Positive thinking is a core of any business success. Jon Gordon, an American leadership and sales speaker, argues that pure optimism and sincere belief in future luck help many beginning entrepreneurs to survive in the competitive contemporary market. Gordon is famous for his speeches, training programs, and books. The latest one is The Energy Bus (2015). Let’s look through the key ideas of it.
- You drive your bus. To say it in other words, you live your life, and no one else has such a significant influence on it as you have. Thus, think, speak and dream positively to feel positive responses from your destiny and environment. Everyone has his/her energy. Subconsciously, we exchange them every day. Similar energies attack each other.
- You are the only one who is responsible. No matter what we are talking about. If you are an adult, you bear the total responsibility for your failures and successes. Stop blaming other people. Find the reason in the sphere of your authority and change it. Rely on yourself and do not wait for the pittances. Lead if you are a leader. Who has said that it would be easy?
- Fill up only with positive fuel. Jon Gordon believes that there are two types of our motivation fuel: positive and negative. The author assumes that only positively fueled businessmen achieve the results unbelievable for others. Enthusiasm and inspiration do wonders.
- No energy vampires. Jon Gordon has a lot of experience in the leadership field as he studied many great teams, organizations, and leaders' progress. Therefore, his convinces are reliable and valid. The author thinks that there are no other enemies for positive energy as fear and stress. That is why all factors and people, who accommodate them, should be eliminated immediately.
- “No complaining rule.” It lies in finding two possible solutions to the problem before you start your complaining. Gordon considers that complaints are counterproductive for every business. They do nothing but infect others with pessimism, which is forbidden in a prosperous tendency.
- Be thankful. The best weapon against stress is thankfulness. It concerns to all spheres of human life. Develop a habit to thank for everything you have got and achieved every day. So, many previously unnoticeable small accomplishments of every day of your life will at once open to you.
- Have a purpose. Many people search for happiness at work and feel constant dissatisfaction. The explanation is that each activity has its routine and hard moments. Happiness lies in the life purpose. Find and develop it to be happy and enjoy your everyday responsibilities.
- Share you leadership features. The enthusiasm of one cannot drive a team. Leaders should share and discuss their plans, expectations and beliefs with their employees to accomplish more and transfer their eagerness for success to others.
It is unworthy to start a deal when you do not believe in its prosperity. It is also unworthy to continue it with pessimism. A muse helps not only artists, but also businesspeople. Believe in your ideas and potential. Remove mountains!