Finding Freedom with James Wedmore Part One

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General Overview

Interview Summary: This is a two-part interview with James Wedmore, a successful online business coach and entrepreneur. [05:04] The conversation covers Wedmore's background and journey in building a multi-million dollar online business, as well as his insights on the changing landscape of online marketing and the importance of personal growth for entrepreneurs. [07:07]

Interviewee Background: James Wedmore is an online business coach and entrepreneur who has built a multi-million dollar digital product business over the past 18 years. [05:04] He started his first online business as an online bartending school and has since expanded into various niches, helping thousands of entrepreneurs build and scale their own online businesses. [06:57]

Key Points

• Wedmore emphasizes the importance of personal growth and reclaiming one's personal power as the foundation for business success. [15:50]

• He discusses the shift in the online landscape, where content alone is no longer enough and authentic personal brands that deliver results are becoming more valuable. [37:42]

• Wedmore stresses the need to transcend just providing content and instead focus on delivering tangible value and solutions that help clients achieve their goals. [38:41]

• He shares his own journey of overcoming insecurities and using busyness as a coping mechanism, and how that led him to develop a more purposeful approach to business.

• Wedmore encourages finding one's true desire and purpose, rather than just chasing external markers of success. [52:55]

Notable Quotes

"I have learned more about myself than I ever thought I would in 18 years of that journey. And the biggest thing I've learned is I have a lot to learn about myself." (06:57) [19:56]

"The more you grow, the more people more magnetic you're going to be, which means more people are going to follow, listen, pay attention and want to work with you." (17:27) [16:58]

"If there's a phrase you've heard me say and it's changed my life, it's a very simple, powerful capital T truth. [25:23] You are where your attention is." (26:11) [25:30]

Kicker Quotes

"If you just don't quit, you're going to get where you want to go. [28:41] Just might take some time, some effort, some heartbreak and some failures, but you'll inevitably get there." (52:23) [28:41]

"If I didn't have to worry about money, but I had to do something with this l