Aaron Walker has a passion for succeeding! He has started, bought, and sold 8 successful companies over the past 37 years. Today Aaron spends the majority of his time HELPING MEN GROW IN SUCCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE. Aaron’s new book View From The Top is guaranteed to motivate and inspire you to live a successful and significant life.

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Resources Mentioned:

• Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
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• View from the Top – Aaron’s new book.
• Funnel on Fire – An 8-day course on how to create a funnel that converts!
• The Mastery Journal – Master productivity, discipline, and focus in 100 days!

3 Key Points:

1. Your background and past does NOT determine your future.
2. The enemy to excellence is isolation—so reach out, get help, look for accountability to flourish as an entrepreneur.
3. Dump the naysayers and surround yourself with people who will support and encourage you.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [01:19] – Aaron started his first business at 18 and sold it at 27
• [01:23] – He built another company over the next 10 years
• [02:13] – Aaron was on Episodes 696, 780, and 1173 of EOFire :)
• [02:27] – His new book, View from the Top, is a must-read!
• [03:00] – Pre-order the book at ViewFromTheTop.com/Book and get the FREE Mastermind Blueprint endorsed by Seth Godin, plus 5 interviews of JLD, Pat Flynn, Dan Miller, Ray Edwards and Lee Cockerell!
• [04:03] – Aaron came from a very humble background
  • [04:19] – They lost their house due to bankruptcy and they had to go live with his cousins
• [04:27] – “If you’re going to make a way, you have to go out there”
• [04:35] – Aaron talked to people and proposed a business idea, and it took 90 days before they trusted him
• [05:01] – They opened a store and did it 4 more times until they got listed in the Fortune 500
• [05:16] – As a business coach, Aaron sees that the value every entrepreneur must have is a proper mindset
• [06:07] – “When you’re free from entitlement, success is near”
• [07:03] – Get rid of the entitlement mentality
• [07:56] – “Make a way where there’s no trail“
• [08:20] – Aaron notes an experience they had fishing a couple of years ago
  • [08:49] – He finally convinced his guides to go to the other side of the lake using machetes and their boat
  • [08:56] – They finally got into the water after an hour
  • [09:03] – They didn’t catch anymore fish there
  • [09:18] – Don’t let fear hold you back – if you fail, at least you don’t spend the rest of your days wondering, “What if?”
• [09:40] – Aaron did brick and mortar businesses for 30 years and online is quite new to him
• [10:05] – Some of his launches failed miserably but he knows he wants to get the naysayers out of his life
• [10:28] – Surround yourself with people who will give you encouragement and support
• [11:15] – “Completing the mundane tasks until harvest time”
  • [11:21] – “That’s the place you lose more people”
  • [11:50] – Get a plan of action and work on it for a couple of years before you give up
  • [12:20] – Do tasks relentlessly
  • [12:50] – Read The 12-Week Year, create a plan of action, and stick with it
• [14:13] – “Retirement sucks without meaning and purpose”
  • [14:36] – Have success but have significance – do not work to quit
  • [15:00] – Aaron’s retirement lasted only 90 days
  • [15:22] – “This is not what I signed up for”
  • [15:32] – Dave Ramsey and Dan Miller talked to Aaron and he started coaching
  • [17:13] – Dan advised Aaron to give more value to people
• [18:19] – Be proactive and not reactive
  • [19:13] – Being proactive protects you from the shiny object syndrome
  • [19:39] – Start to focus intentionally
• [20:55] – Aaron’s ego got pretty big
  • [21:06] – It was in August 2001 that Aaron ran over and killed a pedestrian
  • [21:34] – His life came to a screeching halt
  • [21:53] – He took a 5-year break and he thought about what was important
  • [22:12] – One day, it just dawned on Aaron that he didn’t make an impact
  • [23:07] – Forget your pride and ego
• [23:54] – Aaron has been a member of mastermind groups for decades
• [24:17] – Joining mastermind groups radically changed Aaron’s life
• [25:10] – If you have thin skin, it won’t last long in masterminds
• [25:30] – “The enemy to excellence is isolation”—so don’t do this alone, reach out for help and accountability
• [26:10] – Aaron didn’t really want to write a book until a friend convinced him
• [26:51] – He wrote about his 38 years of life experience
• [27:14] – Pre-order the book at ViewFromTheTop.com/Book and get the FREE Mastermind Blueprint endorsed by Seth Godin plus 5 interviews with JLD, Pat Flynn, Dan Miller, Ray Edwards and Lee Cockerell!

Killer Resources!

1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!

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