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THE POWER OF POSITIVE How 30+ Influencers Stay Positive, Overcome Adversity & Make a Greater Difference. The quotes within this ebook are quotes from messages shared as part of The Power of Positive Summit, on online event where 30+ leading experts shared strategies on how to stay positive, overcome challenges & make a greater difference. For archive access to The Power of Positive Summit and the ability to watch speaker videos on-demand, whenever you want, join our Positive University program at www.PositiveUniversity.com In addition to archive summit access, you’ll also receive access to ongoing monthly Master Teaching lessons from bestselling author Jon Gordon, action plans (so you can turn ideas into results), weekly audio tips, LIVE Q&A, Group Coaching Calls with guest experts, and more. Positive U also included Community access where you can interact, share and be part of a positive community with other like-minded people. Visit www.PositiveUniversity.com to learn more. QUOTEABLES FROM COACH DABO SWINNEY Being positive is simply finding the good in every situation. TWEET THAT The best is yet to come. TWEET THAT Being positive is choosing the right attitude every day. TWEET THAT If there’s hope in the future, then there’s power in the present. TWEET THAT God never says “Ooops.” TWEET THAT COACH DABO SWINNEY Don’t let anyone walk between your mind with their dirty feet. - Ghandi Dabo Swinnney is the Head Football Coach TWEET THAT at Clemson University. Be a voice of encouragement. TWEET THAT THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM CAREY NIEUWHOF Being positive means dealing hope even when no one else does. TWEET THAT Leaders are dealers in hope. TWEET THAT The biggest killer of positivity in leaders is cynicism. TWEET THAT Just because not everybody can be trusted doesn’t mean that nobody can be trusted. TWEET THAT It’s hard to lose hope when the source of hope is bigger than you. CAREY NIEUWHOF TWEET THAT Carey Nieuwhof is the author of multiple books, As I run out of hope, I run into the God of hope. lead pastor of Connexus Church and host of a TWEET THAT popular leadership podcast. The curious are never cynical and the cynical are never Connect with Carey Nieuwhof curious. TWEET THAT THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM JOSHUA MEDCALF Focus on becoming mentally tough. True Mental Toughness helps you be more positive. TWEET THAT Circumstances don’t define you. TWEET THAT Model what’s important to you. Be the example. TWEET THAT Connect with Joshua Medcalf JOSHUA MEDCALF Joshua Medcalf is an entrepreneur who founded Train to be CLUTCH, a business and life consultancy working with top performers all over the world. Joshua advises leading brands and top people in sports and coaching on the key shifts and the future of leadership, innovation, management, mindset and grit. THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM BEN NEWMAN How you respond to adversity helps write the story of your life. TWEET THAT Success is about being able to get back up one more time after being knocked down. TWEET THAT Your purpose can overcome your pain. TWEET THAT Reframe adversity and focus on solutions, not problems. TWEET THAT It’s not how long you live. It’s how you choose to live your BEN NEWMAN life. TWEET THAT Ben Newman is a bestselling author, international It’s time to RISE UP! speaker, and highly regarded performance coach TWEET THAT whose clients include Fortune 500 companies, business executives, high performing salespeople, and professional athletes in the NFL and PGA, as well as the Connect with Ben Newman NCAA. The Napoleon Hill Foundation & Nightingale- Conant selected Ben as a top thought leader and author in the world to help produce their latest audio book Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success. THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM YOGI ROTH Love wins. TWEET THAT We don’t grow up hating others. It’s taught and learned. TWEET THAT Assume something good is about to happen. TWEET THAT You have to take a negative and turn it into a positive. TWEET THAT Realize the Power of Self-talk. What you tell yourself matters. TWEET THAT YOGI ROTH Negative things happen to all of us. It’s our response that makes the difference. Yogi Roth is a Pac-12 Networks college football analyst, TWEET THAT Filmmaker, Scholar, New York Times Best-Selling Positivity is a choice. Author, accomplished Coach, Motivational Speaker, TWEET THAT Media Personality, Host and World-Traveler who has been studying human potential for over a decade. Connect with Yogi Roth THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM MIKE SMITH You can’t just be a positive person when things are going well. TWEET THAT At the end of the day, I would always find something posi- tive. TWEET