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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Fachliteratur
- Serie: Jon Gordon
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023
Wall Street Journal Bestseller The One Truth is the One Thing that Explains Everything The One Truth, by 14x best-selling author and thought leader Jon Gordon, guides you on a path to discover revolutionary insights, ancient truths and practical strategies to elevate your mind, unlock your power and live life to the fullest. The One Truth is that our state of mind, the thoughts we think, the words we say, the life we live, the power we have and everything we experience is ultimately influenced by oneness and separateness. As you learn about the unseen forces that lower your state of mind, separate and weaken you and the hidden power that elevates your mind, unites and strengthens you, you'll see life through a new lens, think with more clarity, confidence and act at higher level. Once you know the One Truth, you'll see how it impacts leadership, teamwork, mindset, performance, relationships, addictions, social media, anxiety, mental health, healing and ultimately determines what you create and experience. For example, a team that is divided is disconnected and powerless. A team that is united is connected and powerful. The same applies to you. When you feel a sense of oneness, connection, and unity you feel strong. When you feel separate, you feel disconnected and weak. The truth is, we are not meant to go through life feeling anxious, disconnected, insecure, cluttered, chronically stressed, worried and sad most of the time. We are meant to heal the hole in our soul and become whole. We are meant to live with hope, clarity, power, purpose, and confidence. The One Truth will show you how!
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
BOOK I: A Higher State of Mind
Introduction
Chapter 1: States of Mind
Is It the Traffic?
It's Always Your State of Mind
What Characterizes Low and High States of Mind?
Two Circles
The Roller Coaster
Revved‐up Thinking
There Is an Ebb and Flow to Thought
Don't Escape
Chapter 2: The Five D’s
The Battle for Your Mind
Your Negative Thoughts Are Not Coming from You
Doubt
Distortion
Discouragement
Distraction
Division
Chapter 3: Elevate Your State of Mind
Feed the Positive
Tune into Trust
Speak Truth to the Lies
Appreciate to Elevate
Encourage Yourself
Focus on What Matters Most
Unite with Love
Look Inside, Not Outside
Move from Clutter to Clarity
Power or Powerless
The End or the Beginning
BOOK II: The One Thing That Explains Everything
Chapter 1: The One Truth
Oneness and Separateness
Positive to Negative
Inside and Outside
Searching and Questioning vs. Knowing
Chapter 2: The One Truth Applied
A New Lens
The Narcissist Feels Separate
Two Becoming One
One Couple
One Team
When Low Meets Low
Fear of Change
You Are the Traffic
Pressure Believes the Lie
Unworthy and Perfect
Fame and Celebrity
Social Media Is Not the Problem
Racism
Love and Purpose Flow from Oneness
The Leader with Integrity
Ego Is Not the Enemy
Chapter 3: The Power Behind the One Truth
Connected to What?
Everything Is Spiritual
We Were Created for Connection
The Truth Is Simple and Powerful
BOOK III: The Solution to the Separation
Chapter 1: The Brain Is an Antenna
The Brain Is an Antenna
You Are Part of an Epic Story
The Garden
Truth and Lies
The Two Frequencies
What Are You Tuning Into?
Distinguish Between Truth and Lies
Science Is the Search for the Truth
Timeless Tools to Tune into the Truth
Chapter 2: The Ultimate Separation and Solution
Fake and Real
Temptation
Sin Separates
Wounds and Healing
Love and Forgiveness
The Ultimate Solution
Chapter 3: Renewing Your Mind Forever
A Hole in the Soul
The Vine and the Branch
Renewing Your Mind
Forever Is Now
Everything Matters and You Matter
Action Plan
Full Circle
TUNE
WHOLE
PRAYER
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End User License Agreement
Guide
Cover
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Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Begin Reading
Action Plan
Other Books by Jon Gordon
End User License Agreement
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Additional praise for The One Truth
“Jon Gordon is the GOAT! He's who guys like me look to and say, ‘How is he doing it all?' From his top‐rated podcast to his standing ovation speeches to his bestselling books, he walks what he talks in such an inspiring way. Start with this book, but just be warned, you'll want to read everything he writes after you finish it!”
