Jerry Mark Fish is a bestselling author, speaker, and founder of The Black Dot Philosophy, helping people overcome personal and professional challenges through a strategic roadmap for success and transformation.

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The Black Dot Philosophy – Get a copy of Jerry’s best-selling book on Amazon.

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3 Value Bombs

1) Most people associate success with money but money should not be your motivation. You can find more satisfaction in accomplishing a goal or turning a vision into reality. Money is a by product of success.

2) Black dot is a metaphor for your central focus point. It represents what demands your energy and attention, whether it’s a challenge to overcome or a goal to achieve.

3) By focusing on your black dots with intention , you unlock the ability to create meaningful progress in your personal and professional life.

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Show Notes

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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: The Six Steps to Unimaginable Success: A Strategic Roadmap for Entrepreneurs

[1:23] – Jerry shares something that he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.

Most people associate success with money but money should not be your motivation. You can find more satisfaction in accomplishing a goal or turning a vision into reality. Money is a by product of success.

[2:34] – Jerry talks about a personal crisis that led to the creation of The Black Dot Philosophy.

Black dots are challenges. His first black dot was when he learned that his mother has terminal cancer who died at the age of 41. Then, in 1992, his sister also died of cancer at the age of 30. Two years later, his cousin who was more of a sister to him was also diagnosed with cancer and passed away at the age of 36. He became depressed after that and was prescribed to take anti-depressant to be able to focus on his work and survived the sadness.
His mentor, Mike, talked about how he can keep his job and he drew circles that represented the major objetives that he had to achieve. This later became the black dots where they created an action for those 3 major objectives. They applied the the strategy and tactics that they have discussed and over the next 6 months, he was able to hit those objectives and was on his way to a successful career.
The accumulation of events in his personal and professional life created the balck dots.

[7:13] – Jerry tells what exactly is a Black Dot.

Black dot is a metaphor for your central focus point. It represents what demands your energy and attention, whether it’s a challenge to overcome or a goal to achieve.
They vary in size and complexity. Large dots are significant goals like starting a business or transitioning from one career to another. Medium black dots are manageable issues or addressing a recurring problem. Smaller black dots are organizing your workplace or sitting for a meeting.
The philosophy works because it provides a structured way to address all these. Large black dots seem overwhelming but when you break them down into smaller black dots, it becomes manageable.
Its not just fixing problems but achieving aspirations.
By focusing on your black dots with intention , you unlock the ability to create meaningful progress in your personal and professional life.

[8:44] – Jerry talks about the six-step process of the Black Dot Philosophy that helps individuals gain clarity, focus, and purpose.

The six steps are the backbone of the Black dot philosophy. Step 1 is about uncovering your challenges that starts by identifying the Black dots in your life. We all have it, you can know it by asking yourself what’s demanding your attention, what are the challenges and goals that you need to address.
They use a mapping process to categorized these black dots by size and priority.
Step 2 is charting your course. Define what success looks like in each black dot and create a vision and break it into smaller milestones. This step is about clarity and knowing more where you are going and how you are going to get there.
Step 3 is about commiting into your aspirations to put the work in your black dots and share your goals to someone who will hold you accountable and build habits around that to keep you on track.

[10:18] – A timeout to thank our sponsor!

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[13:05] – Jerry talks about steps 4-6.

Step 4 is crafting your game plan. This is when strategy comes in and breakdown each black dot to specific actionable tasks. Prioritize and assign deadlines to create a step by step road map.
Step 5 is maintaining your momentum and celebrating your small wins and stay resilient in the face of obstacles by having regular reflections to help you adjust your approach and ensure you keep moving forward.
Step 6 is harvest your success, recognize your achievements, celebrate the journey, identify new black dots and turn success into a spring board for continued growth.
If you follow these steps, you create a clear actionable road map for addressing any black dot whether it’s a challenge or a goal.

[14:17] – Jerry shares a real-life example of how this philosophy has been applied to achieve unimaginable success.

In his career story, he was promoted to be a managing partner in his former company and was given an opportunity to lead but the office he was given ranked 140 over 140 offices. For him, there was no way to go but up. He used this philosophy to turn around these underperforming organizations and two years later, they received multiple trophies and he did it with all the other offices. He was given the nickname ‘Mr. Fix it’ because he was able to turn offices around into high performing organizations.
In his personal life, he got sick in 2014 and was diagnosed with HIV.He took medication for 2 weeks and got back to work. Nobody knew it until he announced it 5 years later. He used the Black dot philosophy to go back and continue to be a top performer.

[19:41] – Jerry shares his key take away.

Everybody will have challenges in their life, some big and some small. We all have goals but the question is what is your process that you use to overcome the challenges in your life and move forward.
If you don’t have a way to release the anxiety and frustrations or don’t have a system or a process, it will catch up with you. Its not what it does for you but what it does to you. Without a process of a system to take you through, you will be keeping it inside and its not healthy. People make wrong decisions when they are But when you have a well-thought strategic plan you alleviate that stress so you can move forward.

[22:57] – Call to action.

The Black Dot Philosophy – Get a copy of Jerry’s best-selling book on Amazon.
The Black Dot Philosophy Website – Your Strategic Roadmap for Conquering Life’s Toughest Challenges. Check out Jerry’s website.

[23:28] – Thank you to our Sponsor!

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