Jeff Koziatek
Guest: Jeff Koziatek
Host: Randy Chaffee
Producer / Director / Co-Host: Wes Wyatt
Episode Summary:
Jeff shares his journey from a 25-year entertainment career, performing over 5,000 shows across the country, to becoming an author and coach focused on intrinsic worth and mindset transformation. He and Randy explore the core concepts from Jeff's two-book series—Blueprint for Value (helping leaders lead themselves) and the new sequel (helping leaders lead their teams). Jeff reveals how his workaholic past, which involved performing in 350 shows annually, stemmed from seeking worth through performance rather than recognizing his intrinsic value. The conversation highlights practical "pebble stacking"—celebrating small daily wins to build momentum and shift self-perception—and how mindset changes create tangible results, from his son's cross-country breakthrough to manifesting Blues hockey tickets through focused intention and action.
Key Takeaways:
Intrinsic vs. external worth: your value doesn't come from performance, appearance, circumstances, relationships, or possessions—it's inherent and unchanging.
Pebble stacking builds mountains: tracking small daily wins creates factual evidence of progress that shifts beliefs about yourself and your future possibilities.
The challenger mindset kicks in below 10: when you feel "less than enough," comparison, competition, control, or a victim mentality emerges to fill the gap.
Mindset drives results: nothing changed for Jeff's son except belief—same body, same training, but shifting from doubt to "I can do this" dropped his time by over a minute.
Quick wins over long reads: 52 one-page habits (120 words each) with actionable takeaways make mindset shifts accessible in the moment when you need them most.