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The Jim Fortin Podcast

Ep 284: INTERVIEW: Having A Vision and Overcoming Adversity in Business and Life

The Jim Fortin Podcast

Jim Fortin

Education, Self-improvement

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Start Your Transformation Now In this inspiring episode, I chat with Adrian Massey, an entrepreneur from England who was previously a student in my Transformation Coaching Program (TCP). We discussed his journey as an entrepreneur, including the challenges he faced starting his business, how he overcame obstacles, and where he is today. He first connected with me because he wanted to start a food business but was struggling to gain traction. Adrian was driven by his purpose – to create a nutritious and sustainable product that makes life easier for busy people and families, but was instantly met with adversity. Shortly after starting TCP, he partnered with a large company to produce and distribute his product. However, issues arose with manufacturing and quality control, forcing him to end the partnership and shut down operations after investing significant time and money. This left him feeling desperate and with few resources to continue pursuing his business. However, he credits the mindset tools he learned in TCP for giving him the strength to persevere. He realized he needed to trust himself more and operate from a place of possibility rather than scarcity. He also realized that his desperation was hindering him, and he needed commitment, not desperation, to succeed. Adrian decided to pivot his business model and raised investment capital to restart production on his own. He overcame additional adversities like COVID-19 and supply chain challenges but successfully launched his product in UK (United Kingdom) supermarkets. His drinks are now outselling major brands. Throughout his journey, Adrian stayed motivated by his purpose. Having said that, I emphasized in the episode that his focus on creating value for others rather than getting rich is why he persisted. He agreed, noting that money alone doesn't drive great entrepreneurs. Transformational Takeaway: What limiting beliefs might be holding you back from fully pursuing your biggest vision? How can you flip the script and change those ‘limiting’ beliefs into ‘productive’ and ’empowering’ beliefs? Mentioned Resources: earthddrinks.com jimfortin.com/tcp Let's Connect:  Instagram Facebook YouTube LinkedIn  LIKED THE EPISODE? If you're the kind of person who likes to help others, then share this with your friends and family. If you have found value, they will too. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts so we can reach more people. Listening on Spotify? Please leave a comment below. We would love to hear from you! Thank you for listening!  With Gratitude, Jim Fortin

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Transform Your Life from the Inside Out podcast. This is an interview

0:06.9

episode and in this interview, I talk with Adrian Massey, a former student of mine.

0:13.6

Adrian's an entrepreneur and this episode is titled Having a Vision and Overcoming

0:18.4

Adversity in Business and Life. Even if you're not an entrepreneur, you're going to find great

0:25.7

value in this interview and if you aren't an entrepreneur, you're definitely going to find value.

0:31.6

We talk about a lot of different things but Adrian shares with you how his company,

0:37.4

he was getting it off the ground a couple of years ago and I've been coaching him since I

0:42.4

guess 2020. He was getting his company off the ground. The world got hit by COVID so his company

0:49.2

got hit and impacted that way. Then a company that he partnered with let him down,

0:55.0

left him in debt, left him beginning and starting over again. We talk about adversity,

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we talk about trusting yourself, we talk about having a vision for your business,

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we talk about service and why doing something in your life and doing it from the position of

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service is vital to life and your business growth. If you're an entrepreneur, enjoy the episode.

1:20.2

If you're not an entrepreneur, you're still going to find great value in this episode because

1:26.0

everything we talk about applies to life and we all deal with adversity. I enjoy bringing

1:32.0

you these episodes, hopefully you learn, you execute on what you're learning, you enjoy them as

1:37.2

well and I'm looking forward to bringing you several more interviews over the next couple of weeks.

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Enjoy.

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Hi, I'm Jim Fortin and you're about to start transforming your life from the inside out with

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this podcast. I'm widely considered a leader in subconscious transformation and I've coached

1:55.8

super achievers all around the world for over 25 years. Here you're going to find no raw, raw

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motivation and no hype because this podcast is a combination of brain science, transformational

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