#Clockedin with Jordan Edwards

Unlearning The Lies That Keep You Stuck

Jordan Edwards Season 5 Episode 271

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What if the real breakthrough isn’t learning more, but letting go? We explore how subtracting outdated beliefs can move you farther, faster than any new hack, and we do it in under five minutes. Instead of stuffing your mental closet with more books, courses, and tips, we show you how to clear space for growth by unlearning what no longer serves you.

We start by reframing failure from identity threat to useful data. You’ll hear a candid story about a first venture that flopped and the exact insights it delivered about audience, systems, and self-awareness. Then we turn to self-worth and why chasing likes, titles, and applause is like drinking salt water—tempting, but draining. You’ll get a simple one-week exercise to rebuild confidence from inner traits such as kindness, resilience, curiosity, and humor, so your mood isn’t at the mercy of other people’s opinions.

Finally, we take on the quiet killer of progress: the belief that if it isn’t broken, you shouldn’t fix it. Markets shift and methods age, and the risk isn’t failure—it’s irrelevance. We share practical prompts to spot where you’ve gotten comfortable, where you’re repeating instead of evolving, and how to run small experiments with clear metrics. Along the way, you’ll pick up tools like stop-doing lists, postmortems on wins and losses, and input hygiene to reduce noise and sharpen decisions.

If you’re ready to update your operating system, this short, focused episode gives you the mindset and moves to start today: treat failure as feedback, source worth from within, and trade comfort for continuous evolution. Listen now, share with a friend who’s feeling stuck, and tell us in the comments the one belief you’re ready to unlearn. And if you’re serious about growth, check out the next video—it's the perfect next step. Subscribe and leave a review to help more people find the show.

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Hey, it's Jordan Edwards here, and we're here for Five Minute Friday, where we give you the insights, the tips, and the actionable steps quick. So you're doing everything you're supposed to be doing: reading the books, taking the courses, putting in the hours, but somehow you feel stuck. Here's the truth the problem isn't what you haven't learned. It's what you're still holding on to. The secret to growth isn't adding more. It's deleting what no longer serves you. Because the biggest breakthroughs come not from learning something new, but unlearning what's outdated. Unlearning isn't forgetting, it's freeing. Think of your mind like a closet. You keep shoving in new stuff, new skills, new information, but eventually it's overflowing. Unlearning means opening that closet and saying, all right, what no longer fits the person I am becoming. Futurist Alvin Tofer said the illiterate of the 21st century won't be those who can't read and write, but those who can't learn, unlearn, and relearn. So let's talk about the three lies you must unlearn if you look to move forward, if you want to move forward. Failure is the end. We've been trained to fear mistakes. That one red X in school makes us believe failure means we're not good enough. When I launched my first business, it flopped hard. It always does. I nearly quit right there. But that failure taught me about more about my audience, my systems, and myself than any success ever could. Failure isn't final, it's feedback, it's data, and it's the path. So what's so next time something goes wrong, don't ask why me? Ask what does this teach me? The second lie we're told is that my worth comes from others. For years, my confidence depended on other people. A compliment had me flying high. A small criticism crushed me. But chasing validation is like drinking salt water. It feels good for a second and then leaves you emptier. You have to unlearn the idea that your worth comes from achievement, your job, your title, your following. That's what you do, not who you are. Here's the challenge. For one week, write down one thing you like about yourself that has nothing to do with your accomplishments, your kindness, your resilience, your sense of humor. Those are all examples. That's how you start finding validation from within, and that's freedom. Live three, if it's not broken, don't fix it. This one kills growth quietly. If it's not broken, don't fix it. But that's not broken today can be irrelevant tomorrow. Kodak didn't fail because they were bad. They failed because they refused to unlearn. So what got you here won't get you there. So ask yourself, where have I gotten comfortable? Where am I repeating instead of evolving? Even questioning your habits, break the autopilot, and keep that keeps you stuck. So here's what you want to unlearn. Failure isn't final, your work isn't external, comfort is a progress. Unlearning isn't about erasing the past. It's about updating your operating system for the future. Now tell me in the comments what's one thing you're ready to unlearn. And if you're serious about growth, you can check out my next video. It's the perfect next step. So stay growing, stay clocked in, and I'll see you on the next one.