Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 589
Are you an evolutionary hunter?
Successful entrepreneur, Alex Charfen, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom podcast, episode 589, to share how to create a freedom life, what is stopping you from success, why you need to take good care of yourself if you want to become successful in life, and how the four personality types define how you contribute to society.
“The fact that you're different from everyone else is exactly the message given you by the universe that you're here to change the world. You are here to make a massive contribution and no one should tell you otherwise.” – Alex Charfen
In This Episode, Alex Charfen Uncovers:
[01:30] Entrepreneurs Build The Future
- Alex Charfen
- Why we can't turn our mind off.
- Entrepreneurs are the modern hunters.
- 555 Mike Dillard | Richer Every Day: How To WIN The War on Your Money + Mind
- 552 How To Create The Life You Want + Have It ALL | Christopher Dufey
- The Entrepreneurial Personality Type: Your Guide to the Most Important & Misunderstood People Among Us by Alex Charfen
- Why the people who create the future are misunderstood.
- Simple Operations
[05:45] Money Can Buy Happiness
- Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey
- Why Alex felt a lack of money when he was young and decided to get rich.
- How he realized money is energy.
- Why money is a proof of contribution.
- How money can buy happiness.
[10:00] The Four Personality Types
- Tim Ferriss
- The four personality types: caretaker, communicator, coordinator, and hunter.
- How to find out which personality type you are.
- Why entrepreneurs live in the future to create the future.
- 481 Scott Jackson | Rewire Yourself: How To Create A Life You Love With Freedom From Subconscious Sabotage
[16:35] The Call of Contribution
- The meaning of the word “entrepreneur.”
- Why entrepreneurs are always motivated and searching for momentum.
- How entrepreneurs get the call of contribution.
- Henry Ford
[22:05] There Is No Finish Line
- Why there is no finish line in the life of an entrepreneur.
- How approaching the finish line makes an entrepreneur lose interest.
- Dave Liniger
- Why successful people keep working on themselves.
- Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwel
[26:00] Success Starts with Self-Care
- The Billionaire Code
- Why self-care is crucial in entrepreneurship.
- Sacrificing everything for business is not success.
- Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT)
[28:45] The Entrepreneurial Personality Type
- Alex's journey to becoming a business owner.
- How his first business put other people out of business.
- Why people sacrifice their needs for success.
- How he got an abdominal surgery without anesthesia.
- Why bureaucratic systems don't serve the entrepreneurial personality type.
- How to go from running away from what you don't want, to running toward what you want.
[35:50] The Process of Maturation
- Rebel Without a Cause
- The cycle of maturation and stagnation.
- Why entrepreneurs should be working on themselves if they want to lead people.
- How Alex works on himself on a daily basis to make sure his contribution is lasting.
[39:30] The Key to Success
- How both Josh and Alex shared the same journey of being overweight.
- Why Bill Gates was an inspiration to kids back then.
- Being overweight has been the biggest struggle in life for Alex.
- Why you don't need to destroy yourself to be successful.
- The most successful people don't sacrifice anything or tolerate what the rest does.
[44:40] Don't Follow The Traditional Way
- The reason why Alex didn't graduate from college.
- Why many entrepreneurs don't follow the traditional way.
- You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
- Why people have anger towards money.
[52:25] Unlock Full Potential by Healing Your Wounds
- How we energetically recreate our childhood in adulthood.
- Unpacking Alex's father wound.
- How childhood trauma can prevent us from success.
- Why evolutionary hunters are good at suppressing their emotions.
- How healing your childhood wounds can unleash your potential.
- Why Alex believes in EMDR therapy.
[59:50] How to Integrate Your Dreams
- Natural Thirst
- Why Alex doesn't like the word “balance” and prefers the word “integration.”
- How integration helps us create the life that we want.
- What accelerates growth.
- Why the relationship to ourselves and others is the glue.
[01:05:00] You Are Here to Change The World
- Why Alex believed he couldn't be successful.
- The person who is different from the rest is the person who will change the world.
- What legacy he wants to leave behind.
- History has proven that any of us have the ability to change the world.
- Gary Vaynerchuk
[01:09:25] What The Future Holds for Humanity
- Circular VS square thinking.
- How the modern world offers tools to change the world.
- Finding Joe
- 503 Paul Levy | Wetiko: Break Free From Collective Mass Psychosis
- Why it's in our nature to feel the pain and challenge, as well as create solutions.
- How our willingness to heal is what creates massive progress.
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Power Quotes From The Show
You Don't Have to Sacrifice Everything for Success
“We have this culture in the entrepreneurial world that you must sacrifice everything for business success. In my world, sacrificing everything means there is no success. The reality of the really successful entrepreneurs is that they are taking care of themselves and they understand where they're going to go and what they're seeing.” – Alex Charfen
The More Money, The Greater The Contribution
“Money is an energetic and capital. In a capitalist society where people can choose where to put their money, money flows to the person making the greatest contribution. If you want to make a massive contribution, then make a massive amount of money, and you have proof that you've done that.” – Alex Charfen
You Are Here to Change The World
“For people like me, who have been in that place where you feel like you're completely alone, the entire world is against you, and you either have to survive the system or gain the system in order to live. The legacy I want to leave behind is that every person who's ever felt like that knows, without a shadow of a doubt, that not only do you matter, not only are you capable, and not only were you put here to do something, but the fact that you're different from everyone else is exactly the message given you by the universe that you're here to change the world. You are here to make a massive contribution and no one should tell you otherwise.” – Alex Charfen
Links From Today's Show
- Alex Charfen
- 555 Mike Dillard | Richer Every Day: How To WIN The War on Your Money + Mind
- 552 How To Create The Life You Want + Have It ALL | Christopher Dufey
- The Entrepreneurial Personality Type: Your Guide to the Most Important & Misunderstood People Among Us by Alex Charfen
- Simple Operations
- Conscious Capitalism by John Mackey
- Tim Ferriss
- 481 Scott Jackson | Rewire Yourself: How To Create A Life You Love With Freedom From Subconscious Sabotage
- Henry Ford
- Dave Liniger
- Acres of Diamonds by Russell Conwel
- The Billionaire Code
- Momentum for the Entrepreneurial Personality Type (EPT)
- Rebel Without a Cause
- You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth by Jen Sincero
- Natural Thirst
- Gary Vaynerchuk
- Finding Joe
- 503 Paul Levy | Wetiko: Break Free From Collective Mass Psychosis
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About Alex Charfen
Alex Charfen is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and coach who has helped thousands of entrepreneurs with 6, 7, and 8-figure businesses grow and scale.
He went from declaring bankruptcy as a real estate investor in 2007 to building a certification program for realtors that put his business at No. 21 of the Inc. 500 list in 2011.
The company’s revenues grew from $500K to $9.9M in 4 years, forcing him to create systems and frameworks that could handle rapid growth.
Before long, he was approached by other entrepreneurs who needed help creating structure in their own businesses.
This experience eventually led to his current company, Simple Operations.
As the Co-Founder and CEO, Alex now shows entrepreneurs how to simplify their business operations so they can make an impact in the world without having to do it all themselves.
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