Why Growth Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be w/ Paul Jarvis
Fuel Your Strength
Steph Gaudreau
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2018
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
If you are looking for a message of reassurance, motivation, and creativity, you have come to the right place. Paul Jarvis writes candidly and openly about completely changing how he lived his life and does business. Today he is sharing why he decided to bring the public along on his journey, and how to balance your life in every regard.
About Paul Jarvis
Paul provides a universal message that applies to people no matter where you are in life. Paul talks about so much that I, and others who run their own business, will relate to in a deep way, and is a beacon for us like-minded people.
By questioning why you have the need for 'more', calling yourself out on your bullshit and finding the true feeling of having enough, Paul encourages all of us to 'bleed a little bit'. Whether you run a small business, are a company of one or are just tired of the hustle, Paul will remind you why you got started and how to align yourself with what brings you the most joy in your life.
Learn why it's easier to build an audience when you stand for something, and how to deal with those on the other side of the line saying f*ck you. Question everything around you. But most importantly, believe that you are enough.
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On Today's Episode
- Making people resonate you on a vulnerable personal level
- Ways to optimize balance for your daily life and your business
- Finding the balance between what makes others happy and what you truly want
- How taking care of your body can lead to being more productive
- Why getting bigger as a business can sometimes be a problem
Quotes
"I don't want to perform in my writing, but the fact that I am sending a piece of writing to so many people and they are consuming it is a performance." (11:29)
"If you share something as yourself, like with your name and your business, like my business is me. Then it's a bit more personal right, the praise is a bit better but then the like criticism is a bit harsher. Because they are not disliking your business, they are disliking your business and your business is you." (16:27)
"I think if there was kind of one path forward then we wouldn't need to have this conversation because everybody would be on that path because that would be the one path. And I don't think that's the way business or life works. It would be so nice if and so easy if that was the case, but unfortunately it's not." (29:18)
"I would rather personally fail trying something that I want to do, than trying something that I don't want to do but want to just get to an end goal for it." (31:04)
"Growth isn't all it's cracked up to be, and business ideas around growth and what science and actual stories from business, they kind of tell two different stories. And it's one of those things where I'm like 'why is nobody else talking about this', and then I'm like, I guess I should.'" (46:07)
Resources Mentioned In This Show
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work By Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Pre-Order Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Sign-up for Paul's Newsletter Here
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| 0:00.0 | This is Harder to Kill Radio, a weekly podcast where we explore what it takes to build |
| 0:06.0 | unbreakable humans through fitness, nutrition, and mindset. |
| 0:11.1 | I'm your host, Steph Godro. My mission in life is to help women build stronger bodies and resilient |
| 0:18.8 | minds so that they begin to embrace and really own their inner power. |
| 0:24.6 | The vision I have is that one day, |
| 0:26.9 | girls will grow up into strong women who appreciate their bodies, |
| 0:31.1 | know their worth, take up space, and live bigger, without the pressure of impossible to fulfill |
| 0:38.1 | bullshit societal standards. |
| 0:40.7 | That is what it means to be harder to kill. |
| 0:43.0 | This podcast is one way to explore these issues, |
| 0:47.0 | and you may not always agree with the viewpoints presented here, |
| 0:50.0 | but I can guarantee one thing. It will make you think. I'm here to lead a community of women and then we need you two who are ready to define what it is they truly want from their lives on their terms. |
| 1:05.0 | If a particular guest or episode resonates with you, let us know. |
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| 1:17.0 | And also be sure to tune in to my weekly companion show, Fierce Love Friday, every Friday. |
| 1:23.6 | On that note, let to episode 151 of Harder to Kill Radio. |
| 1:47.0 | And Steph Godro, thank you so much for hanging out with me today on what is probably one of my most favorite shows of late. But you know what? I can't pick a favorite because everyone that comes on this show is an amazing, amazing human being and has just been such a joy to talk to. |
| 2:07.0 | So picking favorites is a bit difficult to do, but I really loved this conversation with my guest today, Paul Jarvis. He is a relatively new person in my universe. It wasn't very long ago that I first discovered who he is much to my chagrin. |
| 2:26.0 | Everyone that I excitedly shared this article that came into my life by him. |
| 2:31.6 | Everyone I shared the article with was like, oh yeah, I follow him. |
| 2:36.0 | I had no idea who Paul Jarvis was and yet his work and his new book that's coming out in just a couple of months here has spoken to me and has already just influenced |
| 2:49.3 | the way I think about a lot of different things and really provided me with some much needed reassurance for some things that I've been feeling lately in my business and in my life. |
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