Episode description

As Founder and CEO of The Abraham Group, Inc. (Los Angeles, California), Jay has spent his entire career solving complex problems and fixing underperforming businesses. He has significantly increased the bottom lines of over 10,000 clients in more than 1,000 industries, and over 7,200 sub industries, worldwide. Jay has dealt with virtually every type of business scenario and issue. He has studied, and solved, almost every type of business question, challenge, and opportunity.

In this episode, Jay and Brad discuss Jay’s journey and the experience that Jay expresses about his life and business.

00:00 Intro

03:50 Is Jay creative?

06:14 What to start identifying to mitigate risk (Three ways and how)

10:15 The idea of a seminar

12:48 The front lines of capitalism

16:30 The things Jay can do for people

18:02 How you qualify to work with Jay

20:18 Go to Jay@abraham.com to chat with Jay and see if its the right fit (put BOMB SQUAD in subject line)

21:45 The Ultimate Entrepreneur Podcast

22:00 “I’ll never do the same keynote twice.”

22:53 Jay’s upbringing/first jobs

27:49 Liking the finer things

32:04 Where are Jay’s influences from? 

39:05 Jay’s latest work

40:05 Bomb 1: “If you can perform well above exponential then why would you ever want to do anything in the incrementals and not the exponential.” - Jay Abraham

42:00 Follow @realjayabraham 

43:19 Jay’s flare for dressing up

45:40 “If I looked like everyone else then I wouldn’t be distinctive.” -Jay Abraham

47:07 Check out Jay’s documentary https://www.thejayabrahamstory.com

50:30 Gratitude and humility

52:24 “Once you connect the dots and make the connection for people in their mind of how they can go well beyond where they are is why I do what I do.” - Jay Abraham

56:01 The 50 Shades of Jay

57:35 What a real entrepreneur is

58:33 Bomb 2: If you are trying to make a difference in your business you need all the help you can get.

59:29 “Breakthroughs don’t always come from within, they come from without.” - Jay Abraham

01:00:11 Bomb 3: “The breakthroughs you’re looking for aren’t necessarily going to be found within your industry.”