605: Ready, Fire, Aim: Pursue Your Number One Goal, Find Freedom Through Discipline, and Grow Your Business with Motivational Speaker Jake Ballentine

Jake Ballentine is the author of Your Number One Goal, a contributing author in Jack Canfield's Living the Success Principles and the host of the Focus on the Good podcast.

Jake tells us what we need to know about getting out of our own way, grit & determination, how discipline equals freedom, how to let go of your pride so you can take action, conquering self-doubt & fear, adopting a ready-fire-aim mindset, pursue S.M.A.R.T. goals, find direction, and grow!

Quotes:                                                                                                                                   

“In the world of being a for-hire speaker, it falls under the line of a self-employed person because you are the one who needs to go out and do all the things.” – Jake Ballentine

“It's been two years since I've started making these shifts and changes. What it came down to was knowing I wanted to grow because happiness is found in growth, not in achievement.” - Jake Ballentine

“Anyone who has a complex business should think about making it more simple. Complexity is the enemy of execution. It's very challenging to do things.” - Jake Ballentine

Takeaways:

06:42 Happiness stems from growth, not just achievement.

12:47 Always be willing to take action, adjust quickly, and remove emotional attachment to potential failures.

19:32 Success is 80% psychology and 20% strategy, with fear being the primary obstacle.

21:11 Discipline creates freedom by preventing last-minute stress and expanding future choices.

24:26 Positive thinking requires consistent mental conditioning against default negative patterns.

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Filed in: Archive 3: 2018-2020InterviewMindsetPodcast

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