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The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy (Jon Gordon) Kindle Edition
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Fuel your life with positive energy with this bestselling fable
It's Monday morning and George walks out of the front door to his car and a flat tire. This is the least of his problems. His home life is in shambles and his team at work is in disarray. With a big product launch coming in two weeks, he has to find a way to get it together or risk losing his marriage and job. Forced to take the bus to work, George meets a unique bus driver and an interesting cast of characters who, over the course of two weeks, share the ten rules for the ride of his life. In the process, they help him turn around his work and life, saving his job and marriage from destruction.
The Energy Bus, an international bestseller, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals ten secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment—at work and at home.
- Build positive energy with vision, trust, optimism, enthusiasm, purpose, and spirit
- Learn how to turn negative energy into positive achievement
- Overcome obstacles and bring out the best in yourself and your team
For managers and team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative situations into positive outcomes, The Energy Bus provides a powerful plan for overcoming common life and work obstacles and bringing out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus, you'll enjoy the ride of your life.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWiley
- Publication dateMay 18, 2009
- File size1066 KB
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Jon Gordon is a 15x bestselling author and thought leader, renowned keynote speaker, and consultant who has worked with many of the top leaders and organizations around the world. Jon is a highly sought after global influencer who inspires millions of people each year with his books, talks, podcasts, and messages on positivity, teamwork, and leadership.
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"The world would be a much better place if we all focused on being positive. Gordon is 'the Pastor of Positive Energy and I'm one of his believers."
"Given the challenges and adversity we face in business and life today, Jon Gordon provides a clear road map to navigate the negativity and pitfalls that too often sabotage individual and team success as he shines a light on the truths that define great leaders, great teams, and great energy. I especially loved the part about leading with purpose. I consider this a valuable book for anyone looking to bring out the best in themselves and their team."
"Jon's book The Energy Bus and his talk to our team have been very useful tools in helping us build a positive team and culture where our players overcome negativity and challenges to perform at their highest potential."
"Purpose, vision, enthusiasm, and spirit are all critical elements for individual and team success. The Energy Bus does a masterful job of weaving together these principles to create a dynamic and entertaining read that will infuse you and your team with positive energy. Get on the bus and enjoy the ride."
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It's Monday morning and George walks out of the front door to his car and a flat tire. But this is the least of his problems. His home life is in shambles and his team at work is in disarray. With a big new product launch coming in two weeks for the NRG-2000, he has to find a way to get it together or risk losing his marriage and job. Forced to take the bus to work, George meets a unique kind of bus driver and an interesting cast of characters who, over the course of two weeks, share the ten rules for the ride of his life. In the process, they help him turn around his work and life, saving his job and marriage from destruction.
The Energy Bus, an international bestseller, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals ten secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment at work and at home.
Everyone faces challenges. And every person, organization, company, and team has to overcome negativity and adversity to define themselves and create their success. No one goes through life untested and the answer to these tests is positive energy the kind of positive energy that consists of the vision, trust, optimism, enthusiasm, purpose, and spirit that defines great leaders and their dreams.
Drawing upon his experience and work with thousands of leaders, sales professionals, teams, nonprofit organizations, schools, and athletes, Gordon infuses this engaging story with keen insights, actionable strategies, and a big dose of positive infectious energy.
For managers and team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative energy into positive achievement, The Energy Bus provides a powerful plan for overcoming common life and work obstacles and bringing out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus, you'll enjoy the ride of your life.
For more information, please visit www.TheEnergyBus.com
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Praise for THE ENERGY BUS
"Jon's book The Energy Bus and his talk to our team have been very useful tools in helping us build a positive team and culture where our players overcome negativity and challenges to perform at their highest potential."
Mike Smith, Head Coach of the Atlanta Falcons
"Given the challenges and adversity we face in business and life today, Jon Gordon provides a clear road map to navigate the negativity and pitfalls that too often sabotage individual and team success as he shines a light on the truths that define great leaders, great teams, and great energy. I especially loved the part about leading with purpose. I consider this a valuable book for anyone looking to bring out the best in themselves and their team."
Tom Gegax, founder of Tires Plus
"Purpose, vision, enthusiasm, and spirit are all critical elements for individual and team success. The Energy Bus does a masterful job of weaving together these principles to create a dynamic and entertaining read that will infuse you and your team with positive energy. Get on the bus and enjoy the ride."
Pat Williams, Senior Vice President of the NBA's Orlando Magic
"The world would be a much better place if we all focused on being positive. Gordon is 'the Pastor of Positive Energy' and I'm one of his believers."
Danny Gans, Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year
"Gordon so inspired our sales professionals with his positive energy that they were asking for more. Now, here is his philosophy in a book we can read and quote and we will!"