—Jon Acuff, New York Times Bestselling author of Soundtracks, The Surprising Solution to Overthinking
“Jon Gordon is passionate about bringing the world together and calls us to The One Truth that can make it happen. Whether you are trying to find personal wholesome, or are determined to bring healing to the world, you will find the insights in this book compelling and powerful.”
—Erwin Raphael McManus, author of Mind Shift, life, mind, and leadership architect and founder of Mosaic
“The One Truth is the foundation and enabler of our “Working Together” leadership, management system, and culture of love by design, creating value for all the stakeholders and the greater good. When you include and empower everyone on the team and organization, you create “Oneness” that leads to greater connection, commitment, and results ”
—ALAN MULALLY, Former Executive Vice-President of The Boeing Company, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, President of Boeing Information, Space, and Defense Systems, and CEO of The Ford Motor Company
The One Truth
ELEVATE YOUR MIND UNLOCK YOUR POWER HEAL YOUR SOUL
JON GORDON
Bestselling Author of The Energy Bus
Copyright © 2023 by Jon Gordon. All rights reserved.
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BOOK IA Higher State of Mind
Introduction
I remember playing Little League baseball: standing on the mound, throwing a pitch, and hitting a batter with the ball. The next batter walked up to the plate, and I hit him too. I looked over at my dad, who was the manager of the team, and he gave me a dirty look and yelled at me to throw strikes. The next batter got up and the first pitch was out of the strike zone. Then I threw another bad pitch. I looked over at my dad again and I could see the anger and frustration on his face. Each time I looked over he just stared at me and shook his head. I threw the next pitch and hit the batter in the leg. The fourth batter walked to the plate and I could see him shaking as he prepared to get hit with the ball. Everyone watching knew I couldn't find the strike zone and everyone, including him, knew what was coming next. Yes, I hit him too. My dad walked to the mound, replaced me with another pitcher, told me to go play shortstop and finally took me out of my misery. Ever since then I've been searching for ways to be mentally tough.
In eighth grade I told my mom I was depressed and thought about killing myself. She started screaming, “What do you mean you want to kill yourself? Why would you say that?!” She freaked out so much that I somehow snapped out of it to calm her down. I said, “Mom it's okay, I'll be fine,” and we never talked about it again. It's probably why, 40 years later, I'm good at suppressing my emotions and why my brother says he “eats his feelings.”
In high school, before football and lacrosse games, I would talk to myself during warmups and pump myself up to get ready for the game. I would say things like “You got this. You are going to play great. Go for it. Eye of the tiger.” I trained a lot, worked really hard, and always had to earn my starting positions. The coaches never made it easy for me. I often wondered why I always had to prove myself while other players were named the starter without contest. Years later, I realize it made me stronger and grittier, and it taught me what I would need to succeed in college and life.
I was mostly recruited for college football but decided to go to the one school that recruited me for lacrosse, Cornell University. I traveled as a freshman, was a three‐year starter, and had a decent college career. Yet I know I could have been so much better. I played with a lot of fear and worried more about making mistakes and getting benched than having fun playing the game. I dealt with a lot of injuries and rarely played healthy. I struggled mentally and physically with the pressure, stress, and demands of being a Division 1 athlete and yet I never gave up. Quitting was not an option. I endured and persevered but would describe my time on the field of play as a job, not joy. I played with a clenched fist, not a smiling face. I wish I could have done it differently but unfortunately no one told me there was a different way.
After college I became an entrepreneur, met my wife, had two kids, and then saw my life and career crumble before my eyes as the company I was involved with crashed during the dot.com bust. I had become more negative, miserable, and fearful than ever and was blaming my wife for why our life was so bad and why I wasn't realizing my dreams. She had enough of my negativity and said that she loved me but she wasn't going to spend her life married to someone who was so miserable and that if I didn't change, it was over. I looked at myself in the mirror and knew a lot had to change, and I began a quest to become a more positive, mentally tough person. She wanted me to go on medication but I told her I wanted to try to do it in a more holistic way.
