Coffee Bean Basics
This is the main metaphor of the book, showing how you can transform your environment instead of letting it change you.
the coffee bean
The book teaches that instead of being affected by your environment, you can do this to it.
change it
He’s a motivational speaker and bestselling author who co-wrote The Coffee Bean.
Jon Gordon
To be like the coffee bean, you need to choose this kind of attitude.
positive attitude
"You have three choices in life: be like the carrot, the egg, or" this.
coffee bean
In the story, the coffee bean changes this substance into coffee, symbolizing positive transformation.
boiling water
The carrot, egg, and coffee bean are metaphors for how people respond to this.
Adversity
He’s a former college quarterback who turned his life around after prison.
Damon West
One way to be a coffee bean at school is to do this instead of spreading gossip.
spread encouragement
"When you change the water, you change" this.
world around you
The book contrasts the coffee bean with this vegetable, which gets soft under heat.
carrot
This word, central to the coffee bean’s transformation, means "becoming something better through challenges."
Growth
Damon West was sentenced to this many years before transforming his life.
65 years
The coffee bean analogy reminds us that pressure is like this kitchen condition.
boiling water
The coffee bean teaches that the right mindset can turn pressure into this.
power
This object in the analogy becomes hard and bitter when boiled, symbolizing negativity.
egg
According to the book, your greatest power is not your environment but this internal force.
Mindset
Jon Gordon is also the author of this bestselling book about a bus ride and positive energy.
The Energy Bus
In sports, being a coffee bean means uplifting this group.
your team
Damon West says you should "be a coffee bean" especially when you’re in this type of situation.
tough one/adversity
The coffee bean’s power lies in releasing this, representing your energy and influence
flavor/aroma
The authors encourage seeing every challenge as this kind of opportunity.
Gift
Damon West’s personal transformation began after a conversation with this kind of fellow inmate.
a lifer
Damon West often says, "The power is not in the water — it’s in" this.
you
The book uses this hot beverage as a metaphor for spreading positivity.
coffee