The journey to overnight success comes with many potholes, dead ends, and obstacles many have powered through to become “overnight successes.” (This usually takes about 10-20 years) At a young age, many of us have been taught to work hard, expect no handouts, and remove any and all obstacles in our way.  

James Golden is the Founder and CEO of Pavement Management Group and Goalden Consulting where he works with cities to create better roadways and coaches high performers to level up in life and business. 

Jeff and James jump in on the episode with some hard-hitting dialogue that brings the truth of life to the surface where James shares his early beginnings in childhood, the core values instilled in him, and the work ethic that created him into being a kidpreneur at an early age.  James shares his path post-high school and shares some coincidences that turned out to be much more substantial than he would’ve known at the time.  A chance meeting with a friend’s Dad a year later affirmed exactly what he knew he had to do but didn’t have the confidence and courage to do so.  James speaks candidly about where he is headed as a result of staying consistent, his software company, and his overall perception of what has to happen in order to stand out and get noticed in life and in the marketplace.  James shares why he loves LinkedIn and how he’s built a 7-figure company with that one social media platform. 

What You’ll Learn:

• What happened to James’ Dad in 2019 that changed his mind set and set him on a trajectory to a different life
• The mindset James was raised with that set the tone for his entrepreneurial journey
• The one hip hop lyric that resonated with James coming up
• James’ experience as a paperboy and how it exposed him to marketing for the first time
• One of the first things James did to make money as a kidpreneur
• What James did to buy his first pair of Jordan’s
• Why James had to learn how to drive at 5:00 am in high school 
• A cool story about 2 of James’ mentors he met at 2 different times in his life that happened to share the same name 
• The first company where James worked as an intrapreneur and how large he grew the company as a fractional COO
• The pivotal moment that changed James’ life December 2010
• How a positive mindset and perception of the world makes all the difference in how much time is invested in disappointments and successes
• One trip to Florida and chance encounter that would lead to a large breakthrough for James and his family
• James’ nickname as a younger man 
• How James approaches every single person he meets
• The power of LinkedIn
• Where James’ company is headed faster as a result of joining Arete’ and Apex networks. 

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

“Most of us as business owners who have been doing this for a minute, don’t need help with the business. Sure, we can all make improvements.  We have coaches for that.  But usually, the things and shit that’s bothering us and where we’re struggling are usually things on the outside that we’re not dealing with.” 

 

• James Golden  

 

 

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Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

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