Jake Carlson is a business coach, host of the Modern Leadership Podcast and founder of LifePlan Legal, a values-based estate planning firm. An avid traveler, Jake took his three kids out of school for the adventure of a lifetime, spending a year living in 12 countries from Bagan, Myanmar to Paris, France, overcoming robbery, redeye flights and Haggis while learning to love the rich cultures of the world.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“every person who starts a business is going to face their own challenges. And my challenge was very similar to some of your listeners Neil, I talked myself out of it… I am a analytic thinker a deductive type of guy and because of that I tend to find what will not work in a situation before I can find what will work and because of that I can find myself discouraged saying well this won’t work for me because of this and that. And so as I stepped out onto the entrepreneurialship realm one of the things I had to fight against was that in internal impostor, that person that was saying hey Jake this will work for Neil, it will work for Elon musk, it will work for Johnny and Susie and Sally and everybody else out there but why is it going to work for you? What do you have that’s different? But soon I can quiet that voice that’s when the magic happens ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
SMARTCUTS: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success Book by Shane SnowFavourite Quote:
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar
Recommended Online Resources:
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Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you have got to get in the game, you have got to go after it, you have got to passionate about it. And if you are not passionate about it you have got to find a different goal, you have got to find a different game to play. You have got to be willing to get up early, you have got to be willing to stay up late, you have got to be willing to get off that couch and turn off the Netflix. You have got to be willing to go that distance and if you’re not my advice is find something else you are passionate about. We live in a world where you can accomplish so many amazing things aligning with your passion don’t keep beating your head against the wall trying to accomplish something that is not your passion”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough.” Zig Ziglar
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jake Carlson:
- “we live in an age where mentorship is absolutely accessible beyond what it’s ever been before because of the Internet, because of connecting”
- “I go from mentor to mentor depending on what I need”
- “I am a big believer in the side hustle… And big believer that you don’t throw all of your eggs and just jumped ship and hope for the best but that you start to build on the side what you want to build. And I think part of that process teaches you what kind of entrepreneur you are, what kind of leader you are, what kind of products and services you want to offer, how you are going to distinguish yourself in the market”
- “we live in a society where we have more opportunity than we ever had before. The Internet has opened up windows, doors, opportunity that we’ve never had before to try different things”
- “I think you need a coach; I think you need to hire somebody that you’ve got skin in the game, financial skin in the game, and that person holds you accountable. That person is going to make sure that when you say hey, I am going to do this that this gets done. And I think that looking back I think I would have started with a coach much sooner than I did”
- “the secret to success in any business you have got to just keep grinding”
- “the more we get out and serve and help people reach their objectives and reach their goals the more business you are going to have”
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