Who is Joe Rogan?
Joseph James Rogan, fondly called Joe Rogan, was born on 11 August. 1987 in Newark, New Jersey. Joe Rogan is popularly characterized as a "stand up comic, UFC commentator, martial arts expert, and the host of the popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Over time Rogan podcast has been evaluated to get 200 million downloads each year. Interestingly, he is rated the most popular podcaster in the US. The Joe Rogan Experience has recorded and is still recording high-profile guests like Elon Musk, Dr. Rhonda Patrick, CEO Jack Dorsey, Kelvin Hart, Jocko Willink, etc.
Here is an intriguing fact, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast endorsed a multi-year licensing deal with the popular streaming platform known as Spotify. This has earned him over $80 Million.
How Did Joe Rogan Become Successful?
Let's take out some time to learn about Joe Rogan's habits and routines and how he applied them to his everyday life that has helped him become successful:
First off, Joe Rogan began martial arts at the age of 13; according to him, it gave him a new perspective on life. He got his first acting role in a Fox Sitcom titled" Hardball." He became a standup comedian and became a UFC commentator, after which he launched his podcast.
Ever the years Joe rogan has upheld two important values that have helped him sustain success for the decades, diet and exercise. Rogan schedules his workouts every Sunday. He ensures to work out at least three times. Part of his routine is to do yoga two times a week and take a run twice a week. “The only exceptions are injuries and sickness”. He doesn't have a strict schedule, but is pretty keen on maintaining his eight hours of rest.
The diet is pretty strict in terms of no bread, very few carbs, no sugar, no bullshit. Healthy food, a lot of vegetables and a lot of game meat, mostly wild elk. He starts his day by drinking water and Himalayan pink salt first thing every morning. Fun fact, he is a fan of Caveman Coffee. He also takes vitamin D, vitamin b12, multivitamins, and probiotics every day to maintain good health.
Joe Rogan prefers to podcast during the day, so he has a routine of starting early, especially if he is hosting multiple guests. After his podcast, he devotes time to his family during the evening hours (wife and daughters). While he utilizes his nights to write, plan and strategize.
Another Strong habit Joe Rogan imbibes is that he never goes late or misses an appointment. He is particular about not wasting time, especially if you desire to grow in your career. Interestingly, Joe Rogan says he hardly watches cable except in his leisure time when he is done with work. He watches content that helps him develop his craft, either a comedy or something related to his field. According to Joe Rogan, he doesn't think about failure, so he does everything needed to put his body and brain to be in the right state so he can be productive.
Key Takeaways
Here are some general life hacks, habits, and principles you can imbibe in your life and career to attain maximum success:
Consistency
A vital key to harnessing your potential, especially in your career part/choice, is your ability to remain committed to your vision or goals no matter the challenges. Joe Rogan had a sterling track record of consistency in his career, starting from when he was a child till he became an adult.
Discipline
Discipline is an important life hack for success. Discipline portrays you, to be honest, and authentic. With discipline, you can get committed to a task; even if you don't like it, you will do it anyway.
Observe Joe Rogan's discipline in his work and career and how he plans his schedules and lives up to them. His knee attention to his diet, exercise, and daily routine is intriguing and worthy of admiration.
“Through self-discipline I get sh*t done”
Resilience to Succeed
Joe Rogan battled with financial, emotional, and mental traumas. But he never allowed it to deter or defeat him; his resilience steered him to persevere and he eventually succeeded.
As entrepreneurs it's natural to feel overwhelmed or exhausted, however, it's important to push through, letting your willpower lead the way. You can develop habits to relieve stress like listening to podcasts, exercising, reading, journaling, etc. Rogan repeatedly states that the only way to grow is through struggle.
Ability to See Opportunities
Opportunities are all around you, depending on how you see them. Joe Rogan was optimistic about what he wanted. He began his stand-up comedy career by attempting a stand-up comedy at an open mic event, and the rest is history today.
His ability to see opportunities landed him an endorsement at Spotify. Begin with a change of mindset, refuse to see failures, and choose to see trails of opportunities in your career journey. Write out ideas and work to implement them.
Break Out From Your Comfort Zone
Sometimes, your comfort zone could limit you from reaching great milestones. You may need to stretch yourself beyond your limit. It may involve unlearning and relearning; you may need to change your diet, utilize the night hours, etc.
Joe Rogan sure knew how to break out of his comfort zone, so he gave himself to exploring different career opportunities and utilized every opportunity to get better. Find what works for you and give yourself to becoming an expert at it.
Open-mindedness
One of the biggest contributing factors to the increasing growth of Rogan’s following is also his genuine curiosity. His open-mindedness and ability to engage with every guest on their own level almost always sparks interesting conversations.
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