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!

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⌚️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.

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