Episode 512: The Best of Habits&Hustle: Jordan Belfort (Wolf Of Wall Street)

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

How do you rebuild your life when everyone thinks they already know your story? How do you stay sharp and influential when every move you make is judged and dissected? In this episode of Habits & Hustle, I sit down with Jordan Belfort, the real-life inspiration behind Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed film The Wolf of Wall Street based on his bestselling autobiography. We get into the mindset behind high-stakes decisions, the psychology of influence, and how he built a system that turns underdogs into top performers. Jordan talks about rebuilding credibility, the habits that keep him steady now, and what extreme pressure taught him about discipline. He breaks down what persuasive leaders actually do differently and why charisma alone never gets you there. If you want a sharper understanding of communication, conviction, and reinvention, this one will land. Jordan Belfort is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, global sales trainer, and creator of the Straight Line System. After rising fast, falling hard, and rebuilding his life from the ground up, he has become one of the most recognizable thinkers in sales psychology, persuasion, and personal reinvention today. What We Discuss: (00:28) Why influence is something you can actually learn (05:12) The mindset Jordan used to handle high-stakes decisions (13:40) How the Straight Line System brings clarity to any conversation (18:55) What rebuilding credibility really looked like after his public fall (26:14) The habits that keep him steady and focused now (34:02) What extreme pressure taught him about discipline (41:33) The mechanics of persuasion and why charisma alone never works (55:10) What separates average closers from top performers (01:12:20) How he coaches leaders to communicate under pressure (01:28:46) The psychology behind reinvention and starting fresh Thank you to our sponsors: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE40 for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout.Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Manna Vitality: Visit mannavitality.com and use code JENNIFER20 for 20% off your order Prolon: Get 30% off sitewide plus a $40 bonus gift when you subscribe to their 5-Day Program! Just visit https://prolonlife.com/JENNIFERCOHEN and use code JENNIFERCOHEN to claim your discount and your bonus gift. Amp fit is the perfect balance of tech and training, designed for people who do it all and still want to feel strong doing it. Check it out at joinamp.com/jen Find more from Jen: Website: www.jennifercohen.com Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Jordan Belfort: Website: www.jordanbelfort.com Youtube: @wolfofwallst Instagram: @wolfofwallst X: @wolfofwallst TikTok: @wolfofwallstreet Facebook: @jordanbelfort

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0:00.0	Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:06.4	I'm just going to go right into it.
0:07.7	I don't have to do a whole.
0:08.8	I'm going to put your name up.
0:10.6	They're going to see who you are.
0:11.8	I don't have to do a whole like I have the Wolf of Wall Street,
0:14.8	Jordan Belfort, Google him.
0:16.9	By the way, I am like, this is one of the podcasts I've been like very excited for.
0:20.9	And I said it off the camera.
0:23.3	No, you didn't even know who I was. You fight. No, you're amazing podcast. I'm excited. Well, I'm just saying that you're so fascinating to me. I swear like everything about you. You also look, you guys, the guy looks like he's Benjamin Button. He's like aging backwards. How old are you? 61. Okay. And no surgery, no plastic surgery, no nothing. No, no air dye. I have a few gray hairs here and there, but I've had them, you know, for a few years. Like, it doesn't really get worse, you know. Well, that's not even bad for him. I have gray hair, but I don't have really gray hair. And I'm just, you listen, I have my
0:57.6	issues are more inside. Like I look at the outside of riding away in the inside. No, I got muscle, I played a lot of sports, tennis, golf. I wrestled when I was in college, and I did a lot of weightlifting. So I have like my shoulder, I have an artificial replacement here. And I told my cuff recently, so I have to get more surgery.
0:54.2	Then this has got arthritis.
1:11.5	I got problems with my hands from golf and tennis.
1:13.0	I mean, so, but listen, but I'm...
1:15.2	That's more wear and tear.
1:16.5	That's wear and tear.
1:17.4	Yeah.
1:18.2	I've done some, like, I overdid it.
1:18.5	Especially my 50s.
1:20.5	I was playing tennis for two hours.
1:21.5	They were like one of the top players in the world, and I just destroyed my shoulders. So, but it was worth it.
1:23.1	I think in the end, it was so much fun and kept me fit. But yeah, you know, but listen, you look amazing too. About 60, though. I'm just looking for the founds in the middle age at this point. I mean, I'm telling you, it's beyond with you. Like, whatever you're doing, I want to actually start doing. I mean, I've done stem cells.
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