384. James Wedmore: My $14M Lesson, “This Is The End of Everything I’ve Built” & Navigating Fear!

the bossbabe podcast

Natalie Ellis

Entrepreneurship, Education, Marketing, Self-improvement, Business

4.9 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

James Wedmore has generated $80M in sales in his business and today he’s back on the podcast sharing the real + raw stories, biggest lessons + mistakes, and specific strategies that has allowed him to build a thriving business and a life that he absolutely loves. We go SO deep into the inner work required to build a successful business, how to work with your pain + fear vs letting it sabotage you, the different quadrants of business + what you need to be doing at each stage, the importance of your vision, the root causes of burnout + how to overcome it, the personal story about James’ divorce and the lessons that have come out of it… and literally so much more. This episode is one of the BEST we’ve ever recorded + know it will support you create more success, fulfillment, and joy in your entrepreneurial journey. Press play! TIMESTAMPS 2:20 - Inner Work Correlates To Results + Revenue 5:50 - Personal Development + Big Lessons 6:49 - Burning Desire + $80M in Sales 7:30 - Pain Is A Blessing (Pebble, Rock, Boulder Analogy) 8:30 - James Shares Candidly About His Divorce 13:45 - Moving Through Challenges + Evolving 15:00 - Fear & How It’s Driving Your Decision Making 20:20 - Maslows Hierarchy + Quadrants of Business 21:40 - Natalie Shares About Her Business Divorce 23:00 - 2 Stages of Business + Working In 90 Day Segments 27:25 - What Is Driving You Now? 28:00 - The Importance of Your Vision (The Secret Sauce) 34:00 - The Future You Decide To Live Into + Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 38:30 - Burnout, Feeding The Hungry Ghost + Validation 40:00 - Busyness, Saying Yes To Be Liked + 43:37 - The Heart Is The Second Brain 46:30 - The Root of Burnout + Elevating Your Role 50:30 - Accomplishment 52:00 - The Warrior 54:30 - James Shares His Beginning Journey + Humbling Moments 56:30 - Closing Thoughts + Special Invitation RESOURCES + LINKS Save your seat for James Wedmore’s totally free, 3 day training: Rise of The Digital CEO at bossbabe.com/rise Join The Société: The Place to Build A Freedom-Based Business Get Our Weekly Newsletter & Get Insights From Natalie Every Single Week On All Things Strategy, Motherhood, Business Growth + More. Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Send Us A Screenshot & We’ll Send You Natalie’s 7-Figure Operating System Completely FREE (value $1,997) FOLLOW bossbabe: @bossbabe.inc Natalie Ellis: @iamnatalie James Wedmore: @jameswedmore

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0:00.0	what am I going to have to owe here? And he said between 14 and 16 million dollars.
0:04.4	For me I was like, fuck, this is the end of everything that I've built.
0:07.6	In my career we've done over 80 million in sales. And I think if I hadn't had all those years of experience of training and distinction already, I think if I hadn't had all those years of experience of training and distinction already,
0:14.6	I think it would have killed me.
0:15.9	The inner work that I'm doing is directly reflected on the external.
0:19.9	I feel like that keeps people stuck and keeps people making decisions that has them burned out
0:25.6	and exhausted.
0:26.6	And you got to have a burning desire.
0:28.2	You have to want it so freaking bad that you are willing to look at the things that you've been unwilling to look at.
0:34.6	This is the secret sauce.
0:35.8	I was so busy, but was I doing what I love?
0:38.2	No.
0:39.2	You didn't get the memo from your soul.
0:40.6	You're not supposed to do that anymore.
0:42.1	So you need to be doing a million
0:43.2	dollar activities that for me has been the single biggest unlock
0:49.0	welcome back to the Boss Bay podcast Oh my goodness you guys I am freaking lit up about this episode today.
0:58.6	It is one of my favorites that I've recorded in a long time which is saying a lot because I have been enjoying this
1:04.4	podcast so much in the last few months so we had the amazing James Wedmore back on the podcast for
1:11.2	brand new content and you guys he went so deep on this one I
1:16.0	actually cried during the episode he is one of my all-time favorite podcast
1:20.6	guests because he's just really real he's so transparent
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