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by
Jon Gordon
Started reading
November 2, 2020
Never do anything out of obligation. Do everything with gratitude and love. It’s much more powerful that way.”
Before you build a masterpiece you must design it. It’s the same way with life, you know. Too many people go through life living by chance, but 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.”
“That’s okay. Blurry things can be brought into focus with the right
questions and better strategies,”
“Once you design your masterpiece, you must be a craftsman in your approach to your life and work,”
“All success starts with being a craftsman.”
“I get jobs as a carpenter but I approach my work as a craftsman.”
“The world is filled with those who get things done the fastest and the cheapest, but it needs more artists, craftsmen, and craftswomen. When you become
a craftsman in a world of carpenters, you will stand out and people will clamor to work with you.”
As I walk this earth and city, I find that everyone wants to do what the great ones do but very few are willing to do what
they did to become great. Too many want five minutes of fame but they don’t want to spend the thousands of hours it takes to master their craft.
You try new things. You fail. You improve. You grow. You face countless challenges and tons of rejection that make you doubt yourself and cause you to want to quit. But you don’t. You keep working hard, stay positive, and persevere through it all with resilience, determination, and a lot of hope and faith. Then you make it! Everyone wants to work with you. And the world says, ‘Where have you been?’
When you see the good, look for the good, and expect the good, you find the good and the good finds you.”
what you think, you become. I know that how you see the world determines the world you see and how the world sees you. I know your perspective can take a bad situation and turn into a great outcome. I know a positive attitude not only draws people to you, but it also gives you power to overcome all the obstacles you will face as you build your success.”
Without struggle there’s no reward. Without obstacles there’s no growth. Without setbacks there’s no triumph. Without failure and defeat along the way there’s no ultimate victory and feeling of accomplishment.
As a builder of lives and people and teams, you must expect challenges, adversity, rejection, and negativity but have an even greater expectation that you will overcome them.”
Always remember that our biggest battle comes before our greatest victory.
“Anything is possible if a person believes.”
“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. Don’t look at your challenges; look up and look out into the future. Don’t focus on your circumstances. Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.”