I began researching the emerging field of positive psychology. I read various studies on gratitude, happiness, meditation, and optimism, and started to put into practice some of these new and exciting ideas. I started taking “thank‐you walks,” which I'll share later in the book, and practicing self‐talk like I did back in high school. I began meditating, which led to walks of prayer, and I created a success journal at night. As I was practicing these ideas and finding much‐needed improvements, I began sharing my ideas and practices with others via a weekly e‐newsletter, which led to me writing books and speaking. Now, 20 years later, I'm a better husband and father who has helped millions develop a positive mindset and become a positive leader.
I realize now that my entire life has been a quest to get better and to help others get better as well. I've been seeking the keys to improve mental health and become mentally tough. I searched for and shared the tools, habits, and answers for overcoming the fear that wrecks us, the negativity that sabotages our goals, the pressure that rattles our foundation, and the anxiety that limits and weakens us. I've researched and read, learned and taught, trained and developed, written and shared countless ideas in my books to help others win the battle of their mind. As I've become more positive and mentally tough, I've been able to help others do the same. I've had a lot of ideas and answers, but I didn't have the answer.
I learned about high state of mind and low state of mind years ago from my friend Garret Kramer, but last summer it became clear that it was part of the One Truth and the answer I had been searching for. As I walked each day and thought about the mind, brain, soul, consciousness, energy, and our everyday experience and reality, I was filled with a greater understanding of how it all works and a practical, powerful way to teach it. I spent the summer teaching it to NFL quarterbacks, NHL general managers, NBA superstars, professional and college coaches, as well as teenagers struggling with anxiety and depression, and they “got it” and reported breakthroughs. I then shared it with several professional and college teams during training camp as well as at several large corporate sales meetings. The response was incredible and like nothing I have ever shared before. I knew I needed to write this book immediately to impact as many people as possible, including you.
I am absolutely convinced that everything in my life has brought me to this moment to share the One Truth with you. The pain, the suffering, the experience on the pitching mound, the struggle with depression, the fear that almost made me crumble, the negativity that almost destroyed me and my marriage, the ideas I've had, the teams I've worked with, the conversations I've had with my friends Garret Kramer, Erwin McManus, Malachi Rhodes, plus the books I've previously written have all prepared me to share this life‐changing and next‐level teaching and understanding with you right here, right now.
In the pages that follow I'm going to share with you the key to mental toughness, high performance, mental health, and living with power and peace. I know these are bold claims, but I'm confident that once you read and learn what I teach you in this book, it will all make sense, and you will nod your head in agreement. These ideas will resonate deeply with you because they are the truth that already exists inside you. Deep down you already know the truth I'm about to teach you. That's why as you read this book it will feel more like you are remembering than learning as I share examples that confirm what you have thought, felt, and experienced before. You just didn't have words or a framework to explain it. But now you do, and I am excited to see how remembering, understanding, and living the One Truth impacts your mindset, perspective, and life.
The One Truth and the ultimate way to master your mindset begin with a question I’ll answer in Chapter 1.
Chapter 1States of Mind
Is It the Traffic?
One day you're stuck in traffic and it bothers you; the next day in the same traffic, it doesn't. Is it the traffic making you feel a certain way? If that was the case, it would make you feel the same way all the time and it would make everyone feel the same way. One day you're listening to a song or podcast or just in a great mood and the traffic doesn't faze you. Another day you're pressed for time, have a lot of errands to run, and while sitting in traffic you start screaming. So if it's not the traffic, what is it?
Let's look at other examples to find the answer. A salesperson makes calls every day to acquire new customers and business. One day they receive a rejection from a potential customer and it really bothers them. They feel insecure and start to question themselves, their capability, and their future. Another day, they face the same exact kind of rejection but they move on and make another call with confidence that they will experience success. Is it the rejection that made them feel a certain way?
Consider the pandemic of 2020. Many struggled with their mental health during and after the pandemic, while others thrived. If you read many of the articles about that time, watched the news, and listened to conversations, you would hear people blame the pandemic for causing people to be a certain way, but as we have seen in previous examples, if it was solely the pandemic itself, then everyone would have responded to it the same way. The fact that they didn't tells us there is another reason. To figure this out, let's consider one final example.
Remember in school when you had a paper or project due and you couldn't get started? You were paralyzed by fear or mentally stuck and unable to write or create it. But then you had a burst of clarity and were able to accomplish it. What happened? What changed? Was it the paper or project that caused you to feel a certain way?
