Joel Peterson is a business leader, author, and professor. He is the former chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Peterson received his MBA from Harvard University in 1973, founded the private equity firm Peterson Partners, and served on the board of over 35 companies. Joel has authored two books on business culture and leadership I am so excited for this podcast episode!! It is so good, guys and gals. We are learning from a titan of this industry, one of my favorite professors at Stanford, Joel Peterson. Do you know how lucky we are? We learn through his peaks and his valleys through his 70+ years and the wisdom that he so openly shares with me and with us. I love chatting with icons like Joel because obviously his career success is something we can see on the outside, but understanding who they are on the inside and how they think, how they make decisions to get to where they are today; what matters to them – that’s what’s exciting to me. Let’s dive in! *************************** 🍿 WATCH NEXT: - LinkedIn Senior Product Manager, Stanford MBA [Cherie Luo] https://youtu.be/N6tFDkVj_Is LET'S CONNECT 🤳🏻 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cherie.brooke 🌍 My website - https://www.cherieluo.com 📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@cherie.brooke ✍🏻 My Substack - https://cherieluo.substack.com/ 👩🏻‍💻 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherie-luo/ Ｘ Twitter - https://twitter.com/cherie_luo ⌚️Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:01 Podcast starts 04:38 Joel’s favorite audiobooks 06:46 How Joel started walking 10k steps a day 07:29 Engineering a remarkable life 12:07 Joel’s plans at 28 14:04 Adaptive plans 16:51 Joel’s assets & liabilities 19:05 The importance of gratitude 21:39 Common pitfall people make in their career 24:26 “Thriver” vs “Striver” 26:11 How Joel became chairman of JetBlue 29:05 Was joining JetBlue’s board daunting? 31:25 Importance of mentorship 34:10 The “never enough” mentality 35:46 Comparison is the thief of joy 36:52 Mitt Romney & Ray Dalio 40:17 Conversations from titans of the industry 42:10 Learning from valleys and peaks 45:40 Joel’s lessons from losing parents 49:50 Stanford vs Harvard 50:30 Smart trust 54:45 Emotions at work 57:05 What’s next for Joel? 59:50 Cherie’s Stanford experience 01:03:40 Closing thoughts ABOUT ME Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives. Music produced by Sammy Signal https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HsyknHuxhT8RoZfn5rqMS?si=SGH_SbD_SBStH2wJHcBXrg