Ep. 404 | Unlocking Your Potential - Jeff Lerner

How do you feel about your life right now, in this moment? I've gotta say, this question has been heavily on my mind the past year since I've had to do a lot of introspection for my upcoming book. Am I happy? Where am I headed? What is my personal potential and am I doing all I can to unlock it? For the season 18 finale of the More Money Podcast, I invited my guest Jeff Lerner on the show to discuss how we can all design a fulfilling life and change course if we need to... and what money's role has to do with it.
Jeff has a very interesting background. He quit high school to become a professional pianist, but in 2008, his world flip over. Faced with eviction and a divorce, struggling with depression and $495,000 in debt, he was not where he wanted to be in life. So, he set out on a quest to change that, and a decade later he was able to redesign his life into one that truly fulfilled him, but one that also helped him gain financial security through his multiple 8-figure earning businesses. Nowadays his focus is to teach others how to develop their own life operating system through his ENTRE Institute so they too can live a life that checks all their physical, personal and professional boxes.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
02:59 The Desire to Unlock Potential
04:26 Jeff's Journey: From Professional Piano Player to Entrepreneur
11:47 Striving for Excellence and Building Wealth
15:04 Defining Success and Living in Integrity
19:11 Discovering Values and Building Value
27:43 Navigating the Reactions of Others
31:05 Embracing Uniqueness and Being Ignored
31:44 Breaking Free from the Opinions of Others
33:24 Discovering Your Values and Beliefs
38:12 Defining Your Own Financial Goals
45:25 The Importance of Giving Back
56:23 Playing the Longest Game Possible
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TAKEAWAYS
• Focus on building value rather than wealth.
• Understand and prioritize your own values.
• Disconnect from distractions and spend time alone to discover your true self.
• Separate your sense of self-worth from the opinions of others.
• Make decisions based on your own internal value system Break free from the opinions of others and build a tribe of like-minded individuals.
• Do the internal work of discovering your values and beliefs before focusing on external success.
• Set your own financial goals and define what wealth means to you.
• Automate charitable giving to make it a consistent part of your life.
• Focus on playing the longest game possible and extend the horizon through which you view your life.
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RESOURCES
📌 Buy a copy of Jeffs book "Unlocking Your Potential" amzn.to/4bZIrbC
📌 Enter to win a copy of books featured on this season jessicamoorhouse.com/contest
📌 Show notes & transcript jessicamoorhouse.com/404
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[@cs0779533]

f u money . I like that

[@jessicamoorhouse]

Haha it's a great way to think about it.

[@musaidrj]

Overall very interesting perspectives shared by the guest. However one of things he said seems very hypocritical - he talked about the importance of being able to align with your values and integrity, and then goes ahead to bash college students for their protests. It's them saying FU to the system and standing up for their values and integrity, and should be appreciated. So at worst it seems hypocritical, at best condescending and prejudiced.