The Carpenter: The 3 Greatest Success Strategies of All (Jon Gordon)
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Great leaders are great because people trust and respect them, not because they have power.”
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achieve genuine success, you must help others.
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“No business or success is worth your health and life.
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“I give and expect nothing in return.
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when you live by design and know the life you want to create, you are able to create a masterpiece instead of a piece of junk.”
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I’m realizing that without my health, I can’t create my masterpiece.
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They see the world not as it is, but as it could be.
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While most people approach their work with the mindset that they just want to get it done, craftsmen are more concerned with who they are becoming and what they are creating rather than how fast they finish
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knowing that all that I create is a reflection of me.
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“The world is filled with those who get things done the fastest and the cheapest, but it needs more artists, craftsmen, and craftswomen.
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Too many want five minutes of fame but they don’t want to spend the thousands of hours it takes to master their craft.
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desire to get better every day.
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You keep working hard, stay positive, and persevere through it all with resilience, determination, and a lot of hope and faith.
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“I just know that what you think, you become. I know that how you see the world
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determines the world you see and how the world sees you.
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Without struggle there’s no reward. Without obstacles there’s no growth. Without setbacks there’s no triumph.
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Always remember that our biggest battle comes before our greatest victory. And I see great victories in your future.”
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Life and success are about what you choose to believe.
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“Anything is possible if a person believes.”
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“When you believe, the impossible becomes possible. What you believe will become what is true. Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.
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Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.”
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I expect great things to happen today.
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be a little crazy to be a big success.
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Small minds can’t understand big dreams.”
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Don’t get normal. Stay crazy.
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talk to yourself instead of listening to yourself. It’s a powerful tool to build your success.”
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“I need to talk to myself and feed myself with the words and encouragement I need to keep moving forward.”
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When I meet failure, I will fail forward, toward future success.
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I believe that being positive not only makes me better, it makes everyone around me better.
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“It was because of our service. We didn’t serve the account well enough.
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“Our purpose is greater than our challenges.
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They are being bombarded with challenges and dealing with such busyness and stress that they can’t even think straight. It’s like the new plague of our day. Those who can manage it will thrive. Those who don’t will perish.”
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root cause of busyness and stress is fear.
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The success is greater, so the fall is
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greater if you fail, and too often the fear of failure becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to failure.
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Instead do everything with love and you will cast out fear, you will flow instead of stress, and you will create more success than you could ever imagine.”
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The more you focus on love in each moment and each day, the more fear fades away.
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fear is draining. Love is sustaining. Fear is short term. Love is long term.
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Don’t let fear sabotage your dreams.
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Build everything with love! Greatness is built with love.”
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“The secret to life and the greatest success strategy of all is to love all of it and fear none of it.”
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We can choose to slow down instead of rushing.