The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

By Jon Gordon and Gordon

Book Overview

More than 1.5 million sold

Fuel your life with positive energy with this bestselling fable

It's Monday morning and George walks out of the front door to his car and a flat tire. This is the least of his problems. His home life is in shambles and his team at work is in disarray. With a big product launch coming in two weeks, he has to find a way to get it together or risk losing his marriage and job. Forced to take the bus to work, George meets a unique bus driver and an interesting cast of characters who, over the course of two weeks, share the ten rules for the ride of his life. In the process, they help him turn around his work and life, saving his job and marriage from destruction.

The Energy Bus, an international bestseller, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals ten secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment--at work and at home.

Build positive energy with vision, trust, optimism, enthusiasm, purpose, and spirit Learn how to turn negative energy into positive achievement Overcome obstacles and bring out the best in yourself and your team

For managers and team leaders or anyone looking to turn negative situations into positive outcomes, The Energy Bus provides a powerful plan for overcoming common life and work obstacles and bringing out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus, you'll enjoy the ride of your life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470100281
• ISBN13: 9780470100288
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Engaging and Useful

Energy bus is a very powerful, useful book. I find it hard to read self-help, motivational books, but the way that this one follows a story made it very engaging and easy to keep reading.

Great book

Great positive book

Cannot Get Too Much of This Kind of Insight

There are some great reviews below, I am doing this one both for my own notes, and to flag the book for those that follow my reading. I've been looking over around six books on "positives" and this is clearly one of the top ones. We cannot get enough of this kind of insight, especially since most of us have been trained from birth with the war, scarcity, competition metaphor. This is a double-spaced fast read. I recommend it be read along with Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation and A Complaint Free World: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted, both of which I have also reviewed. CEO Take-Away: Managing the Energy away from negative and toward positive is a big part of your job. The book has an excellent story to open, and I am learning that the story, not "just the facts" is much more powerful in getting others to receive and embrace new ideas. + Everything happens for a reason, make the most of it. + The ones who most need help are the most closed off. + Love life, live in the moment. The 10 rules: 01 You're the driver 02 Desire, vision, and focus TOGETHER 03 Positive energy is fuel (negative energy are the brakes) 04 Invite others to SHARE your ride 05 Don't waste energy on those who do NOT want to share your ride. 06 No energy vampires (people whose negativity will offset) 07 Enthusiasm attracts and energizes 08 Love your passengers with time, listening, recognition, service; bring out the best in them 09 Drive with purpose 10 Have fun. The book ends with a self-survey and ideas for action. This book at this price at this time is a VERY good value.

The busjourney of a lifetime

Jon has written one of the classic parables of our time. In the telling of simple story you are able to full in love with life again. Returned me to the vision I have for the planet and especially myself. Often I leave out my own personal vision and get compassion overload. it feels like a weight has been lifted of my shoulders. I will tell you a secret, this book is much more profound than a book by that name.

Another positive for Jon! :)

Read through Jon's latest book with enthusiasm and admiration of his continued positive attitude and tips in spite of recently losing his mom to cancer. My daughter was in a funk, so I passed the book along to her and it brought her up with a fresh look at things. I like the step by step method he uses and visiting his website, you can sign up to receive his weekly newsletter full of more energy/positiveness to add to your life. Life really is too short to live any other way :)