Purpose Transformation
You don’t find your purpose—you build it. This podcast is for ambitious perfectionists who do too much but still want more. Josh Terry coaches and interviews experts on human performance and growth. Learn how to get clarity, handle overwhelm, achieve more, and build a purpose-driven life full of progress, pleasure, and peace. Frameworks. Mental models. Methodologies. Take the step today that makes a better step possible tomorrow. Subscribe now to become a better human. Work with me at: https://www.joshterryplays.com/
Episodes
December 16, 2025 • 3 mins
Perfectionism doesn’t show up when you’re almost done. It shows up before you even start.
If you’re stuck tweaking, planning, overthinking, or waiting until things feel “right,” this episode explains exactly why and how to move forward without forcing motivation or burning yourself out.
Most people think perfectionism is about caring too much. In reality, it’s about trying to decide what you *should* do instead of asking what you "ca...
If you’re stuck tweaking, planning, overthinking, or waiting until things feel “right,” this episode explains exactly why and how to move forward without forcing motivation or burning yourself out.
Most people think perfectionism is about caring too much. In reality, it’s about trying to decide what you *should* do instead of asking what you "ca...
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December 12, 2025 • 5 mins
Confidence doesn’t come from motivation or self-talk.
It comes from being realistic about who you are and where you’re going. Most people feel low confidence not because they’re weak but because their ego is attached to the wrong wins. In this episode, we cover:
It comes from being realistic about who you are and where you’re going. Most people feel low confidence not because they’re weak but because their ego is attached to the wrong wins. In this episode, we cover:
- Why confidence is created through realism
- The misunderstood role of ego and humility
- How perfectionism creates procrastination
- Why “perfect” is too big to execute
- How small, ...
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December 7, 2025 • 3 mins
High performers don’t struggle with laziness, they struggle with overtraining. In business, content creation, leadership, or performance, it’s almost impossible to spot when you’ve crossed from productive discomfort into cognitive damage. This episode breaks down how elite performers accidentally sabotage their results by pushing too hard, and why doing less (strategically) leads to bigger outcomes. If your default is “try harder,”...
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December 4, 2025 • 5 mins
Life works like music:
you need the pattern and the break in the pattern. Too much certainty makes you bored.
Too much uncertainty makes you anxious.
The skill is holding both at once. When you stop chasing “the one way” or “every possible way,”
life finally starts to make sense.
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you need the pattern and the break in the pattern. Too much certainty makes you bored.
Too much uncertainty makes you anxious.
The skill is holding both at once. When you stop chasing “the one way” or “every possible way,”
life finally starts to make sense.
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November 30, 2025 • 3 mins
Most people who worry about messing up are never the ones who need to.
In this episode, we break down why the most self-aware people overcorrect, overthink, and unintentionally sabotage themselves and how to fix it by asking one simple question.
This is for you if you’re always worried about:
It’s the signal.
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In this episode, we break down why the most self-aware people overcorrect, overthink, and unintentionally sabotage themselves and how to fix it by asking one simple question.
This is for you if you’re always worried about:
- working hard enough
- being patient enough
- overstepping
- saying the wrong thing
It’s the signal.
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November 23, 2025 • 4 mins
Uncertainty grows when you fail, when goals collapse, and when you start doubting your capacity.
But confidence doesn’t come from thinking, it comes from stacking winnable actions.
In this episode, we unpack:
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But confidence doesn’t come from thinking, it comes from stacking winnable actions.
In this episode, we unpack:
- Why uncertainty grows after losses
- Why people hesitate and over-question
- How to rebuild confidence through small, possible wins
- The psychology of momentum
- How winners regain certainty by moving forward
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November 20, 2025 • 8 mins
“What do you want in the next 30 seconds?”
Clarity isn’t something you magically have.
It’s a skill, and the way you build that skill is by getting good at knowing what you want at the smallest possible level.
This episode breaks down:
• The difference between desire and craving
• Why clarity is a skillset, not a feeling
• How to stop wanting “big vague things” and start wanting things you can actually act on
• How small desires turn into...
Clarity isn’t something you magically have.
It’s a skill, and the way you build that skill is by getting good at knowing what you want at the smallest possible level.
This episode breaks down:
• The difference between desire and craving
• Why clarity is a skillset, not a feeling
• How to stop wanting “big vague things” and start wanting things you can actually act on
• How small desires turn into...
