Are You Living a Pinball Life w/ John Miles EP 25
Passion Struck with John R. Miles
John R. Miles
4.7 • 779 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
- What makes successful entrepreneurs according to Jim McKelvey
- Story of a young man who goes from poverty to national hero
- John introduces the pinball life concept
- How to avoid living life without intentionality
- Saying yes to the most critical mission in life
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And I just have to ask you, why would you want to live your life like a pinball machine, |
| 0:04.9 | like a piece of driftwood without intentionality and with constant distraction? |
| 0:10.8 | But so many of us do. We continuously react to what others are throwing our way |
| 0:17.0 | instead of being intentional with our passion. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to the Cash and Struck Podcast. My name is John Miles, a former combat veteran |
| 0:25.7 | and multi-industry CEO, who turned entrepreneur and human performance expert. |
| 0:30.8 | Each week we showcase an inspirational person or message that helps you unlock your hidden |
| 0:36.3 | potential and unleash your creativity and leadership abilities. Thank you for joining us today |
| 0:42.4 | on the show and let's get igniting. I am John Miles, the host of the Passion Struck Podcast, |
| 0:47.9 | and welcome to this episode on Momentum Friday. This show today is specifically tailored to those |
| 0:54.1 | entrepreneurs, creators, and visionaries who are out there listening or watching. And thank you |
| 0:59.0 | as always for spending your time with us on the show. During my discussions with my friend |
| 1:04.7 | and one of my favorite entrepreneurs, Jim McKelvie, co-founder of Square and the founder of a new |
| 1:09.8 | company called Invisibly, we often talk about what makes successful entrepreneurs or creators |
| 1:17.4 | and why does so many fail. And he told me that he considers a bold leader or that entrepreneur |
| 1:24.0 | or that creator is someone who is doing something that hasn't been done before. But on the flip side |
| 1:30.5 | of it, he says that so often what gets in the way of those entrepreneurs is that they lose sight |
| 1:37.2 | of that main thing, that problem that they sat out to achieve and they end up losing their vision |
| 1:44.2 | for the future. And in his new book, The Innovation Stack, he says, if you view every problem through |
| 1:51.0 | the lens, serenity, prayer, a small set of problems comes sharply into focus. Those unsolved problems, |
| 1:58.4 | we have the power encourage to solve. They are our perfect problems. But the problem is he meets |
| 2:05.2 | thousands of entrepreneurs who have lost their passion because they have lost their way. Over time, |
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