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101 " 1. The But → ___ Positive Technique. This simple strategy helps you turn your complaints into positive thoughts, solutions, and actions. It works like this. When you realize you are complaining, you simply add the word but and then add a positive thought or positive action. "
― Jon Gordon , The No Complaining Rule: Positive Ways to Deal with Negativity at Work
102 " 2. Focus on “Get To” instead of “Have To. "
103 " 3. Turn Complaints into Solutions. The goal is not to eliminate all complaining. The intent is to eliminate the kind of mindless complaining that doesn’t serve a greater purpose and allow complaining that is justified and worthwhile. The opposite of mindless complaining is justified complaining. The former is negative and the latter is positive. "
104 " Transformational coaches invest in the root and, over time, it produces a lot of fruit. "
― Jon Gordon , You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life
105 " Your employees are tuning into your broadcast station and they want your energy. They need you more now than ever. And you need them. If you want them to receive more positive and powerful energy, then you got to broadcast that power by opening and tapping the power of your heart. "
― Jon Gordon , The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
106 " With mindless complaining, you are mindlessly focusing on problems; however, with justified complaining you identify a problem and the complaint moves you toward a solution. Every complaint represents an opportunity to turn a negative into a positive. "
107 " Monday at 9 A.M. is when people start their workweek,” Joy said passionately. “Think about that, George. People would rather die than go to work, "
108 " Stay Positive It’s easy to be positive when everything in life is going great. The hard part is staying positive when you get knocked down and kicked around. The fact is, no one goes through life untested. If you study history, sports, and business, you will find that every great leader and team had to overcome adversity and challenges to define themselves and their success "
109 " Distractions are the enemy of greatness. "
― Jon Gordon , The Garden: A Spiritual Fable about Ways to Overcome Fear, Anxiety, and Stress
110 " God made you to be great so He wants you to pursue greatness. But this pursuit must include trust and faith in Him. Your desire for God must be greater than your desire for success. "
111 " When you’re enthusiastic, people want to get on your bus. Your bus is energized and people say, ‘Hey, I want to get on that bus.’ Employees from different departments want to help you out. You get a reputation as someone people want to work for. Customers want to work with you. Salespeople come to you for advice because they’re looking for that enthusiastic energy to increase their sales. When you live and work with enthusiasm, people are drawn to you like moths to a light. Walt Whitman said that we convince by our presence, and when you are enthusiastic you project an energy that convinces people to get on and stay on your bus. It’s powerful energy, "
112 " Evil's ultimate goal is to divide us and separate us from God,” he said. He distracts, discourages, distorts, and creates doubt so that we will be divided from God, divided from each other and from ourselves. "
113 " While most people approach their work with the mindset they just want to get it done, craftspeople are more concerned with who they are becoming and what they are creating whether than how fast they finish it. "
― Jon Gordon
114 " E + P = O "
115 " The crafts-person is only thinking about building his work with love... when you care about your work you stand out in a world where most don't care. Caring leads to success. "
116 " A man with vision has a certain look in his eye and walk in his step. He walks like he knows where he is going and why he is going there, and George didn’t walk like that. "
117 " when it comes to building a successful business, it’s not the numbers that the drive the people, but rather the people and relationships that drive the numbers. Creating those relationships and developing that teamwork had to be their top priority. "
― Jon Gordon , Soup: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture
118 " Culture "
119 " great companies and teams have great energy and spirit that are fueled by a positive culture and purpose, "
120 " one person can’t make a team, but one person can break a team. "