Courage To Lead Live Blog – 41 Leadership Quotes From Jon Gordon On Positive Leadership

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The event’s next speaker was Jon Gordon.  Jon’s best-selling books and talks have inspired readers and audiences around the world. His principles have been put to the test by numerous Fortune 500 companies, professional and college sports teams, school districts, hospitals, and non-profits. He is the author of 18 books, many of which are best-sellers:

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Now as promised, the following are 41 leadership quotes from his inspirational session on positive leadership:

1. Keep Learning. Keep Growing.  Get Better.
2. To build a great team, you have to have courage.
3. To be a great leader, we have to dream about what we want.
4. What you dream you can create.
5. We can try to create our own vision but God’s plans are so much greater than our plans.
6. The Energy Bus was rejected by over 30 publishers.
7. I did not know what the future held but I knew Who held my future.
8. I don’t have a ghost writer. I have a Holy Ghost writer.
9. You know you’re with the right person when they give you strength.
10. The Energy Bus was a Wall Street Journal best-seller last week, 13 years after its release.
11. I’m leading the most challenging team of all and it’s called Family.
12. We don’t give up because it gets hard. We give up because we get discouraged.
13. Courageous leadership is about positive leadership because you have to create a compelling future.
14. Pessimists do not change the world.
15. Optimists work harder, get paid more… What we believe we ultimately create.
16. My power is limited. But God expands the universe.
17. God changed my life from the inside-out. He changed my heart.
18. Sometimes the people of faith are the ones so pessimistic about the future. It’s the fear, the enemy, the lies coming at us.
19. I’ve learned to talk to myself instead of listening to myself.
20. So often the key to success is to keep running. You never give up.  Life is a series of sprints in the midst of a boxing match.
21. Your optimism is a competitive advantage.
22. If you don’t have it you can’t share it. You have to feed yourself.
23. Who would choose to have a negative thought? Fear is a liar.  There is a battle between good and evil.
24. Just because you have a negative thought doesn’t mean you have to believe it.
25. 5 D’s the enemy uses – Doubt that God can’t be trusted. Distorts truth with lifes.  Discourages, gets you to beat yourself.  Distracts, if the devil can make you bad, he’ll make you busy.    Strong teams who stay united accomplish the purpose God has for them.
26. We counter the 5 D’s with Encouragement, Trust God, Speak Truth to the lies, Unite and come together and be strong together.
27. Coach O led LSU by focusing on the inside, not the outside.
28. The biggest mistake leaders make is not addressing the negativity on the team.
29. I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.
30. One of our prayers is, “God, we invite you into this marriage.”
31. 4 C’s that help us overcome the 5 D’s – Communication, Commitment, Connection, Caring
32. Where there is a void in communication, negativity will fill it.
33. You will never have commitment without connection.
34. As a leader, we have to learn to serve and sacrifice for others.
35. The more I love my wife the more I love my wife.
36. I didn’t need a better team, I need to be a better leader.  When I got better as a leader, my team got better.
37. One person will influence 80,000 people in their lives.
38. If you impact just one person, you are a leader.  And it starts at home.
39. Positive leaders pursue excellence.
40. As a leader you set expectations and you set standards.
41. Tough love doesn’t work anymore.  Love tough and push them to excellence.

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