Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! The word Kaizen is defined as: a Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices, personal efficiency, etc. This episode cover continuous improvement and how to reach any goal through a simple 4-step framework created and taught by Leadership Author and Entrepreneur, Orrin Woodward in his book - Resolved: 13 Resolutions For Life. Also, I give a quick update on my own personal journey to financial freedom of working 10 ...
Apr 06, 2023•35 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Let's talk about excusitis...this is the disease of ALL failures. You can make things happen or make excuses, but you can't do both. Henry Ford said: "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right." Author of the phenomenal book Napoleon Hill said it this way: “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Other things covered: - Internal vs External 'Locus of Control' - Empowerment vs Disempowerment. - Ta...
Mar 29, 2023•34 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Let's explore the concept of " discipline = freedom." This is a phrase coined by former Navy SEAL Jocko Willink. As we delve into this topic, we will reflect on a quote by Alan Valentine, who said, "Freedom is born of self-discipline. No individual, no nation, can achieve or maintain liberty without self-control. The undisciplined man (or woman) is a slave to his own weaknesses ." Successful people act not on feelings, waiting for motivation, but...
Mar 22, 2023•31 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Our life is made up of time. Nothing more and nothing less. So if I waste my time, I am literally wasting my life. Stephen Covey, in his book: The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People , teaches time management better than anyone else I have ever heard or read. This episode covers the 4 different ways you can categorize and therefore better manage your time based on what you should do more of and what you should do less of. Questions I covered ...
Mar 14, 2023•37 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! One MAJOR difference between successful and unsuccessful people is what they choose to focus on in the journey to achieve their goals. Successful people focus on a repeatable process that long-term will equal their intended/goal outcome. Unsuccessful people focus on what is currently viable... If you'll decide to truly "divorce the outcome and marry the work ethic"...anything is possible. This episode covers why. Click here to learn more about th...
Mar 07, 2023•36 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! "If you take the easy way out of life, life will get harder. But if you take the hard way out of life, life will get easier". At first glance, this quote might seem counterintuitive. After all, shouldn't taking the easy way out of life make things, well, easier? However, upon closer examination, we can see that there is some truth to this statement. Where are you taking the "easy way out" that you need to be taking the "hard way out" in your life...
Feb 28, 2023•28 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Money is NOT the most important thing in life. However, it's right up there with oxygen - you need it to survive. Learning how to effectively manage your personal finances should be the focus of every person who wants to truly move forward in their life. The 10 Financial Principles I share in today's episode come from Orrin Woodward - number 19 Leadership Expert in the World according to Inc Magazine and a multiple New York Times Best-selling Aut...
Feb 21, 2023•51 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Today is the first part of a miniseries all about communication called The Effective Communicator's Toolbox. In this episode, I'll be diving into the phenomenal book "Personality Plus" by Florence Littauer. This book explores the four basic personality types: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic, and teaches you how to identify your own personality type and understand the personalities of those around you. We'll be discussing the stren...
Feb 13, 2023•41 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! The topic of this episode of 5% Radio is the Entertainment to Education (E to E) ratio. This concept comes from the book "The Compound Effect" and refers to the balance between time spent entertaining oneself and time spent educating oneself. The speaker notes that the average American spends over 5 hours per day on their mobile device, with much of that time spent on social media and watching TV. To move from an average life to an extraordinary ...
Feb 06, 2023•29 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! This story is about a man who was determined to achieve his goal despite the various setbacks he faced. In 1831, he started his first business at the age of 22, but it failed. In 1832, he was defeated for legislator. In 1833, he started another business and that one also failed. In 1836, he suffered a traumatic mental breakdown. In 1840, he was defeated for elector and had another mental breakdown. His friends were so afraid that he would take hi...
Jan 30, 2023•20 min
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! "Delayed Gratification – The Key to Success According to Stanford's Marshmallow Test" In this episode of the 5% Radio podcast, the host discusses Marshmallows and how they are related to success and failure. This conversation is about income and financial security, and how to avoid ending up on the path that 95% of people take. It is a path that sees incomes cap off around the age of 30, with cost of living raises that often can't even keep up wi...
Jan 23, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! There are 3 things that truly wealthy people study and continually try to understand at a deeper and deeper level... we'll be discussing them today as well as how to move from the left side of the Robert Kiyosaki Cashflow Quadrant to the right side. These 3 "L's" will help you move from a position in the life of trading time for money, or selling a product or service, to one where you can truly live financially free. Lastly, we'll discuss a perso...
Jan 17, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! "IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEN I DON'T WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL..." I can still remember raising my voice at my dad when I was 12 years old as my dad and I are standing in the entryway for the living room right outside the mudroom. I always felt like working 40-50 hours a week was not the ONLY way to get successful…or any way for that matter, EVEN at 12 years old. You know how in the Matrix movie where Morpheus does the whole RED pil...
Jan 09, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Tony Robbins said: “If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.” This episode will walk you through a 3-step framework that successful 5% people use to get exactly what they want. It goes completely against the grain of what’s being taught in school. In fact, it’s literally the epitome of what not to do in order to succeed. Job wheels, school counselor...
Jan 01, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! After 110 years of less than stellar performance, to put it politely, The British cycling team had ONE gold medal to their name collectively. The culture and track record over the previous 110 years was awful… In fact it was so underwhelming and got so much negative press if you will…that one of the top bike manufacturers in Europe flat out refused to sell the bikes to the British team to protect their brand’s reputation. Everything changed in 20...
Jan 01, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! Marcus Aurelius, the second century philosopher and Roman emperor said simply: “Our life is what our thoughts make it.” In the 16th century, William Shakespeare observed: “There’s nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” During the 19th century, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “Life consists of what a man is thinking of all day.” At the beginning of the 20th century, William James, the American philosopher who known as the father of modern psych...
Jan 01, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Wanna connect with us? Click here to send a text! In this welcome episode I'll be giving you a run down of why I started the show, what you can expect, and also how you can help shape the future content by sending in your personal questions to me directly. If you want to get access to additional resources like our Facebook group, free courses, and other content I’ll be producing that won’t always be able to make it onto the show due to time constraints and some things not being easily digestible...
Dec 28, 2022•6 min
