The Mindset Behind Successful Entrepreneurs - with Jason Feifer
On a Mission Podcast
Ellie McKay
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Do you settle for what you have in life or make difficult decisions to grow? Today I’m joined by Jason Feifer, author, speaker, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine and world-class interviewer who inspires people to make and embrace change.
Jason has interviewed the likes of ‘The Rock’ Dwayne Johnson, Jimmy Fallon and so many more. Jason shares what makes a good interviewee, how to get the best out of your guests, why perspective is everything and the links between the art of storytelling and success.
We delve into what truly makes us who we are, how success is always evolving, why it’s essential to constantly challenge your identity and the importance of the right mindset in the right situation.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- A good interviewee is someone who reacts to what you say and ask them rather than having their own set agenda, who is willing to talk about why they do and did things not just what they have done
- It’s easy for people to talk about simply what they have done and not the reasons behind it. But it’s the reasons behind why someone does something that is actually relatable and provides inspiration and wisdom.
- The way to get someone to truly open up is to share a personal story of your own.
- Very successful people generally fall into two categories, they are either incredibly strategic and introspective or they are extremely intuitive and aren’t always sure about what they are doing and how to explain it to others.
- Identity is complex, you don’t want it to be anchored to something that can easily be changed. This is why Jason’s internal mission statement is simply that he tells stories in his own voice, storytelling is the route to his value.
- Jason helps people by learning about their own narratives and understanding their thinking.
- It’s important to understand the framework of who you are to other people.
- Speaking about your own challenges is usually what resonates the most with others. Failure is welcome as long as we learn something from it.
- Having kids is a lesson in becoming ruthlessly efficient and making choices about what is and isn’t important in life.
- Ellie has learnt to say no to absolutely everything that doesn’t fit within her values and mission. This has presented more opportunities and she has developed more in these 18 months than ever before.
BEST MOMENTS
‘Success is so subjective’
‘You were doing blog writing before it was even a thing’
‘What matters is what part of what you is useful for the person showing up looking for something’
‘Change is inevitable, thriving is up to you and I’ll show you how’
‘Two things can happen at the same time, that you didn’t want it to happen but it lead to growth’
‘I started to think of time in terms of outcome’
VALUABLE RESOURCES
On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission
jason Feifer - https://www.jasonfeifer.com
“I’m the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, a podcast host, book author, keynote speaker, startup advisor, nonstop optimism machine — and I can help you reach your “Wouldn’t Go Back” moment.”
ABOUT THE HOST
Not so long ago, life was barely recognisable for Ellie McKay, raising three children under five, battling post-natal depression, facing redundancy and walking into the job centre to claim benefits with a double pram, no confidence, and wracked with insecurities.
Fast forward to today, and life looks very different. Ellie committed to turning her life around for herself and her family. Following this commitment, she got to work and has now built multiple successful companies, as well as having created a multimillion-pound property portfolio from a standing start.
Ellie is now on a mission to make a positive impact and add value to others through her podcast which has attracted phenomenal guests worldwide. The show is specifically to help those trying to reach their full potential through its inspirational and motivational content, as well as challenging conventional wisdom to discuss all the “hot topics” in a relentless pursuit of the truth.
CONTACT METHODS:
Website: http://www.elliemckay.com
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YouTube: https://youtube.com/@onamissionpodcast
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Super successful people tend to fall into one of two camps. |
| 0:03.1 | They are either incredibly strategic and introspective, |
| 0:07.4 | which would be like the rock, or they are incredibly intuitive, |
| 0:11.8 | and they don't exactly know what they're doing or how to explain it. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Jason Fiverr, and I inspire people to make an embrace change. |
| 0:20.9 | I got the job at Entrepreneur in 2015. |
| 0:24.2 | I became editor-in-chief a year later in 2016. |
| 0:26.8 | The thing that I have now is not going to be the thing that I have forever, |
| 0:30.4 | so do you settle for that, or do you make a difficult decision and grow? |
| 0:34.9 | Change comes along, and our instinct is to say, |
| 0:37.8 | no, I'm not going to change. |
| 0:40.3 | So many people feel alone in experiencing things that so many other people feel. |
| 0:45.2 | I hear a lot of people, and they'll just say, |
| 0:47.6 | I needed to hear this today. |
| 0:49.4 | That's people finding that moment of connection in a moment of isolation. |
| 0:53.9 | It isn't that I said anything revolutionary, |
| 0:55.6 | but rather that I just said a thing that they were feeling, |
| 0:58.7 | and that by itself is really valuable. |
| 1:02.2 | Jason Fiverr, welcome to the Animation Podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | I am really excited about this one, but I was just saying to you, |
| 1:09.1 | before we hit the record button, that there's always a different level of pressure |
| 1:13.9 | when I'm interviewing other podcast hosts, and not only are you a podcast host, |
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