Apr 25, 2023
Today, I am joined by Sterling Hawkins. Sterling is an author,
investor and entrepreneur. He is also a keynote speaker and founder
of the #NoMatterWhat movement. He shows people how to achieve the
results they want regardless of the circumstances.
He developed the system working on a multi-billion dollar
startup from collapse and back to launch, investing and growing
over 50 companies. He has taken that experience to work with
C-level teams and speak on stages around the world. He has even
been seen in fancy magazines like Inc. Magazine, Fast Company, The
New York Times and Forbes.
Key Points
• Make commitments to yourself
• Build the right habits
• Inspiration is a missing link
• Acknowledging death is the first step
• Committing to a goal with no going back
• Letting go of discomfort can bring peace and happiness
• Experiencing eulogy moments can help us remember what
matters most
Best Quotes
08:05
• "When you're hunting discomfort, you are forever and
ultimately free of it. Not circumstantially free, not when you have
enough money in your bank account, or you're married to the right
person, or you have the right team, but you are free,
period."
15:37 - 15:48
• "Whenever you feel those feelings of discomfort,
embarrassment, fear, anger, grief when you feel those feelings,
it's like a neon sign for me now."
21:09 - 21:25
• "The people that make a real impact, they live in another
world that all of us know, but only the, the brave few step into,
and they live in a world that's a courageous enough to stare into
the unknown of tomorrow."
44:36 - 44:42
• "It's not what matters at the end of our life. And I can say
that as somebody that's considered getting there a little bit
early."
45:53 - 46:13
• "Not once did I talk about their jobs every day or, or the
finite things I talked about how much joy they brought to people,
what their, what their life was all about. Who they loved, who
loved them back. Yeah. They're the generations that they
created."
01:03:54 - 01:04:00
• "No matter how much resentment, anger, sorrow I had about
those things did not change my circumstances."
01:12:14 - 01:12:20
• "I go whenever I'm feeling a little bit down to what we were
talking about earlier, I go there to see like what people are up
to."