Christie JungeA Plus Solutions Inc. · CEO | Profit First Professional

#288 Highlights- JOHN JANTSCH: DAILY MEDITATIONS – BUILDING SELF-RELIANCE FOR ENTREPRENEURS

21 Feb 2020 · 1 min

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In this short interview excerpt, the host asks John Jantsch how entrepreneurs can overcome the "demons"—the persistent negative self‑talk that sabotages morning routines and self‑reliance. Jantsch explains that the battle is daily and begins with recognizing how much power these internal voices have. He traces many of these limiting beliefs to early experiences, such as harsh comments from teachers or parents, noting that such criticism often reflects the speaker’s own fears rather than objective truth. By becoming aware of the source and control of these thoughts, listeners can start to challenge and diminish their impact, laying the groundwork for more disciplined, self‑reliant habits.

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Hey, John, what about the demons and the internal conversations that go on? I think many of our listeners have heard and want to be more self-reliant. They want to have that morning routine, but the demons in their head says, "You got to work harder. You're not good enough." And there's this negative conversation going on. What do we do to combat those issues?
Well, I think it's a daily fight. I mean, I think the first thing is you have to start realizing the control they have. Over you because I think the insidious part is that it is a lot of times our own thoughts that were hammered into us by, heaven forbid, a parent or a teacher or somewhere along the way. A lot of those things, I remember distinctly having a teacher tell me that I was never going to amount to anything. You grow up and you realize that was actually more about sort of their fear.