1KHO 925: Your Energy Is Contagious | Jon Gordon, The Energy Bus

Ginny Yurich (0:34)

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This conversation is about the energy we bring into our homes, our work, our relationships, and our own lives, and remembering that our energy is contagious. Here is Jon Gordon.

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Ginny Yurich (3:30)

I'm the founder of 1000 Hours Outside. And today, I bring to you the incredibly accomplished, the incredibly encouraging and inspiring, the incredibly wise Jon Gordon. Welcome.

Jon Gordon (3:43)

Ginny, so great to be with you. You are amazing.

Ginny Yurich (3:46)

Okay, so here is the story.

We've actually been going after you for a couple years, which I'm sure that you don't know, because it's like always through admin and things like that. And about a week ago, it was finally like, oh, well, hey, something might happen with Jon Gordon. And on, I think, the same day, we met in person. I was in Tennessee for John A. Cuffey at an event called Stage and Page was fantastic. He knocked it out of the park and there was a dinner at a hotel and you were there with your wife. You were in town for a wedding.

Jon Gordon (4:19)

How cool is that? So we walk by and we see this little cafe. We want to go in there. And then we realize, oh, there's a private party. And then we see that John A. Cuff is the host of the party. And I'm like, oh, John's a friend. Like, should we say hi? And I'm like, no, I don't want to bother. And my wife's like, no, we got to go in and say hi.

So I go in and I say hi and we hugged. And so I'm glad he was happy to see me. And then you were there too, which was awesome. And then we met. So it really was, you know, synchronistic how it happened. I think it was a God thing that we were meant to meet in that moment. I thought it was so fun and so cool. I just loved your energy right away. And seeing John, of course, was great. And yeah, I love what he has done with that event. He's just such a great guy. Such a great friend.