YAPClassic: Jeff Haden on The Motivation Myth, A No-BS Approach to Getting Motivated and Reaching Your Goals | Entrepreneurship

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)

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Education, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Jeff Haden worked for the same manufacturing company for 17 years with the goal of becoming a plant manager. When he finally got the opportunity to land his dream job, he realized that he no longer wanted it; instead, he wanted to become a writer. Despite having no professional writing experience, he started working odd jobs, like ghostwriting press releases and articles for Inc. Now, he has ghostwritten over 70 non-fiction books, including two NYT top tens and nine Amazon category #1s. How did he stay motivated to learn a new skill later in life? In this episode of YAPClassic, Jeff will reveal how he became a highly sought-after ghostwriter for some of the most recognizable CEOs and business leaders. We’ll also hear his advice on how to motivate ourselves, master new skills, and what to cut out of our lives in order to stay focused on our goals, including why he recommends we fire a friend. Jeff Haden is a speaker, ghostwriter, and author of The Motivation Myth. He is also a frequent, and the most popular, contributor to Inc. magazine and a major LinkedIn Influencer, having amassed over 1 million followers. Jeff is a keynote speaker and the founder of Blackbird Media. In this episode, Hala and Jeff will discuss: - How to stand out when changing career paths - The kinds of goals you should be setting when learning a new skill - Why you should celebrate the small wins - How effort creates motivation - How the most successful people stay motivated - How to take advantage of “me-time” - What activities and expenses to cut out of your life - Why you should fire a friend - And other topics… Jeff Haden is a speaker, ghostwriter, and author of The Motivation Myth. He is also a frequent, and the most popular, contributor to Inc. magazine. In 2021, his online articles for Inc. alone attracted more than 30 million readers. He is a major LinkedIn Influencer, having amassed over 1 million followers. Jeff is also the ghostwriter of over 70 non-fiction books, including two NYT top tens and nine Amazon category #1s, and thousands of columns, articles, presentations, speeches, and eulogies…the total is something just shy of twelve million published words. Jeff is a keynote speaker and the founder of Blackbird Media. LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Resources Mentioned: Jeff’s Book, The Motivation Myth: https://jeffhaden.net/get-the-book Jeff’s Website: https://jeffhaden.net/ Jeff’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadenjeff/ Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap Youtube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services: yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship podcast, Business, Business podcast, Self Improvement, Self-Improvement, Personal development, Starting a business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side hustle, Startup, mental health, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth mindset.

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0:00.0	What is up my young and profitors?
0:15.0	In today's Yap Classic, where we playing my interview with speaker, ghostwriter, and best-selling author Jeff Hayden.
0:21.0	Jeff is a very popular ghost writer, but you probably don't know him because he's a ghost
0:25.9	writer and he's not supposed to let himself be known, but he's been the ghost writer of over
0:31.1	70 non-fiction books, including two New York Times, top tens, as well as thousands of columns,
0:39.0	articles, presentations, speeches, and eulogies. He's a contributing editor for Inc. Magazine and a major LinkedIn influencer
0:44.1	with over a million followers. In this episode, we dig into Jeff's book, The Motivation Myth,
0:50.0	and we'll hear practical advice on how to build motivation through hard work.
0:54.7	We'll talk about how the most successful people stay motivated to reach their goals,
0:58.4	and you'll learn why Jeff thinks you should cut an expense, a personal commitment, and a friend out of your life.
1:05.2	If you've been looking to find motivation in your life and make time for the things that matter,
1:09.6	you'll want to stay tuned to this one.
1:11.8	And I have to say, guys, I've thought about this episode so many times and it's gotten brought up
1:17.8	in so many conversations over the last year or so. And that's because what Jeff talks about
1:24.6	in this episode is so true. You don't just find motivation out of thin air.
1:29.0	You find motivation by getting started and doing the hard work. And it's always going to suck at first.
1:36.0	But then you get better and better and better. And that keeps you motivated. And so you need to get
1:41.7	started in order to be motivated. And I didn't really put two and two together before I talked to Jeff Hayden. And then, ever since then, I knew that motivation was a myth. So enjoy this conversation with Jeff Hayden.
1:57.1	Hi, Jeff. Welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast. Oh, thanks for having me, Hala. I am super excited to have you on today. So you are a contributor to Inc. Magazine. You've also ghost written over 50 books, and you're an author yourself of one of your recent books. It's called The Motivation Myth. It's quite popular. So we'll go into that later. But before we do that, I love to get insight about people's career journeys.
2:18.5	So from my understanding, you had lots of little jobs,
2:21.6	and you always worked really hard in these little jobs
2:23.8	as you were starting out in your career.
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