Last Episodes: "Why You Can't Follow Through And How to Fix It"

Staring: @jerromeb

Series: "From Homeless to Homeownership" December 2024-December 2026

Core Message:

"Stop waiting to feel ready. Build the discipline to show up, stay consistent, and trust the process and yourself"

Next Episode: The Desire to Inspire Podcast 141

Recording Date: 23/10/2026 at 12:30am

Upload Date: 24/10/2026 at 6:00 am

About this episode:

. How being obsessed can help you be consistent long term

. How repetition is the ultimate driver

. List being consistent short term over time benefits long term

. Why being self reliant can push you through hard times

. Slow progress is small now but compound later

. Fighting the feeling of fear to overcome it

. How routines and habits build a system to repeat and follow

. Disciple V Motivation: How Discpline is a practice not an act

. Why do most people fail to be consistent

. How I personally became consistent and my challenges and how I overcame

. Stop Moving or Pivot crossroad we all face and how adapting is crucial

. What you really need is you not a good feeling, buddy etc.

Episode Key Takeaways:

1. Discipline over motivation: Show up even when you don't feel like it.
2. Repetition builds consistency: Small, repeated actions lead to long-term progress.
3. Trust the process: Slow progress today can create significant results over time.
4. Face your fears: Growth begins when you act despite discomfort.
5. Build systems, not excuses: Routines and habits make consistency easier.

Episode Key Action Points:

1. Choose one goal and commit to taking consistent action towards it.
2. Create a daily routine that makes progress part of your lifestyle.
3. Start small and repeat: Focus on showing up rather than being perfect.
4. Act despite fear: Stop waiting for the perfect moment or feeling.
5. Track your progress and recognise small wins along the way.

Books to read in this episode:

Book 1. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway

Author: Susan Jeffers

One word: COURAGE

Why it fits: The book teaches that you don't need to eliminate fear before taking action. You can acknowledge your fear, accept the uncertainty and move forward anyway. This connects directly to your message about consistency, discipline and overcoming the discomfort that holds people back.

Book 2. The War of Art

By Steven Pressfield

One word: RESISTANCE

Why it fits: This book explores the internal resistance that stops us from pursuing meaningful work, including procrastination, self-doubt and fear. It aligns with your message about taking action even when you don't feel ready.

Book 3. Can't Hurt Me

By David Goggins

One word: RESILIENCE

Why it fits: Through his personal experiences, Goggins explores mental toughness, accountability and pushing beyond self-imposed limitations. It connects with your themes of self-reliance, facing fear and continuing through difficult periods.

Last Episodes: "How Bad do you want it? and Why Part 1 + Part 2"

Staring: @jerromeb

Series: "From Homeless to Homeownership" December 2024-December 2026

Core Message: “You don’t have a discipline problem. You have a clarity, trust, and systems problem.”

Next Episode: The Desire to Inspire Podcast 140

Recording Date: 14/10/2026 at 5:00am

Upload Date: 15/10/2026 at 6:00 am

About this episode:

The gap between intention and action

Why we don't follow through

The cost of broken promises to yourself

Stop relying on motivation alone

My homelessness to homeownership how I made the vision real today

Episode Key Takeaways:

1. Breaking promises to yourself is a pattern, not a character flaw.
2. Vague intentions fail, and specific commitments with dates succeed.
3. Motivation gets you started, systems keep you going.
4. Every kept promise, even a tiny one, rebuilds self-trust.
5. Hardship can wire you for short-term survival, so long-term follow-through is a skill you can learn.

Episode Key Action Points:

1. Write down one promise you’ve been avoiding.
2. Shrink it to something you could finish in under 10 minutes.
3. Attach it to a time and place (“After my morning coffee, I’ll check my credit score”).
4. Make it visible with a calendar, a sticky note, or a text to an accountability partner.
5. Track it for 7 days and mark each day you keep your word.

Books to read in this episode:

BOOK 1 · BUILD CONSISTENCY

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Why it fits: This is my first recommendation for your episode. It explores how small habits, supportive environments, and repeatable systems help people make lasting changes.

Apply it: Choose one small action that supports your bigger goal and repeat it consistently.

BOOK 2 · TAKE ACTION

The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins

Why it fits: This book focuses on interrupting hesitation and using a simple countdown technique to help initiate action when you feel reluctant or doubtful.

Apply it: When you notice yourself hesitating over a small, appropriate task, count down from five and begin the first physical action.

BOOK 3 · UNDERSTAND PROCRASTINATION

The Procrastination Equation bu Piers Steel

Why it fits: This book examines the psychology and research behind why people delay tasks, even when they understand the consequences. It also explores practical ways to improve follow-through.

Penguin Random House Canada

Apply it: Identify one task you're avoiding, work out what makes it difficult to start, and remove one barrier.

Last Episode: WHERE THE FUTURE YOU MAY END UP

Staring: @jerromeb

Series: From homeless to homeownership 2024-2026

Format:

Duration of episodes - 9 mins 34 seconds

Next Episode: The Desire to Inspire Podcast TBC

Recording Date: 2026

Upload Date: 13/03/26

🧠 Episode Overview

LIFE IS SHORT SO GO FOR TOUR DREAMS TODAY breaks down taking risks and confronting fear will help you achieve any life goal

🔑 Topics Covered

• Make life-worth living: taking on big goals, self awareness, time moving without you
• Don't wait act now: fear is stopping you living the life you say you want
• Success & sacrifice: you must take some short term hard trade off to progress
• Vision with action aligning: how self belief helps long term
• Dreams need commitment: why some progress is always better than none
• Control and cant control: only focus what you can 100% control over first ll

📚 Book Recommendations

The 5 AM Club and Designing Life Intentionally and The Alchemist

🎯 Core Message of the Episode

“Life is short, so go for your dreams today no matter how long it takes and how hard it is"