068: From Failure to Fulfillment with Jeff Goins

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Writer, speaker and entrepreneur, Jeff Goins, is on the show today discussing the stumbling blocks he, and others who work creatively, have personally experienced. He shares why the ‘starving artist’ is a myth and how we can use obstacles and setbacks to help us accomplish our goals, not suffer through them. After listening to our interview, you’ll gain the insight and mindset that will allow you to shift your path and goals in the right direction.

What’s In This Episode:

How to pivot, or move forward after you’ve failed or hit a stumbling block
Using your obstacles as resources to guide you down the right path
Why it’s important to be stubborn about your vision and flexible with details
Building bridges towards taking opportunities and creating change
The Starving Artist Myth: How to stop disqualifying yourself before you try

Have a question for me about your own stumbling blocks or productivity? Submit yours for my next Ask Tonya at inkwellpress.com/question.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to Productivity Paradox from Inkwell Press, a podcast focused on finding success and happiness through the power of productivity.
0:09.2	Each season, Tanya focuses on specific strategies to help you discover your own priorities and purpose.
0:14.6	Season 6 is all about turning your stumbling blocks into starting blocks.
0:19.0	You can also join Tanya for more interaction and support in her free
0:22.1	Facebook group at Incwellpress.com slash group. And now here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:29.3	Hello, hello, everyone. Welcome to Productivity Paradox. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton, owner of
0:35.4	Enquale Press, and this is episode 68.
0:39.4	Today's episode is brought to you by Blue Apron, and I'll be sharing later in the show
0:43.8	how you can get a discount on your very first box. But let's go ahead and get into today's show
0:49.6	because I have a special treat for you. Jeff Goins is on the show today and he's going to be sharing
0:56.4	his thoughts on how to turn stumbling blocks into starting blocks. Jeff Goins is a writer,
1:03.0	speaker, and entrepreneur. He's the best-selling author of five books, including the art of work
1:08.5	and real artists don't starve. His award-winning blog is goinsrider.com.
1:14.6	Let's go ahead and get started. Well, Jeff, thank you so much for joining me on the show.
1:20.1	Thanks for having me, Tanya. Good to be here. Absolutely. Well, I want to talk to you because this
1:25.5	season we're talking all about how stumbling blocks can become starting blocks.
1:30.9	And in your book, The Art of Work, I think that's at the heart of what you're talking about when you explain the power of the pivot.
1:38.5	When something unexpected happens, you pivot and you find a way to move forward.
1:43.5	So how can we prepare ourselves for the
1:45.8	inevitable pivot after a stumbling block? Yeah, I think this is important because the idea of a pivot
1:53.2	point is not that you like hit a challenge and then you just have to sort of maneuver around
2:00.2	the challenge and get back on the path that you
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