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#236 - No One's Coming to Save You (5 Minutes or Less)

Jordan Edwards Season 5 Episode 236

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Freedom arrives in an unexpected package: the realization that no one is coming to save you. This liberating truth sits at the heart of Jordan Edwards' powerful five-minute Value Bomb that might just transform how you approach everything in your life.

Drawing from Jocko Willink's concept of "Extreme Ownership," Jordan challenges us to embrace radical accountability – not just for our obvious choices, but for everything that touches our lives. This mindset shift eliminated his tendency to blame others and revolutionized his approach to challenges. When you claim ownership of your circumstances, you simultaneously claim the power to change them.

"You are the driver of your own life," Jordan reminds us with passionate conviction. This isn't about self-blame but self-empowerment. The path to authentic living begins when we stop waiting for rescue and start taking control. The accountability muscle might be uncomfortable to develop at first, but it builds the genuine self-confidence needed to create lasting change.

Jordan delivers this message in a concentrated five-minute format designed for those who need transformative ideas without lengthy explanations. His parting question lingers long after listening: "What are you upset about and what have you not taken control of?" The answer could be the first step toward the life you truly want. Remember, you can make a decision and change anything at any moment – what will you choose to change today?

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Speaker 1:

Hey, it's Jordan Edwards. Welcome to episode two of the miniseries Value Bombs. No one's coming to save you, and that's a power. If you're waiting for a sign, a person or a moment to save you, let this be your wake-up call no one's coming to save you. And that's not a bad thing, that's powerful.

Speaker 1:

There was a time in my life when I read a book called Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willick, and what he talked about was the fact that everything in his life that occurred to him whether his kid got a bad grade at school, whether the football team he enjoyed lost, whether he did anything it was all his responsibility. And that was profound for me, because most people won't even take accountability for their own life, let alone the accountability of the lives around them. So when I saw this extreme ownership and saw accountability at a level I've never comprehended at, it was profound for me and it completely changed everything. It made me realize that I am the driver of my own life. As you are the audience, you are driving your own life. If there's something you don't enjoy, that's your fault, and you start to realize that you can step into that authentic version of yourself. You can be who you want to be. You can travel to where you want to travel to. You can work on what you want to work on. When you make the decision that you're the driver of your own life, no one is going to save you. No one is going to change your life. You have to be the one to change your own life. You only get one life. Why not make the most of it?

Speaker 1:

That's the reason for these five-minute values is because I realize that there's a lot of people that aren't going to listen to a 30, 45 minute thing, but they will listen to a quick tidbit where it's value packed. So I want you to sit here and ask yourself the question what am I upset about and what have I not taken control of? Because when you realize that every relationship you have, every family member, everything you do you are responsible for, your life changes, your life gets better because there's no one to blame. There's no. None of this woe is me. It's their fault. I can't. No, it's all my fault. It's my fault. We messed up and Jocko does this one story where he sent out his team and there was a big error and he went in and he took full accountability even though he wasn't even there because it was his team and, of course, it was his fault.

Speaker 1:

So you have to realize that in life, to be a profound person and have a profound life and to really make true impact on your family and your friends and everybody around you, you need to take accountability. You need to look at accountability. I know there's a lot of us that are sitting there that are scared of accountability and we don't want to do that because we're going to be concerned. But the best part about it is when you really hold yourself to a high level of accountability, you develop that self-confidence, you develop that swagger, you develop that ability to go. I can and I will achieve what I want to achieve. So go out there today and start building that accountability muscle, start building that muscle of self-confidence and really step into your authentic self. And let me know in the comments if you're enjoying these short five-minute clips, because I'm enjoying making them. I hope that you have an incredible day and you learn that your life is decided by you. You can make a decision and change anything at any moment. So go after it and have an incredible week.

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