Jon Gordon is the author of The Energy Bus, a Wall Street Journal best-selling self-help book. Gordon has published 20 books, several of them best-sellers, on teamwork and positive approaches to problem-solving. Gordon’s public speaking and consulting work includes clients such as Campbell Soup, Southwest Airlines, Bayer, Ritz-Carlton Hotels, the San Francisco 49ers, the Atlanta Falcons, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Professional Golfers’ Association, and several NCAA Division 1 football teams. Gordon also works extensively with K-12 educators and has written books for children, including The Energy Bus for Kids. He received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree from Emory University. Deeply religious, Gordon declares that God is “the ultimate driver of my Energy Bus” (xi) and that love is the highest form of energy.

A hard-working middle manager at the NRG light bulb manufacturing company, George also is a devoted husband and father who has demonstrated great potential until recently, when a series of misfortunes and his increasingly negative attitude throw his life into crisis. Threatened with losing his job and family, George flounders until he meets Joy, the driver of the bus George must take while his car is in the shop. With Joy’s help, and that of her passengers, George realizes that his poor attitude is ruining his opportunities and making difficult the lives of the people around him.