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200. How to Scale Success with Graham Weaver (founder/CEO, Alpine Investors) 🪄

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Aug 20, 2024

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Graham Weaver

Graham Weaver, founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, dives into his journey from self-help enthusiast to leading a $16 billion firm. He shares how a mindset shift and resilience propelled his success. Discover the art of staying motivated during mundane tasks and the importance of defining personal metrics for success. Graham also addresses life’s inherent suffering and the necessity of choosing struggles that matter. His insights blend career, health, and family, offering a holistic approach to growth and leadership.

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ANECDOTE

Early Self-Help

At age 12, Graham Weaver started listening to self-help cassettes while mowing lawns.
This, combined with his parents' divorce and social struggles, led him to seek a foundation and identity.

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First Written Goal

Graham's first written goal was to lose 25 pounds to join the varsity wrestling team.
This experience taught him the power of setting clear goals and working backwards from them, shaping his identity as an achiever.

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ADVICE

Writing Down Goals

Write down your goals three times daily, in the present tense, as if they've already happened.
Combine this with actionable steps, even if you initially lack belief, and watch your identity shift as you progress.

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“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.” – Jim Rohn

Welcome to Episode 200 of the Win the Day podcast!

To celebrate this milestone, I’ve brought in a very special guest…

Graham Weaver grew up in suburban Ohio, where he would listen to self-help cassettes while mowing lawns. Today, he is the founder and CEO of Alpine Investors, with USD $16 billion in assets under management.

Graham founded Alpine based on the belief that exceptional people create exceptional businesses.

He also teaches a top-rated strategic management course at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business — and his positive and practical social media content has amassed 1.2M+ followers.

What I love about Graham is how he successfully integrates career, mindset, health, and family. He is the epitome of Win the Day and the perfect guest for Episode 200.

Also in this episode:

• The shift in mindset that put Graham at the helm of a billion-dollar business.

• How to stay motivated to do the boring reps.

• What your metric of success should be at the end of each day.

• Why life is suffering – and how to choose something worth suffering for.

Let’s WIN THE DAY with Graham Weaver!

🎬 Episode website (including 4K video, full transcript, best quotes, etc.): https://jameswhitt.com/200-win-the-day-podcast-graham-weaver

Episode links:

🎯 Download your FREE ⁠⁠⁠⁠Win the Day action plan⁠⁠⁠⁠

📈 Download Graham Weaver’s FREE goal-setting template

⚡ Graham Weaver website

📷 Graham Weaver Instagram

🌎 Graham Weaver LinkedIn

📱 Graham Weaver TikTok

🎤 ‘How to Live an Asymmetric Life’ by Graham Weaver

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Timemarkers:

0:00 Who is Graham Weaver

2:18 How ‘Think and Grow Rich’ changed Graham Weaver’s life

3:49 Owning the identity of success

6:08 How writing out goals can change your life

8:35 Should goals be realistic

9:58 Is rowing a good high school sport

10:54 How to find the gift in failure (power of persistence)

12:50 Make sure you’re playing a winnable game

14:10 How to achieve your biggest goals

15:29 The moment when Graham Weaver decided to start his own business

18:38 Why failure can be the best thing for your business

21:48 How habits propel your success

22:34 How to make smart decisions when you’re in a rut

24:11 How to manage someone who is underperforming

25:46 Download your FREE Win the Day Action Plan

26:36 How to attract the right people to work for your company

28:12 Offense deck vs defense deck

29:30 How to pitch investors (the frequency of wealth)

30:51 The best strategies for business growth

33:54 Why most people are disengaged at work

35:05 The will to win

38:02 How to find your North Star

39:08 How to raise successful children

40:28 How to motivate someone

41:38 How to stay motivated to do the boring reps

42:58 Focus on ‘winning’ rather than ‘not losing’

45:32 What does it mean to Win the Day

47:05 Why people fail with their goals

48:01 How to set (and achieve) goals

51:18 Graham Weaver goal-setting framework

52:20 How to assume the identity of success

54:20 The best advice for parents

57:45 The best advice for raising teenagers

59:24 How Graham Weaver built his social media following

1:04:15 Affirmation

1:04:52 Rocket Round

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