{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 0024 | Becoming Self-Aware and Defining Success","description":"In this episode, we are bringing you Zach\u2019s special interview by Carson Jorgensen in his pretty-famous podcast \u201cThe Definition of Success.\u201d Carson and Zach discuss quite a few things that are a little bit different than what we normally talk about in our podcast\u2014they talk about business, life, happiness, and (probably most importantly) the whole idea of self-awareness. Let\u2019s get started\u2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------- \u2b50 During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. We should develop self-awareness about who we are, what we can already do well, what we need to improve, and what we want to become, all of which will facilitate both our success and our happiness.  2. Self-awareness is aided by feedback from others; we should humbly accept such feedback to the extent that it helps us to progress, but also refrain from worrying excessively about what others think about us such that it impedes our progress.  3. We should focus our attention NOT on what we either can\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t control, but on what we can control, learning to control it well, which will facilitate our freedom in various respects, along with our happiness.  4. We should genuinely be ourselves, but also persistently strive to become our best selves.  5. We should focus not on tearing ourselves down but on building ourselves up in all of the various aspects of our lives, which involves maintaining our motivation while focusing persistently upon improving one important thing at a time, measuring our progress until we\u2019ve mastered it.  6. We should maintain a connection with our past selves, maintain empathy for other people, seek mutually-beneficial relationships with them, and remember that freely doing nice things for them might encourage them to do likewise for us.  7. We should evaluate our potential business partners very carefully, and wisely delegate business responsibilities to specialists. \u270d\ufe0f Click here for this episode\u2019s complete show notes! ---------------------------------------------------------------- \ud83d\udc49 We want to help as many people as we can; so, if this podcast helps you, then we urge you to please\u2026  \u2022 Subscribe to it on our website so that you don't miss an episode!  \u2022 Discuss it in our private Facebook group with us and fellow entrepreneurs! Join this group to network for success and to get personalized answers to all of your business questions!  \u2022 Review it on iTunes to help us reach more people who need it!  \u2022 And tell all of your associates who might benefit from it! We rely on YOU to help spread the word!!! ","author_name":"Get Funded Today: The Funded Today Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.funded.today\/podcast","html":"