 " The character you possess during the drought is what your team will remember during the harvest. "
― Jon Gordon , You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life
24 " It is the culture you create that is going to determine whether your players perform and execute. "
25 " Enthusiasm comes from the Greek word entheos, which means ‘inspired’ or ‘filled with the divine. "
26 " Culture drives expectations and beliefs. Expectations and beliefs drive behaviors. Behaviors drive habits and habits create the future. "
27 " it's not your goals that will lead to your success but your commitment to the process, "
28 " Driving a positive, high-performing culture requires more than words. After all, everyone has a mission statement, but only the great organizations also have people who are on a mission. "
― Jon Gordon , The Power of Positive Leadership: How and Why Positive Leaders Transform Teams and Organizations and Change the World
29 " Every crisis offers an opportunity to grow stronger and wiser; to reach deep within and discover a better you that will create a better outcome. "
30 " Culture consists of the shared purpose, attitudes, values, goals, practices, behaviors, and habits that define a team or organization. "
31 " Strategy is important. Execution is imperative. However, the most overlooked aspect in team sports, and what most coaches and leaders fail to grasp, is the fact that it is your culture that will determine whether your strategy works and is sustainable. It is the culture you create that is going to determine whether your players perform and execute. "
32 " In the face of all this, it is your culture that will be the driving force to create the resiliency, toughness, passion, and attitude to overcome the obstacles in your way. "
33 " Did you know you can take your bus anywhere you want to go? Say yes three times with me. Yes, yes, yes. You can take it to the movies, the beach or the North Pole. Just say where you want to go and believe that it will be so. Because every journey and ride begins with a desire to go somewhere and do something and if you have a desire then you also have the power to make it happen. "
34 " Don't focus on the numbers. Trust the process. When you keep doing things the right way, eventually the numbers will rise, the wins will come, and the outcome will happen. "
35 " in life you have a choice between two roads. The positive road and the negative road. The positive road will lead to enhanced health, happiness, and success and the negative road will lead to misery, anger, and failure. "
― Jon Gordon , The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
36 " Lou Holtz said, ‘Don’t complain. Eighty percent of the people you complain to don’t care and 20 percent are glad you have problems. "
37 " Research from the HeartMath Institute (heartmath.org) shows that when you have a feeling in your heart, it goes to every cell in the body, then outward—and other people up to 10 feet away can sense feelings transmitted by your heart. This means that each day you are broadcasting to your team how you feel. You are either broadcasting positive energy or negative energy, apathy or passion, indifference or purpose. "
38 " knowing how they want to be remembered helps them decide how to live today, and leaving a legacy will give them a purpose that will unleash their passion. "
― Jon Gordon , Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture
39 " If you are looking to build a new culture or transform the one you have, the first questions you should ask yourself are, “What do we stand for?” and “What do we want to be known for? "
40 " Never do anything out of obligation. Do everything with gratitude and love. "