You’re Focused on the Result, That’s Why You’re Still Losing

The Secret To Success with CJ, Karl, Jemal & Eric Thomas

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement

4.9 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

You’re not losing because you lack talent. You’re losing because you’re focused on the wrong thing. Most people obsess over results — the money, the body, the relationship, the success. But winners don’t worship outcomes. They build systems. In this episode of the Secret to Success Podcast, we break down why focusing on the result keeps you stuck — and how shifting to solution thinking changes everything. If you’ve been: • Starting strong but falling off • Setting goals but not seeing progress • Working hard but not moving forward • Believing… but still stuck at the 6-yard line This conversation is for you. We dive into: • The difference between victim thinking and architect thinking • Why belief determines your level of commitment • How focusing on solutions restores power over your life • Why consistency without the right system is rehearsed failure • The mental shift that separates dreamers from disciplined winners You don’t rise to your goals. You rise to your systems. If you’re tired of chasing results and ready to start designing them, this episode will shift your focus. Chapters: Chapters 00:00:00 Opening: Evict the Thoughts That Aren't Paying Rent 00:01:27 Welcome and Team Introductions: Five Pillars Fitness Challenge 00:07:00 Fair or Foul: The Airplane Snoring Incident 00:20:52 The Conference Difference: Solutions Over Information 00:25:20 The Three Types of People: Which One Are You? 00:24:41 From Victim to Architect: The Power of Solutions 00:33:32 The Intentionality Factor: Accidentally Broke vs Intentionally Wealthy 00:37:49 The Middle Part: Why Commitment Is Everything 00:39:49 Chemistry Class: The Solution Formula 00:41:24 Focused on the Answer Instead of the Solution: The Math Lesson 00:52:22 Belief Comes Before Action: Do You Really Believe? 01:01:55 Leverage: Knowing Who You Are Opens Every Door 01:04:49 The 1% Conference: Invest in Yourself 🎟️ TAKE ACTION 🚨 Get your ticket to the 1% Conference: 👉 https://etonepercent.com Join us live and learn how to build the systems that produce lasting results. 🔥 Join our Patreon community for exclusive content and behind-the-scenes access: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/c/S2SPodcast120 📲 Subscribe to the YouTube channel for weekly episodes that transform, not just inform: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@S2SPodcastChannel?sub_confirmation=1 🎙️ ABOUT THE SECRET TO SUCCESS PODCAST The Secret to Success Podcast, hosted by Dr. Eric Thomas (ET), CJ Quinney, Karl Phillips and Jemal King, is one of the most impactful personal development and mindset podcasts in the world. Each week, the team breaks down real conversations around success, discipline, belief, financial growth, leadership, relationships, entrepreneurship, and personal development. If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe — this is the podcast for you. New episodes drop weekly.

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0:00.0	What do you do when somebody's not paying rent? What's the legal process? You evicted?
0:06.5	Ah, so there's a lot of us that are not evicting some thoughts. There's a lot of us that's holding on
0:13.7	some thoughts, y'all. I promise y'all, this has been my breakthrough. Br, and I'll be super
0:18.6	transparent with you. I get a text sometimes that's like, man.
0:22.2	And it's just like, bro, you have the opportunity right there in that moment to think a different thought.
0:27.6	And I'm challenging now.
0:29.1	Evict them thoughts.
0:29.9	Don't let them just stay in there and not pay rent.
0:32.1	Like they're taking up unnecessary space that you can be using.
0:35.0	You should be using your mind for uh construction i'm trying to
0:40.4	choose my word here for construction and not storage architect we said not storage yeah architect we said
0:44.1	not storage yeah so let's let's make sure that we evicted evicting all them thoughts out your mind man
0:50.0	and i'm telling y'all that's the real secret like that's. Like, I'm just saying, that thought is taking it on a path.
1:21.0	You know, I'm telling you. Secret to Success Podcast, baby.
1:27.4	What's going on, world? Welcome to another edition of the Secret to Success Podcast. I'm your host, CJ. Joined as always by the Bayesian sensation, Mr. Carl Wesley Phillips. What's going on, y'all? What did it do? Dr. King, five pillars in the building. Yeah, bro. We're on fitness right now, dog. We got the little fitness group together. We're going hard, bro. Who's the group? Man, I got Will. Yeah. You know, we got the mayor. Shout out the wheel. Shout out to Will. You know, I got Tommy. Okay. You know, we got Clifondra. That's Camille's best friend. Okay. And, of course, I got my wife doing it and myself. And we just, you know, 75 days straight.
2:02.4	That's it.
2:02.8	Yeah.
2:03.1	Yeah.
2:03.7	How many pillars? Man, five pillars, bro. And five from me. We're going every single day, all day. All day, bro. Praise God. We've seen the results already. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. Yeah. So I've been on it, you know what I'm saying?
2:15.5	But it's good to be community, bro.
2:17.0	Yeah, for sure.
2:17.9	It's different.
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