Tuesday May 16, 2023

68. Compete Every Day | Jake Thompson

Key Takeaways

• Be obsessed with the process of getting better. What are you doing today to improve yourself?

• Instead of comparing your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 20, look at what it is about them that you admire. What actionable steps did they take to get to where they are and what steps can you take to get a similar outcome?

• You are your only true competition. Compete with yourself every day to better yourself, consistently show up, and don’t settle.

How do you challenge yourself to improve a little bit every day? In today’s episode Dr. Andrew talks with Jake Thompson, keynote speaker and fractional performance coach about reaching your full potential by competing with yourself every day to get better. After college, Jake found himself with an MBA in Sports Business and no job prospects. Instead of just settling for an average life, he started to work freelance and realized that growth was all about looking for opportunities and consistently putting the work in. He created an apparel business and began selling shirts to get out the message of competing every day. Then, in 2014 he was invited to speak at an HR event at the Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston and found that he had a gift for public speaking and teaching.

Oftentimes people are impatient and think that they will reach a certain goal immediately. When they don’t get there fast enough, they give up. Others never even try, because they spend too much time comparing themselves to people who had completely different circumstances than them. Change your mindset by realizing that you are only competing with yourself. When you are working alongside other high achievers, draw your motivation from not wanting to be them, but wanting to improve yourself to be more like the aspects of them that you admire. Figure out what success means to you and learn to love the process of showing up consistently and putting in the work over time.

If you do not seek to better yourself every day, you will end up settling for whatever life gives you and may have a lot of regrets in the long run. Compete every day with yourself to improve and get closer to the successful life you desire.

Quotes

• “Life is about consistently just showing up.” (10:39-10:43 | Jake)

• “When you're forced to go against somebody, or compete alongside somebody that has a high standard of excellence, it forces you to continually raise your game if you want to win.” (12:53-13:03 | Jake)

• “Attitude, actions, effort, and focus are 100% in your control every day.” (17:15-17:20 | Jake)

• “The people that are more consistent are the ones that have learned to fall in love with the work and the process, because the process is the only thing you control.” (23:31-23:38 | Jake)

• “A single choice by itself may or may not do much. Thousands and thousands of choices that build on top of each other, that’s how you create an epic life.” (29:33-29:42 | Jake)

Links

Connect with Jake Thompson:

Website | JakeAThompson.com

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakethompsonspeaks

Instagram | jakethompsonspeaks

Compete Every Day | CompeteEveryDay.com

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