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November 11, 2025 • 4 mins
You don’t need to overthink your next move. You need to move. In this episode, Josh breaks down:
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- Why worrying feels productive but isn’t
- The simple 2-box exercise to unbottleneck your work
- How to schedule your self-loathing (and move past it)
- Why your weaknesses shouldn’t become your day job
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November 2, 2025 • 2 mins
Every stage of growth demands stronger boundaries and every boundary you set gets tested by the success it creates.
Dating → stop being needy → attention increases → boundaries get tested.
Business → niche down → demand rises → you must say no.
Nations → freedom → prosperity → new moral debates.
Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re commitments to who you’re becoming.
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Dating → stop being needy → attention increases → boundaries get tested.
Business → niche down → demand rises → you must say no.
Nations → freedom → prosperity → new moral debates.
Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re commitments to who you’re becoming.
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October 30, 2025 • 18 mins
Most men don’t break,they burn out fixing everything for everyone else. In this episode we walk through:
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- Rebuilding after losing family structure
- Restarting your mission and identity
- Moving from problem-solving to life-building
- Becoming the man who creates the future, instead of reacting to the past
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October 23, 2025 • 22 mins
The goal isn’t to eliminate fear, it’s to learn how to enjoy progress while feeling it. In this episode, I walk through how combining safety and discomfort creates fun, the natural state of growth.
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October 18, 2025 • 16 mins
You don’t need more time. You need better constraints.
In this episode, I talk about how limiting what you do and how long you do it creates the clarity and power to grow without burnout.
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In this episode, I talk about how limiting what you do and how long you do it creates the clarity and power to grow without burnout.
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October 15, 2025 • 24 mins
Most people chase passion and wait to make money.
But if you build capability first through earning, learning, and taking responsibility, passion naturally follows. In this episode, I coach a young man through the tension between financial survival, responsibility, and fulfillment.
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But if you build capability first through earning, learning, and taking responsibility, passion naturally follows. In this episode, I coach a young man through the tension between financial survival, responsibility, and fulfillment.
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October 13, 2025 • 12 mins
When you lose too many fights in business, life, or relationships, your brain starts to doubt itself.
In this episode, I explain how uncertainty destroys momentum, and why stacking small, winnable successes restores clarity, confidence, and forward motion.
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In this episode, I explain how uncertainty destroys momentum, and why stacking small, winnable successes restores clarity, confidence, and forward motion.
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October 9, 2025 • 11 mins
The “return to office” problem isn’t logistical. It’s psychological.
In this episode, I coach a business owner through rebuilding connection after remote work shattered the unconscious social systems that made work feel human. You’ll learn:
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In this episode, I coach a business owner through rebuilding connection after remote work shattered the unconscious social systems that made work feel human. You’ll learn:
- Why people don’t know how to come back
- The real motivators that drive re-engagement
- How to rebuild team rhythm through environment and leadership
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October 6, 2025 • 7 mins
You’ve mastered being productive. You’ve mastered relaxing.
Now it’s time to combine them.
In this episode, I explain how to practice being in a good mood while getting things done, the skill that top performers use to enter flow.
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Now it’s time to combine them.
In this episode, I explain how to practice being in a good mood while getting things done, the skill that top performers use to enter flow.
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October 5, 2025 • 10 mins
Flow isn’t a feeling — it’s a skill.
In this episode, I coach a high-achieving entrepreneur to rebuild ease in his work.
You’ll learn why performance dips before mastery, and how relaxing on purpose can actually make you more productive.
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In this episode, I coach a high-achieving entrepreneur to rebuild ease in his work.
You’ll learn why performance dips before mastery, and how relaxing on purpose can actually make you more productive.
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October 3, 2025 • 27 mins
You can love the work and still lose the business.
In this episode, I coach a solo craftsman to price for value, systematize the right steps, and widen his market so the math finally works.
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In this episode, I coach a solo craftsman to price for value, systematize the right steps, and widen his market so the math finally works.
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October 2, 2025 • 18 mins
If you’ve been inconsistent chasing your goals, the problem isn’t effort. The problem is framing.
In this episode, I help a men’s coach see why treating money and growth as “hard” creates the focus and consistency he’s been missing.
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In this episode, I help a men’s coach see why treating money and growth as “hard” creates the focus and consistency he’s been missing.
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September 14, 2025 • 24 mins
If everything depends on you, you’re stuck. In this episode, I coach a founder running a service business who feels completely maxed out.
We break through the belief that she has to do it all herself and map out how to delegate, create space, and scale without burning out.
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We break through the belief that she has to do it all herself and map out how to delegate, create space, and scale without burning out.
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