The Authority Builder Podcast 56: Benjamin Hardy | How to Build a Million-Dollar Business in 3-Years
You can learn. You can study. But only when you take one specific step in your personal development will you see a significant ROI for your efforts. My guest this week, Benjamin Hardy, took that one step and catapulted his business to more than $1 million in revenue – a 10X jump – in just three years.
Benjamin, author the new book Willpower Doesn’t Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success, is a writer (the #1 author on Medium.com), PhD student, and keen observer of human psychology.
He’s always been pretty ambitious. But it took a pivotal moment a few years back to channel that ambition in the right way.
He shares his approach in this episode, along with…
- The Forcing Function Strategy for getting real results fast
- Ways to benefit the most from your mentors (yes, you need more than one)
- The best place to come up with your best ideas – it’s not the office
- How to use “escalation of commitment” to achieve your goals
- Avoiding the danger of ignoring your environment
- And more
Listen now…
Timeline00:11 Today Steve speaks with the founder of Benjamin Hardy, the No.1 writer on Medium.com and someone who went from making $12K a year in 2015 to over $1MM in 2017.
01:03 Ben tells us how he got to where he is and how fostering 3 kids pushed him to start writing.
04:15 Ben tells us why he felt pressure to succeed.
6:42 Ben’s PHD is about the difference between wannabe entrepreneurs and real entrepreneurs. He explains to us his findings.
11:53 Ben explains how he went from $12k a year as a grad student in 2015 to over $1MM in 2017.
17:13 Ben tells us that quantity is the path to quality and that it's better to be prolific than perfect.
23:05 Ben tells us exactly why he wrote his book and how you are a product of your environment.
26:07 Ben explains the two environments we find ourselves in, High Stress and High Recovery.
29:03 Ben talks about why you should take 150 “free days” a year.
32:57 Ben gives us a special link for his book.
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