Turn Your Fear Into Fuel, with John Addison

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with John Addison about his book, Turn Your Fear Into Fuel.

In 2015, John Addison retired as co-CEO of Primerica, one of the world's largest financial services companies. Today, he shares his servant-leader ethos as a sought-after keynote speaker and leadership consultant. Through his consulting business, Addison Leadership Group, John utilizes over four decades of stories from his own life to encourage people to embrace leadership as a service to others rather than simply a title. He sits on numerous boards of directors, and in 2025, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Direct Selling News, the direct selling industry's premier source for news and education. John is the best-selling author of Real Leadership: 9 Simple Practices for Leading and Living With Purpose, Addisonisms: Quotes to Live By, and Turn Your Fear Into Fuel.

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