GRANT BALDWIN: Building Balance in Limit-Pushing Industries

The Double Win

Michael Hyatt

Productivity, Teamleadership, Mental Health, Business, Leadership, Selfleadership, Personaldevelopment, Intentionality, Influence, Achievement, Selfdevelopment, Self-improvement, Management, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Double Win Show, Michael and Megan Hyatt Miller interview Grant Baldwin, a nationally recognized speaker, author, and founder of The Speaker Lab. Grant shares his journey from burnout to intentionally designing a life centered around balance, freedom, and his core values.

The conversation covers topics like the significance of constraints, the importance of overcoming fear, and why it’s essential to design your life instead of just living it by default. Grant's stories and insights make this episode a must-listen for anyone seeking to blend ambition with a meaningful, balanced life.

Memorable Quotes

“You have to regularly find things where the challenge exceeds the skill set… Over time, the skill set exceeds the challenge and you feel bored and you kind of feel like you’re going through the motions.”
“We design in a way that makes sense to say, ‘No, no, you can have your cake and eat it, too.’”
“It can’t be this open-ended thing of like, ‘I’ll do anything for anybody anywhere.’”
“Don’t act like a victim, saying, ‘In order to fill-in-the-blank, I have to do it this way.’ No, you absolutely do not.”
“This is a good life. I’ve got one shot at this thing. And so I want to make sure that a lived it well and I was satisfied with what I did.”
“If we are great entrepreneurs, if we’re great speakers, if we’re great authors, if we’re heart fill-in-the-blank, but we drop the ball as husbands, wives, moms, dads—if we’re a shell of a human being, we’re doing it wrong.”

Key Takeaways

Intentional Life Design: Your life doesn’t have to follow a set path—design it to fit your values and goals. Be intentional about the decisions you make and the priorities you set.
Constraints Create Freedom: Using boundaries to focus your efforts can actually create more opportunities. Grant explains why saying “no” is crucial to living a life that aligns with your values.
Facing Fear: Fear isn’t something to be avoided; it’s a sign that you’re about to do something significant. Grant explores how to “borrow courage” on the way to building confidence..
Building a Speaking Career: Grant shares a few of his best tips to build a speaking business by clarifying what you want to talk about and who you want to speak to.
Coaching & Mentorship: Investing in coaches can accelerate your learning and help you avoid common pitfalls—and it’s been key to Grant’s success.

Resources

Grant Baldwin’s website: The Speaker Lab
Follow Grant on Instagram: @grantbaldwin
Book recommendation: “The Successful Speaker” by Grant Baldwin
Related Episode: Ep. 19, Living Intentionally with Dan Miller

Watch on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/Hg1tCFBRoWI

Transcript

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0:00.0	the ability to do it even when you're afraid is the mark of maturity.
0:05.1	And so I think that whatever it is that life calls on us to do,
0:08.8	I think that we've got to step into it.
0:11.5	And when we do, those feelings disappear.
0:14.4	Yeah.
0:16.9	Hi, I'm Michael Hyatt.
0:18.3	And I'm Megan Hyatt Miller.
0:19.6	And you're listening to The Double Win Show.
0:21.3	We believe that you can both win at work and succeed at life.
0:25.2	That's the double win.
0:26.6	Today, we're having a great conversation with our friend Grant Baldwin, who is a nationally
0:31.7	recognized speaker, podcaster, and author, and the founder of the Speaker Lab, which
0:36.8	helps people start and build speaking
0:39.0	businesses. Guys, get this. He has spoken to over 500,000 people in 47 states over the last
0:46.3	13 years. He's also the author of the successful speaker Five Steps for booking gigs,
0:51.3	getting paid, and building your platform, and he's the host of the Speaker Lab podcast. He's been featured in Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur, and the Huffington Post,
1:00.2	and he's an avid pilot. I'm laughing because he's also a pool enthusiast. I don't really know what
1:05.6	that means, but I'm excited to find out. And he's a cyclist. He lives here in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Sheila,
1:12.0	and their three daughters. And he strives to live his life, get this, like Chuck Norris.
1:19.5	Without further ado, here's our conversation with Grant.
1:25.8	Grant, welcome to the show. It's an honor to be here.
1:28.6	And we're doing it in person, too.
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