The Rare On Purpose Podcast with Jay Floyd

Systems vs Goals: Why You Keep Failing

12min | 06/01/2025

Description

We explore the transformative power of building systems tailored to your unique design rather than forcing yourself to fit into structures that weren't made for you. James Clear's quote about failing to the level of your systems serves as a powerful reminder that our struggles often stem from system incompatibility, not personal shortcomings.

• Forcing yourself to fit into incompatible systems is like installing Mac OS apps on Windows and expecting them to work
• Using your unique design as a strength rather than trying to conform to standardized expectations
• The wrestling analogy: don't force Jeff Hardy to wrestle like Bret Hart - it's not a behavior problem but a design conflict
• Understanding that you ARE the system, not just talent within a system
• Building calendar blocks and accepting "losses" when distracted as effective strategies for ADHD
• Designing your workflow around your natural rhythms instead of borrowed systems
• Embracing your differences as your blueprint rather than seeing them as weaknesses

Email me at jfloyd1@gmail.com or DM me on LinkedIn at I am J Floyd if your organization wants me to deliver my 60-minute workshop on finding your rareness. You can also reach me through my website imjfloyd.com.

Support the show

https://iamjayfloyd.com

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About The Rare On Purpose Podcast with Jay Floyd

Rare On Purpose is a leadership podcast for people who refuse to drift through their careers and lives on autopilot.

Hosted by leadership coach and author Jay Floyd, the show explores what it means to build a life, career, and identity with intention. In a world obsessed with trends, influence, and external validation, Rare On Purpose challenges listeners to slow down, reflect, and take the driver’s seat of their own growth.

Each episode blends leadership insight, personal reflection, culture, and real coaching lessons to help managers, aspiring leaders, and thoughtful professionals develop clarity, confidence, and purpose in how they lead and live.

This isn’t about chasing titles or copying someone else’s blueprint.

It’s about becoming the kind of leader who understands who they are, what they stand for, and how they move through the world.

Because the goal was never to blend in.

The goal is to be Rare On Purpose.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About The Rare On Purpose Podcast with Jay Floyd

Rare On Purpose is a leadership podcast for people who refuse to drift through their careers and lives on autopilot.

Hosted by leadership coach and author Jay Floyd, the show explores what it means to build a life, career, and identity with intention. In a world obsessed with trends, influence, and external validation, Rare On Purpose challenges listeners to slow down, reflect, and take the driver’s seat of their own growth.

Each episode blends leadership insight, personal reflection, culture, and real coaching lessons to help managers, aspiring leaders, and thoughtful professionals develop clarity, confidence, and purpose in how they lead and live.

This isn’t about chasing titles or copying someone else’s blueprint.

It’s about becoming the kind of leader who understands who they are, what they stand for, and how they move through the world.

Because the goal was never to blend in.

The goal is to be Rare On Purpose.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

We explore the transformative power of building systems tailored to your unique design rather than forcing yourself to fit into structures that weren't made for you. James Clear's quote about failing to the level of your systems serves as a powerful reminder that our struggles often stem from system incompatibility, not personal shortcomings.

• Forcing yourself to fit into incompatible systems is like installing Mac OS apps on Windows and expecting them to work
• Using your unique design as a strength rather than trying to conform to standardized expectations
• The wrestling analogy: don't force Jeff Hardy to wrestle like Bret Hart - it's not a behavior problem but a design conflict
• Understanding that you ARE the system, not just talent within a system
• Building calendar blocks and accepting "losses" when distracted as effective strategies for ADHD
• Designing your workflow around your natural rhythms instead of borrowed systems
• Embracing your differences as your blueprint rather than seeing them as weaknesses

Email me at jfloyd1@gmail.com or DM me on LinkedIn at I am J Floyd if your organization wants me to deliver my 60-minute workshop on finding your rareness. You can also reach me through my website imjfloyd.com.

Support the show

https://iamjayfloyd.com

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About The Rare On Purpose Podcast with Jay Floyd

Rare On Purpose is a leadership podcast for people who refuse to drift through their careers and lives on autopilot.

Hosted by leadership coach and author Jay Floyd, the show explores what it means to build a life, career, and identity with intention. In a world obsessed with trends, influence, and external validation, Rare On Purpose challenges listeners to slow down, reflect, and take the driver’s seat of their own growth.

Each episode blends leadership insight, personal reflection, culture, and real coaching lessons to help managers, aspiring leaders, and thoughtful professionals develop clarity, confidence, and purpose in how they lead and live.

This isn’t about chasing titles or copying someone else’s blueprint.

It’s about becoming the kind of leader who understands who they are, what they stand for, and how they move through the world.

Because the goal was never to blend in.

The goal is to be Rare On Purpose.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About The Rare On Purpose Podcast with Jay Floyd

Rare On Purpose is a leadership podcast for people who refuse to drift through their careers and lives on autopilot.

Hosted by leadership coach and author Jay Floyd, the show explores what it means to build a life, career, and identity with intention. In a world obsessed with trends, influence, and external validation, Rare On Purpose challenges listeners to slow down, reflect, and take the driver’s seat of their own growth.

Each episode blends leadership insight, personal reflection, culture, and real coaching lessons to help managers, aspiring leaders, and thoughtful professionals develop clarity, confidence, and purpose in how they lead and live.

This isn’t about chasing titles or copying someone else’s blueprint.

It’s about becoming the kind of leader who understands who they are, what they stand for, and how they move through the world.

Because the goal was never to blend in.

The goal is to be Rare On Purpose.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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