The Energy Bus

**THE ENERGY BUS** *10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy*

By Jon Gordon

**Estimated Reading Time:** 45 minutes

**What You'll Learn** How to take control of your life, eliminate negativity, build a winning team, and lead with purpose and passion. This book provides a complete system for transforming your energy and creating success in every area of your life.

**Who This Book Is For** The professional who feels stuck in a cycle of negativity. The leader who wants to inspire a team but doesn't know where to start. The person going through a difficult season who needs a practical path forward. Anyone who suspects that the quality of their energy determines the quality of their life.

George had a problem. Actually, George had several problems. His car had just broken down. His team at work was falling apart. His marriage was strained. And a major product launch that could determine the future of his company was only weeks away, with everything trending in the wrong direction. He was, by any reasonable measure, having a terrible Monday. What George didn't know was that his broken car would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Because when you can't drive yourself to work, you have to take the bus. And when you take the bus, you meet Joy. Joy is a bus driver, but she's not the kind of bus driver you're picturing. She doesn't just drive people from one stop to the next. She transforms them. She has made it her mission to fill every passenger with positive energy, and she does it by teaching ten simple rules that anyone can apply. The story of George and Joy is a fable, but don't let that fool you. The principles it contains are grounded in real psychology, real leadership experience, and real results. Jon Gordon has spent decades working with Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, and educational institutions. He has seen these ideas work in the most demanding environments imaginable. The central metaphor is simple: your life is a bus. You are the driver. You choose the destination. You choose the fuel. You choose who gets on and who gets off. And most importantly, you choose the energy you bring to the journey. Most people never realize they're driving. They drift through their days reacting to circumstances, absorbing the negativity around them, and wondering why they never seem to get anywhere they want to go. They have what Gordon calls a "passenger mentality." They feel like life is something that happens to them rather than something they create. This book exists to change that. It exists because positive energy is not…