Episode 12: Change Yourself Before You Change Your World

In this episode of The Jerry & Jacobe Podcast, hosts Jerry Weaver and Jacobe Kendrick discuss the concept of change and how for your world to change around you, you must first change from within. True change is hard for just about everyone, but with the right practices and environment, anything is possible! 

Episode Highlights: 

• Jerry has had a hard time getting to the weight that he wants because he continues to do the same thing over and over again.
• Jacobe believes that Jerry is great at losing weight but is also good at putting it back on.
• Both Jerry and Jacobe have participated in fantasy football with the same groups for years, but Jacobe finally dropped out.
• There are a plethora of different pieces that one can change when they want a different life.
• People are not very self-aware of the problem or do not believe in their ability to make a change.
• Mental and self-work is necessary to get you to any goal that you have set your sights on.
• We all have things that need to change but we just aren’t aware that those problems exist.
• Whenever it’s time to put his kids to bed, Jacobe’s kids start to wind up, so he is aware that something needs to change.
• Willpower works in the beginning, but over the long haul you must set up a success-based environment.
• As Jacobe prepares for the PanAmerican Championships, he has created an environment to avoid eating in a manner that would hurt his performance.
• Jacobe uses jiu-jitsu as an environment to stay in shape and self-confident.
• There is a large gap between your reasons and motivations to make a change and the necessary action steps to do so.
• People do not inherently like conflict but need to prepare themselves nonetheless.
• Jerry and Jacobe know plenty of high-performing individuals that use jiu-jitsu as a way to learn self-discipline.
• Jerry believes that you need a good mentor/coach and someone to hold you accountable when making a change in your life.
• Paying for a coach will help break down the trust barrier, knowing that their advice is coming from their professional knowledge.
• If you don’t want to take a coach’s advice or follow their plan, then don’t pay them.
• Jacobe believes that it’s important to move backward to make a change in order to move forward.
• Compare yourself to your own potential as compared to everybody else.
• It takes a certain amount of mental strength to know that you must get worse in order to get better.
• Jacobe has shifted his mindset from one of individual pursuit to one that works to help the team be successful.
• We make the mistake of overestimating our short-term goals and underestimating our long-term goals.
• Today’s feature, Time to Invest, discusses if you should get your real estate license as an investor.
• Jerry gives 6 reasons why real estate investors would benefit from getting their real estate license.

3 Key Points:

1. You must know that change is necessary and possible before you can make it happen.
2. Willpower can only take you so far. You must be willing to change your strategies throughout the process in order to create the right environment.
3. 2 crucial pieces of making a significant change in your life are having a good mentor/coach and having someone in your life that will hold you accountable.

Resources Mentioned:

• Jacobe Kendrick (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• Jerry Weaver (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram)
• The Jerry & Jacobe Podcast (Facebook page)
• Willpower Doesn’t Work (book)
• BJJ Realtor (Jacobe’s YouTube channel)