Linda H. Sherrer, President and CEO of Prudential Network Realty
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Product details
- ASIN : B0086I25S8
- Publisher : Wiley; 1st edition (May 18, 2009)
- Publication date : May 18, 2009
- Language : English
- File size : 1066 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 164 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #55,095 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
Jon Gordon is a 15x bestselling author and thought leader, a top 10 keynote speaker and consultant who has worked with many of the top leaders and organizations on the planet and a global influencer who impacts millions of people each year with his books, talks, podcasts and messages.
His principles and belief that positivity is a competitive advantage 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 28 books including 15 best sellers and 5 children’s books. His books include the timeless classic "The Energy Bus" which has sold over 3 million copies, "The Carpenter" which was a top 5 business book of the year, "Training Camp," "The Power of Positive Leadership," "The Power of a Positive Team," "The Coffee Bean," "Stay Positive," and "The Garden." Jon’s latest bestselling book is "The One Truth."
Jon and his tips have been featured on The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, The Golf Channel, Fox and Friends and in numerous magazines and newspapers.
His clients include The Los Angeles Dodgers, Campbell’s Soup, Dell, Publix, Southwest Airlines, Miami Heat, The Los Angeles Rams, Snapchat, Truist Bank, Clemson Football, Northwestern Mutual, West Point Academy and more.
Jon is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a Masters in Teaching from Emory University. He and his training/consulting company are passionate about developing positive leaders, organizations and teams.
Follow on social @jongordon11
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It would totally be 5 stars to me if the ending hadn't been so corporate/work focused. There was also a checklist in the back which, at least for me, makes things feel contrived (steps for a "courageous conversation" anyone?). The author does a good job talking throughout the book about being genuine with each rule, but every time I see someone create a checklist it seems to open the door for a change in words rather than the necessary change in heart. The "said some encouraging fluff to my colleague and didn't word my discontent as a complaint. - CHECK!" mentality is never really enough to change a climate. So although he does a nice job addressing this throughout the reading, I hesitate to bring the checklist to the team I lead at work, and even more so to my family, for fear it will become, "but I gave you a complement, you should be fine!"
...possibly too many years of growing up with a psychologist parent in my younger years - choose to ignore this negative wolf if these methods work for your context. I think it's worth it to read the book, it's a good story, regardless, and only around $10 on Amazon Kindle so you can read it on your own bus to work :)
10 RULES FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE
1. You’re the driver of your bus.
2. Desire, vision, and focus move your bus in the right direction.
3. Fuel your ride with positive energy.
4. Invite people on your bus and share your vision for the road ahead.
5. Don’t waste your energy on those who don’t get on your bus.
6. Post a sign that says NO ENERGY VAMPIRES ALLOWED on your bus.
7. Enthusiasm attracts more passengers and energizes them during the ride.
8. Love your passengers.
9. Drive with purpose.
10. Have fun and enjoy the ride.
I think that all of these are good ideas and yes I was totally hit over the head with the same metaphor over and over again in this book but the idea of it was there.
You are responsible for everything happening with your team on in your life. You have to change your own thinking and actions if you want others to join in, lead by example.
if you want to change your situation you must first change your thoughts.
Shut down the naysayers in your group, this is not the people asking questions and looking for answers but the people who complain and criticize with no specific data to back up their claims.
Your positive energy and vision must be greater than anyone’s and everyone’s negativity. Your certainty must be greater than everyone’s doubt.
Let your team know where you are headed. If no on knows what the final product/idea/outcome wanted is how are they going to envision a way to get there. Also care about your employees and what they are doing, give compliments and encouragement when needed or deserved. Be invested in their life outside of work as well as inside.
So again, this has some good ideas in it, told in a pretty cheesy way. I’m never going to print bus tickets for my group and ask them to get on my bus. But I will always tell them what is expected of them attitude wise and redirect when things start to shift from the main focus of collaboration, cooperation and appreciation. On my team we do not point fingers and play the blame game, instead we state the problem, who is impacted and brainstorm ideas on how to improve that policy, process, or situation in a way that will help everyone involved. It seems simple but it is harder than it seems.
If you are looking for a short, sweet version of positive team building then this might be good for you. I already had a head start on that so this wasn’t as useful as some other things I’ve read but still had some valid ideas that built on what I was already doing.
Audio Note: The narration of this was really well done and a very easy listen. I think it made me like the book even more than if I would have read it on my own.
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Thanks to my Boss who had make it mandatory for us to read the Book
Very simple solutions for every day situations and the way how to deal, stay calm, stay positive is best illustrated
Hope we could possibly be adopt some of the learning in our lives, for betterment
Thanks to entire Team....