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title: "From Losing Millions to Their First Dollar of Profit: GGOB and Positive Psychology at Peterson Trucks"
description: Check out Gregg Stebben's ForbesBooks Radio interview with Peterson Trucks' executive vice president and positive psychology expert, Tom Bagwell.
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# [From Losing Millions to Their First Dollar of Profit: GGOB and Positive Psychology at Peterson Trucks](https://www.greatgame.com/blog/forbes-books-radio-with-peterson-trucks)

 Written by [The Great Game™ Team](https://www.greatgame.com/blog/author/the-great-game-team) | Nov 21, 2018 7:05:00 PM

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*At the 26th Annual Gathering of Games, we had the opportunity to host Gregg Stebben from ForbesBooks Radio as he interviewed participants from this year's conference. In this interview, he highlights *Peterson Trucks, a company that went from losing millions of dollars to three-time [Great Game All-Star Champions](https://www.greatgame.com/about/the-gathering-all-star-awards). **Check out his interview with Executive Vice President, Tom Bagwell.**

### Sneak Peek: What's Included in this Podcast

- The shutdown of Tom's family business as inspiration and motivation to run his company differently.
- Tom's experience with the Great Game of Business in academics, from a required reading to his master's thesis based on the Great Game of Business and positive psychology.
- His background as a professor at California State East Bay, and how he incorporates his study of positive psychology at Peterson Trucks.
- Positive psychology rituals and how they affect Peterson employees' behavior and performance. 
- How the company started small in implementing GGOB through MiniGames, and transformed to All-Star status. 
- Specific MiniGame examples and lessons learned at Peterson Trucks.

*Listen to the full podcast to find out how this All-Star company will continue to take their Game to the next level.*

 

Learn more about the company in

**[Peterson Trucks' 2018 All-Star ](https://www.greatgame.com/resources/case-studies/peterson-trucks-2018)****case study**  and video below.

 

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