Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jesse Anderson. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi Jesse, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
Well honestly I believe I got it from forcing myself into uncomfortable situations everyday possible. Not really sure exactly where things changed in my life, but there was a big shift that changed my life forever, but this changed after I realized I was the exact opposite of resilient. I felt weakness and fear in myself that I never wanted to feel again. Forcing myself into situations that are unnecessary or things most would never even process a thought of doing, to gain a sense of overcoming difficulty and pain. To gain a feeling of self proudness in any way I could. Being uncomfortable is never truly fun but when the end result is resilience and strength it’s worth every second of pain. In my line of work resilience is a key advantage to success, being able to keep going when things get tough and to be able to strive in the worst situations. Where most might fail or give up, you surpass the pain and thrive in those uncomfortable, painful and dreadful moments.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
My name is Jesse Anderson, and I have always had a love for the outdoors. It all started from my dad taking me fishing every week when I was 3 till I started to make a career from fishing tournaments and creating content in college. I soon dropped out of college to just go for my dreams and never look back. Everyone said not to do that, but I trusted my goals. I fished for years and absolutely loved it till I got more into the media and business side of the outdoors. I started being creative with it in photography, videography, and graphic design. I also missed all my other outdoor hobbies, like hunting and snowboarding, since fishing took all of my time up. I dropped everything I had and moved across country alone to make it work for me. Working 120 plus hours a week 7 days a week to reach my goals. I started to get my foot in the door with content creation and marketing, and it started to grow fast. I left everyhting behind to chase my goal. So, I decided to make this my full-time career and started a business named Grizz Media, an outdoor media agency. The name came from my nickname in high-school, “bear” and my fascination of grizzly bears. We specialize in photography, videography, graphic design, brand development, and more. Working with some of the biggest brands in the outdoor industry and building a name for myself while I get to do what I love every day. It’s more of a lifestyle now than career. As I started to grow, I needed help, so I found some people I trusted to grow with me. Now we are a fast-growing small team of young outdoorsman looking to thrive at what we love to do. There is still so much I have planned for myself and my team. I can’t wait to keep growing this team and getting to travel the world while building a great company and more like it.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
The three best qualities I would say are discipline, ambition and being goal oriented. Every little step in this career was a small goal I had to achieve, if you are a goal driven person it will keep pushing you to the next goal and the next. You must force discipline onto yourself with no excuses, cause they will only sound good to you. Excuses is just failure begging you to find a reason to quit. I used to get told I was always over ambitious, I had too many goals and wanted to achieve too much. I saw this as a curse but also a gift, as I got older I realized if my ambitions did not make people think I was crazy then they were not big enough. I loved to hear others laugh, tell me it’s not possible or way too hard. It only made me want it more, it motivated me to prove them wrong. But motivation is great and all, but it’s temporary and anybody can achieve things while motivated but discipline is what gets things done. It makes things happen when you least want to do it, because consistency is so important and you have to keep going and going.
To close, maybe we can chat about your parents and what they did that was particularly impactful for you?
They believed in me, no matter what I told them I wanted to achieve or said I wanted in life, they paused for a bit, but would just trust I would honor what I said. They would back me up with anything I said I could do. Not sure what I ever did for them to gain that trust in me, but I could always tell that they just knew I could do it. So that also pushed me to prove them right but also prove myself wrong, cause I might not have always believed in myself, but I knew I could not quit. That was never an option.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.grizz.media/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grizz_media/
- Facebook: grizz media
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grizz-media-6a3740214/
