George's car gets a flat tire and his wife tells him to take the bus to work.

George boards bus 11 and meets Joy, the relentlessly cheerful driver who greets him warmly.

George learns his car's brakes were also failing and repairs will take two full weeks.

George's boss warns him that the team's ongoing failures could cost George his job.

Joy shows George a handwritten sign listing ten rules and he agrees to study them.

Passenger Danny presents Rule 1, telling George he is the driver of his own life's bus.

Danny shows George the E+P=O formula and presents Rule 3 about fueling life with positive energy.

Danny presents Rule 4 and George sends bus tickets to his entire work team.

Three team members refuse George's bus tickets while two troublemakers accept but plan to undermine him.

Joy presents Rules 5 and 6, warning George to stop wasting energy on those who reject his vision.

George fires Tom for insubordination, and Michael quits in protest shortly afterward.

Passenger Jack introduces the Chief Energy Officer concept and Danny presents Rule 7 about enthusiasm.

George leads a team meeting where the group collectively defines three shared purposes for their work.

George's team delivers a stellar product launch presentation that wins over skeptical company executives.

George decides to keep riding the Energy Bus every day even after his car is repaired.

George's flat tire forces him onto a bus where he meets Joy, an energetic driver who offers to teach him ten rules for positive living. After his boss threatens to fire him for his team's failures, George cautiously agrees to learn the rules and begins taking responsibility for his life. He invites his struggling work team onto his vision, only to face resistance, refusals, and sabotage from within the group. Applying Joy's rules about energy vampires, George confronts the troublemakers, fires one, and loses another, before rallying the survivors around a shared purpose. The transformed team works overtime and delivers a winning product launch presentation that impresses company executives. Choosing to keep riding the Energy Bus even after his car is repaired, George commits to carrying the lessons forward.

George's transformation from negativity to positive leadership.

George walks two miles home from the repair shop alone rather than calling his wife for help.

Joy explains she spends Tuesdays caring for her father, who can no longer recognize her.

Joy hands George a children's book and written instructions to record his personal vision for life.

Joy explains that Einstein's equation proves even matter is made of energy, including human thoughts and feelings.

Marty gives George a copy of the energy book after reading aloud the parable of two fighting dogs.

George walks around his office building saying aloud everything he is grateful for.

George reads the One Great Golf Shot theory and begins asking his kids about their daily wins.

George spends the weekend reading about Abraham Lincoln's perseverance through repeated failure and loss.

Joy takes the bus out on her usual day off specifically to provide George support during his setbacks.

Joy hands George a dirty black rock and instructs him to find the value hidden inside it.

Danny presents Rule 8 and Joy tells George he must become a Love Magnet for his team.

George scrubs Joy's rock with water and discovers that solid gold is hidden beneath the grime.

George reads passenger Jack's list detailing five specific ways to love the people on his team.

George oversleeps and misses the bus, then finds Joy's letter at his desk introducing Rule 9.

Joy introduces elderly passenger Eddy and Danny reveals Rule 10 on George's final scheduled bus ride.

While the main rules unfold, a series of smaller but essential moments give George the practical tools and emotional grounding he needs. Joy reveals her own hardship — caring for a father who no longer recognizes her — showing George that positivity is a choice made in the face of pain, not the absence of it. Passengers Marty and Danny supply resources like a gratitude walk, a children's energy book, and a rock that turns out to hide gold inside. George strengthens his family relationships by beginning new daily rituals with his children and reconnecting with his wife through a written vision of their future. Joy's final rules on love, purpose, and fun are delivered in sequence, with Rule 10 arriving on George's last scheduled bus ride alongside an 88-year-old passenger who embodies joyful living. These events provide the texture and depth behind George's transformation, showing how the rules were absorbed, practiced, and made real.

The lessons, tools, and relationships behind George's journey.

George's wife threatens to leave him unless he changes his relentless negativity toward the family.

Walking home alone in desperation, George looks up at the sky and cries out for help.

George rides with a sullen substitute driver and resolves to start making real changes that very day.

Danny presents Rule 2, explaining that desire, vision, and focused thought move a person toward their goals.

Marty shows George research revealing that Olympic athletes use daily visualization to reach peak performance.

Joy introduces passenger Janice, who explains how to create bus tickets and personally invite others aboard.

George delivers a bus ticket to his wife together with a written vision for their future together.

Joy warns George that his own positive energy must always be stronger than all the negativity around him.

Before confronting difficult employees, George feels nervous pre-game energy and realizes he finally feels alive again.

José angrily confronts George about years of being overlooked and denied a deserved raise despite loyal work.

George sincerely apologizes to José and humbly asks him for a chance to prove himself as a leader.

George dreams of a bus hurtling toward an abyss before a hand lifts it to safety.

Joy tells George that what his team is still missing is the power of his own open heart.

Michael returns to ask for his job back and George rehires him, naming him a Chief Energy Officer.

George's wife kisses him on presentation morning and says she feels like she's meeting the man she married.

George's transformation hinges on a chain of raw, honest moments that break through his defensive negativity one at a time. His wife's ultimatum and his desperate cry for help in the street reveal how completely he has lost his way, while riding with a joyless substitute driver crystallizes his resolve to change. Each rule brings a fresh revelation — that focused thought shapes outcomes, that visualization rewires performance, that inviting others requires a genuine, shared vision. The most wrenching turning point comes when José confronts George with years of unacknowledged hard work, and George chooses accountability over defensiveness. A prophetic dream, Joy's insight about his closed heart, and Michael's unexpected return confirm that the transformation is genuine and spreading. By the morning of the presentation, George's wife recognizes the man she married has come back, sealing the personal arc that began with her threat to leave.