Episode 33: Do You Have The Endurance Necessary To Achieve Your Goals?

In this episode, Jerry and Jacobe are having an honest conversation about “What really matters most in life.” They are going to talk about Endurance – Starting Strong and Finishing Strong. Jacobe says, “Not to be a flash in the pan”, he further adds that starting strong and finishing strong even when things don’t go as expected is an important concept for everything that you do.

 

Episode Highlights: 

• As many can probably agree, Jacobe says it is easy to start something, and then once that excitement wears off, it can be hard to finish it.
• When someone makes a commitment, a lot of things happen in their mind, like, “Can I actually do this? Maybe I made a mistake that I shouldn’t have? Perhaps I shouldn’t have decided to do that? Do I look silly?
• Once you decide to start something, there is a next step, “How are we going to follow through with that?” According to Jacobe, “We have to always know that when we are doing something that we have not done before, it is going to be harder than we expect. At times the situation is not going to go the way we expect it to go.” 
• How you respond to what happens when things don’t go the way you expect them to is like true magic- that is where everything happens, and that is where you make progress. 
• Jerry has a habit of making huge commitments, in-fact, he overcommits. Now he looks back on a ton of things that he had committed to it. With few, he had stuck with and worked through it, but there are few that he left in between.
• Recently Jerry committed to a 75 hard – it is a program. It is about physical well being and mindset. You have to drink a gallon of water a day, and you have to do two workouts, and one of them has to be outside, no alcohol, no cheat meals. You have to read 10 pages a day, and you have to follow a diet. 
• Jerry has been wrestling with his weight, right now, he is at 2400 calories for the day, and he is really trying his best to stay committed to that. 
• Asking more about Jerry’s commitment to the 75 hard program, Jacobe inquires, “Before joining the program, had you already made a decision or were you just thinking that is a really good idea? Then, how did you move into deciding on this?”
• “When it comes to making decisions in life, historically Jacobe thinks them through a lot deeper than I do.”, says Jerry.
• Jerry says, “I am 100% committed to the 75 days, and I don’t know that I am mentally there.” Jacobe says that “Some situation is going to come up where it’s almost literally going to be impossible for you to do everything on that list, and so that is what I think about it.”
• Jacobe affirms he can’t do the 75-hard program because he just can’t commit to it. He discusses how they did the Gallup strengthsfinder test which tells you all your strengths or weaknesses. 
• In business, things with our family, with our wives, whatever it is - There is going to come a time when you can’t do something, and “I think there are times when we actually know that happens and then we endure, and we do the right thing; then there are times when that happens, and we don’t do what we’re supposed to do. Now the next question is, “How do you talk to yourself? Are you a failure because you didn’t do that? Or do you get back on the horse and start back up again?”
• Jacobe suggests, “Whenever you are starting something new, always bring up the concept of - Begin with the end in mind.”
• Jerry recalls, “I had COVID pretty hard at the beginning of the year, and my chest still gets tired. I don’t get that deep breath. This is why I have decided to improve my health.”
• Jerry asks Jacobe, “You said earlier, you don’t commit, unless you know you can complete it, so is that like you just either work through it until you get yourself to know that you can complete it or is that just you only want to take on things that you know you can complete?”
• Jacobe shares one of his top strengths is self-assurance, and the other one is focus. 
• When it comes to 75 hard, Jerry explains how he got the clarity on what the goal is and that is going to help him with the endurance. 
• Jacobe says, “You will have to recharge your willpower time and again in order to achieve your goal.” He says it is essential to think.” Are you setting it up in an environment that you can be successful in?”
• This episode has a special feature about “time to invest”, a concept near and dear to Jacobe’s heart about buying and selling real-estate, that he wants to share with the listeners. He explains the factors that matter to make you money. 

 

3 Key Points:

1. Jerry and Jacobe share their journey about how they started the podcast, what challenges they faced, and how they overcame it all.
2. When you miss a commitment, how do you quickly get back on the horse and correct it?
3. Jerry and jacobe discuss endurance and focus in setting goals and keeping commitments.

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Jacobe Kendrick  Facebook| LinkedIn | Instagram |YouTube|
• Jerry Weaver   Facebook | LinkedIn | Instagram|
• Success Without Sacrifice Facebook page
• BJJ Realtor YouTube 
• Jay Kinder  Instagram
• Andy Frisella 75 hard- info
• Grant Cardone- Be Obsessed or Be Average
• Benjamin Hardy - Willpower Doesn’t Work.
• Tony Robbins- Re-Awaken the Giant Within