The Carpenter: A Story About the Greatest Success Strategies of All
Jon Gordon
Language: English
Pages: 160
ISBN: 0470888547
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Bestselling author Jon Gordon returns with his most inspiring book yet—filled with powerful lessons and the greatest success strategies of all.
Michael wakes up in the hospital with a bandage on his head and fear in his heart. The stress of building a growing business, with his wife Sarah, caused him to collapse while on a morning jog. When Michael finds out the man who saved his life is a Carpenter he visits him and quickly learns that he is more than just a Carpenter; he is also a builder of lives, careers, people, and teams.
As the Carpenter shares his wisdom, Michael attempts to save his business in the face of adversity, rejection, fear, and failure. Along the way he learns that there's no such thing as an overnight success but there are timeless principles to help you stand out, excel, and make an impact on people and the world.
Drawing upon his work with countless leaders, sales people, professional and college sports teams, non-profit organizations and schools, Jon Gordon shares an entertaining and enlightening story that will inspire you to build a better life, career, and team with the greatest success strategies of all.
If you are ready to create your masterpiece, read The Carpenter and begin the building process today.
who wanted to hire him, while Michael drove his daughter to basketball practice. Sarah had given him the okay to help the other coaches, but he wasn’t allowed to lead the practice or yell. On the way, Michael thought about the first and greatest coach he ever had, his mother. He remembered visiting her seven years ago and taking a walk together. She was a walking machine who walked for miles every day, but on this day she seemed very tired. Michael tried to convince her to turn around but she
great opportunity to decide how much you really want something. Will you give up? Or will you dig deeper, commit more, work harder, learn, and get better? If you know that this is what you truly want, you will be willing to pay the price that success requires. You will be willing to fail again and again in order to succeed. “Alternatively, sometimes failure causes you to take a different path that is better for you in the long run. My son failed in his first job out of college, but that led to
as his seven-year-old son spilled his cereal bowl on the table. “If I can do this, I can coach. Same thing!” “You only yell a little bit at home,” his son said with such naivety that Sarah and Michael burst out in laughter. “Daddy will be coaching in a few weeks, but for right now he won’t be at practice,” Sarah said as Michael sighed. 17 c05.indd 17 3/27/2014 11:25:46 AM “Time to make the bus,” Michael said as the family hopped up from the table and scattered to get their things. Of course,
the lives of others. Most people don’t implement them because they don’t believe it could be so simple. They think a strategy has to be big and complex to work but in reality the most successful strategies are extremely simple. Simple is powerful. Just remember that simple does not mean easy. You still have to take action.” 23 Design Your Masterpiece c06.indd 23 3/27/2014 11:30:38 AM The carpenter coughed and then cleared his throat, which was becoming a little hoarse. He continued. “Here’s
my work and I realized it was the art I created. I knew the work I do as an artist must come first and I couldn’t allow distractions to get in the way. So in my voicemail I told people the truth. I don’t return calls because I’m focused on doing the work and putting my heart and soul into it. If I spent all the time necessary to call people back, I wouldn’t have the energy to create great art. So people come see me during my lunch hour, we talk, and everything is lined up then. If I’m working at