Jon Gordon

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1,207 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard May 2024 last heard 14 Jul

Jon Gordon’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And my wife threatened to leave me if I didn't change.

This was when I lost my job during the dot-com crash.

I'm being negative.

I'm blaming my wife for why I've not lived up to my dream or my potential.

And she had enough of my negativity.

She's like, that's it.

Change or we're over.

So it was a big wake-up call for me because I wanted to stay married.

And I began working on myself to become a more positive person.

I began researching ways I could be more positive.

positive.

And it's so ironic to me that I'm known as this positive guy when I'm naturally negative.

My dad was a New York City police officer, undercover narcotics.

And so he was shot a few times.

He wasn't very positive.

When I started speaking, my dad said, I can't believe people actually pay you to speak.

When you're a kid, we paid you to shut up.

And that's the kind of mindset I grew up with.

And I struggled with my mindset for a long time growing up.

And

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