29: How changing small habits can create the life you want to lead with James Patrick

Taking action and transforming habits—one small change at a time<br /><br />On this week’s episode of Becoming Bulletproof, I bring you a guest that I met two years ago at a mastermind dinner, someone who immediately made an impact and lasting impression on me. James Patrick is one of the most resourceful, kind, warm, and talented men I have ever met, and on this episode, he shares his journey to success as a photographer, author, and founder of FITposium, an annual conference and online education network supporting entrepreneurs to grow their careers.<br /><br />Listen to this week’s episode to hear how changing small habits can make a lasting impact, how lack of action can mean missed opportunity, and how tearing apart your childhood patterns and ideas of safety might just allow you to rebuild and become who you were meant to be.<br /><br />Creating a barrier through his work<br /><br />We open discussing James’ childhood and upbringing, and how it helped shape and impact his professional mentality later in life. He shares how his parents were hardworking and believed everything was finite when it came to work, how this molded his own views, and recalls the moments that instilled the belief that nothing was ever good enough.<br /><br />James talks about the launch of his career in marketing, how he hid behind it for safety, and his side hustle taking photos that eventually became more successful than his main career. He shares his rise to success in photography, the moment he had a brilliant approach to it and let it pass, and the hindsight that lit a fire under his ass to always take action, no matter the risks.<br /><br />Choosing to change his life to leave behind his legacy<br /><br />James opens up about living in safety—behind his camera, his work, and his career. He shares the intense retreat that changed his life, the significant moments leading up to and during it, and the small changes he began to make to ensure he would lead the life and leave behind the legacy that he wanted. After all, it’s not abo