Resistance to Reinvention is What's Making Your "Middle" Messy with Adrion Porter

Redefining Wealth with Patrice Washington

Patrice Washington

Self-improvement, Education:self-improvement, Education

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Pillar Mastery. Discover the proven framework that helps ambitious achievers align their desires and actions to create a life of authenticity, clarity and genuine joy. Today I’m joined by the inspiring Adrion Porter, a workplace strategist and the founder of Mid-Career Mastery. Adrion shares his personal journey of being laid off at the age of 40 and how it became the turning point that led him to redefine his purpose and create a consultancy dedicated to helping others navigate mid-career transitions. We explore the concept of the "magical middle" of one’s career—the transformative season where personal and professional growth intersect. Adrion introduces his Mastery Map framework, which focuses on mindset, meaning, and milestones as key drivers for reinvention and success. Together, we tackle the natural resistance to change, the role of community in overcoming challenges, and the exciting opportunities for growth that exist in midlife transitions. If you’re navigating your own mid-career journey or seeking to embrace reinvention with purpose and confidence, this episode is a must-listen! Questions to Reflect On as You Listen: How am I currently approaching the transitions in my life and career? What mindset shifts do I need to embrace to create opportunities for growth? Am I clear on my purpose and how it aligns with my professional goals? What milestones can I set to guide my journey of reinvention? How can I build stronger relationships and community support to navigate change? This conversation serves as a powerful reminder that midlife isn’t an ending—it’s a beginning. Adrion’s journey will inspire you to redefine what’s possible, lean into transformation, and embrace the magical middle as a season of empowerment and opportunity. Resources Mentioned: Pillar Mastery Adrion’s Intagram Adrion’s Facebook Adrion’s LinkedIn How to Redefine Wealth for Yourself 📱Join the FREE Redefining Wealth community app to connect with Purpose Chasers internationally and experience pop-up training with Patrice monthly! ⁉️Take the Redefining Wealth Quiz and find out the pillar of wealth blocking you from the wealth you desire in less than two minutes! 🥳Join Pillar Mastery and ignite a new aligned vision, unlock purpose, and redefine wealth for yourself. 📗Grab a Redefining Wealth 90-Day Pillar Planner or Patrice’s last book, Redefine Wealth for Yourself. 💛Use this quick assessment to find the best 1:1 option to Work with Patrice as your thinking partner to create your most authentic path forward.

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0:00.0	But when you're in that middle, you're at a point that you can leverage where you've been,
0:04.8	but also you can see where you can go. That's magical.
0:28.4	I'm Patrice Washington, and this is the redefining wealth podcast, where authenticity leads to alignment and abundance.
0:38.5	Join us each week as we peel back the layers on what wealth truly means and dive into conversations that inspire, connect, and empower you to live your richest life.
0:41.0	Get ready to challenge the status quo.
0:43.9	It's time to redefine wealth for yourself.
0:51.3	You're listening to The Redefining Wealth podcast with Patrice Washington. This is the space that you come to each and every week to learn more about
0:55.3	what it means to chase purpose, not money. And you know here that we talk about the six pillars of wealth.
1:02.5	And one of those pillars is the work pillar. It is about living your life's purpose. But what happens
1:08.7	when you feel yourself ready to evolve that purpose? What happens when you feel
1:14.2	like it's time to pivot and what you do in your career, you might need some support. So I brought
1:21.7	someone here today to help us have that conversation. I'm super excited. Listen, if you are new to the Redefining
1:28.9	Wealth podcast and you don't know anything about the Six Pillars of Wealth, I do want to
1:32.8	invite you to check it out because here we understand that wealth is so much more than money
1:37.9	and material possessions. It is definitely the original definition of wealth that we rock with here.
1:43.7	And that is the condition of well-being and happiness. And so there are the original definition of wealth that we rock with here.
1:47.4	And that is the condition of well-being and happiness.
1:51.2	And so there are some pillars in your life that if you're not careful,
1:56.2	they will impact your ability to produce the financial wealth you say you desire.
1:59.8	So go to patrice-Washington.com slash quiz.
2:10.0	Take the quiz, figure out which pillar you need to do some work in in this season to make sure that when you get the money, you can keep the money and you're not doing things to self-sabotage.
2:14.8	So my guest today is Adrian Porter.
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