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Welcome to the Be That 1% Podcast Experience!

Today we’re interviewing a man who has truly stepped into his calling – James Patrick. James in short is a story teller. He tells stories through his successful entrepreneurial ventures, photography, writing, public speaking, and creative directing. 

Key Take Aways 

• Don’t just have an idea, have a plan for that idea.
• Entrepreneurs are artists and they have a style with everything that they do
• People wait to create until they find inspiration but inspiration is not reliable
• When you dig deep into your why, you start being able to do the hard things that it takes to make massive impact
• Finding James’ why took constant work, thought, meditation, journaling and peeling back layers.
• Get in an environment where people are thinking at a higher level.
• Block time to complete the things you have to get done
• If you control the first part of your day, you’re then in control of the rest of your day

Books Mentioned:

• The Art of The Start by Guy Kawasaki
• Enchantment by Guy Kawasaki
• The Hundred Dollar Startup by Chris Guillebeau
• Side Hustle by Chris Guillebeau
• All Marketers Tell Stories by Seth Godin
• Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin

Time Stamped Show Notes

• (00:55) Introducing James Patrick and his accomplishments
• (05:30) How James started on his journey as a photographer
• (10:00) What James thinks about when he takes photos
• (13:11) What it’s like to work with athletes
• (14:15) Inspiration
• (17:42) How his event FITposium came about
• (20:32) The power of having a WHY
• (22:40) How James found his WHY
• (24:11) The impact of a positive environment
• (26:13) How paying it forward got James to where he is today
• (29:10) Books that James loves
• (31:05) Behind the scenes on what helps James be his own 1%
• (33:37) James ritual before the start of each year
• (35:09) How James re-engineers stress or general life problems
• (37:21) FITposium and the impact it has on those trying to grow in the fitness industry
• (41:38) The missing piece that prevents entrepreneurs from getting to the next level
• (43:36) What Be That 1% means to James Patrick
• (47:25) Marketing Strategies
• (50:55) What stops people from being their own 1%
• (53:22) Where James sees himself 10 years from now

Connect with James

www.jamespatrick.com

www.fitposium.com

Instagram: @jpatrickphoto or @fitposium

April 28, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV

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