THAT When you care more... you’ll bring out the best in the peo- ple you work with. TWEET THAT COACH MIKE SMITH Mike Smith is the defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, former Head Coach of the Atlanta Falcons and bestselling co-author of You Win in the Locker Room First. THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM TONY GASKINS To get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to change your mindset. TWEET THAT You have to move from a scarcity to an abundance mindset. TWEET THAT Use the tools that you have. Start where you are. TWEET THAT Stop thinking about what you don’t have. Be grateful for what you do have. TWEET THAT Every day, be grateful for the small things. Take nothing for TONY GASKINS granted. TWEET THAT Yogi Roth is a Pac-12 Networks college football analyst, Filmmaker, Scholar, New York Times Best-Selling Author, accomplished Coach, Motivational Speaker, Media Personality, Host and World-Traveler who has been studying human potential for over a decade. Connect with Tony Gaskins THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM STEPHANIE WHITE Being positive means...looking at things with a bright light instead of through a lens. TWEET THAT In order to go through life’s ups and downs, you have to maintain perspective. TWEET THAT You make the choice to see the good in the situation. TWEET THAT COACH STEPHANIE WHITE Stephanie White is the Head Coach WNBA Indiana Fever, Women’s Basketball Analyst BTN and ESPN, Pacers Pregame/Postgame on FoxIndiana. THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM ANDY ANDREWS Everybody wants to make a difference; it’s just that nobody wants to be different. TWEET THAT A high average is still average. TWEET THAT Everything you do matters, and everything you don’t do matters just as much. TWEET THAT Everything you do matters. TWEET THAT If you want to achieve EXTRAordinary results then you can’t ANDY ANDREWS be ordinary. #BeDifferent TWEET THAT Andy Andrews is the New York Times best-selling Want to make a greater difference? Get more intentional author of The Traveler’s Gift and a consultant to top with what you do. companies all over the world. TWEET THAT Connect with Andy Andrews It’s not just the difference you make today. It’s the impact your difference makes for the rest of time. TWEET THAT THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM JUSTIN FORSETT Being positive is a battle each day, a battle against the neg- ative. Be intentional and you can win. TWEET THAT Being positive is an opportunity for you to become great. TWEET THAT The people who are successful at being positive realize that adversity is not a death sentence. TWEET THAT Positive people focus on the purpose, not the circumstance. TWEET THAT Look at adversity as an opportunity. JUSTIN FORSETT TWEET THAT Justin Forsett is a running back for the Baltimore Ravens Your negative circumstances don’t define you. Keep moving of the National Football League. forward. Pursue the positive. TWEET THAT Connect with Justin Forsett Adversity refines you and makes you better (if you let it). TWEET THAT Don’t just ask WHY, Why me? Ask HOW, How can this make me better? TWEET THAT THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM BRENDAN SUHR Become a lifelong learner. TWEET THAT Coaching is about your leadership. To be a true leader, you have to be a great coach. TWEET THAT RARE = Relationships, Accepting Challenges, Recover Time, Execution of Coach’s Instructions TWEET THAT Focus on serving the people on your team. TWEET THAT BRENDAN SUHR Brendan Suhr is a 2x NBA champion, assistant coach of the original Dream Team, and currently the men’s associate basketball coach for the LSU Tigers. Connect with Brendan Suhr THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM TAMIKA CATCHINGS You have to start accepting yourself. TWEET THAT Being positive is always looking at the glass half full. TWEET THAT You have two ways to look at a situation - in a good way or a bad way. You can choose. TWEET THAT I believe in you. You believe in me. We can win! TWEET THAT TAMIKA CATCHINGS Tamika Catchings is a 2012 WNBA CHAMPION! 2011 WNBA MVP. 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist. University of Tennessee alum. and Founder of Catch the Stars Foundation. Connect with Tamika Catchings THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM WILL COMPTON Everything you do begins with the power of thought. TWEET THAT When you can be fully aware of how you’re thinking, your life will transform. TWEET THAT You are in full control of how you’re thinking. TWEET THAT All you can ever control is your attitude and effort. TWEET THAT WILL COMPTON William Compton is a linebacker for the Washington Redskins. Connect with Will Compton THE POWER OF POSITIVE QUOTEABLES FROM LEWIS HOWES During adversity, we have a choice.