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Stephen Scoggins, founder of The Journey Principles Institute is an entrepreneur that has paved a path for long term success in his countless endeavors within the business world. Encountering unique adversities from a young age led him to muster the courage to build a diligent work ethic that would guide him in all areas of his life. Stephen is a best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur of multiple businesses with multi-8-figure revenues, a motivational speaker, and the creator of the proprietary Life-Mastery Framework affectionately named, “Transform U.”
What do you do to help optimize yourself?
I actually stumbled on something that was really powerful for me at one of my hardest recent moments in business. It was a peaceful piano track I discovered on YouTube and it was simply called “PEACE”. I would turn this on and sit for a few minutes and let it wash over me some. Then, I would pull out a pencil and a pad — and write. I find writing for me can be very therapeutic. As a person of faith, it helps me to connect deeply to the God that I believe I am called to serve. And while I know not everyone shares my faith, I can respect that, But, t I also think there is a great power in music, nature, prayer, and simply breathing and being aware that can add a lot of value to your life.
Do you have a technique to develop a strong focus, and clear away distractions?
“The only way I have been able to increase focus is to decrease distractions.”
Distractions are poison to productivity. It doesn’t matter if it is ding, a dong, or constant interruptions, if you want to focus more you have to identify what they are then and remove them. When I am creating content, I do so early in the morning with my phone off, and with a small caffeine boost. In other words, I found it helpful to do my concentrated work while others are sleeping or otherwise occupied.
What are some success habits that have helped you in your journey?
When I think of habits, for some reason I think of it as a negative connotation. That being said, James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits, is solid. The thing is I think we would be in agreement since what he calls a “habit” I call a principle put to work by developing an underlying routine.
For example, let’s assume I want to get out of personal debt, what I need is not a habit — but a principle of spending less and applying more resources to the debt at hand. So the principle would be “get out of debt,” but I need to set up a routine to change my current behavior pattern.
