This is the read to lead podcast episode 363.

What I needed to do was replace the word perfectionism with coward, because that's what it was.

It wasn't that I was a perfectionist.

I should have said, I can't launch entrepreneurs on fire because I'm a coward. What if you could interview 3,000 of the world's

most successful people and from those interviews distill 17 things they all have in common?

That'd be pretty incredible, wouldn't it? Well, you don't have to because my guest today

has spent the last nine years doing it for you.

Welcome. This is the Read to Lead podcast, the podcast dedicated to your personal and professional

growth. I'm Jeff Brown and believe that if you want to achieve true success in business and in life,

then one thing you better make sure is on your list is intentional and consistent

reading. Read to Lead is designed to help you narrow your reading list and bring you the key

insights and main ideas from some of today's most successful and inspiring authors. And that author

today is John Lee Dumas, host of entrepreneurs on fire of hugely successful podcasts, and we'll be

digging in today to his first traditionally published book called The Common Path to Uncommon

Success, a Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfillment.

I'm going to ask John to share about the critical steps he took on his way to building

a million dollar a year business and what he's learned from these 3,000 people he's interviewed, why he believes perfectionism is really just another word for cowardice.

The role systems and building a team have played in his success and lots more.

You know, one of the reasons you listen to this podcast may be to help build an intentional and consistent reading habit.

That's tough for a lot of people.

And there's the part where you want to try to take action on what you've read, to take what you've read and put it into practice.

That's harder still.

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