The Breakthrough Entrepreneurs

Mohammed Faraj

Welcome to The Breakthrough Entrepreneurs Podcast , where we empower entrepreneurs to overcome burnout, balance work and life, and break free from negative habits and routines. Hosted by Mohammed Faraj, this podcast dives deep into strategies and insights that help you achieve lasting success in both life and business. Learn about actionable tips, inspiring stories, and expert advice to help you conquer self-doubt, anxiety, and overwhelm while building the fulfilling, thriving business and life you deserve. Whether you're just starting your entrepreneurial journey or looking to reignite your passion, this podcast is your guide to breaking through plateaus and reaching new heights.  Tune in to the Breakthrough Entrepreneurs Podcast.Follow Mohammed on https://www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ Subscribe now and start transforming your life and business today! 

  1. 3D AGO

    Protect Your Time From Careless People

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs have something extremely valuable, and most people don’t understand it until it’s too late: your time is your gold. Your focus is your best asset. Your energy is your future. And if you don’t protect these things, your business, your goals, and your dreams will slowly get stolen without you even realizing it. I speak from personal experience about a trap that so many entrepreneurs fall into. There are people in this world who live very differently. Some people don’t have goals. Some people don’t have dreams. Some people don’t follow a schedule. Some people are always available, always hanging out, always spending hours in unnecessary places, and they don’t care where their time is going. And the problem is, those kinds of people often don’t care about your time either. As an entrepreneur, you are building something bigger than entertainment. You are working toward a vision. You are creating a future for yourself and your family. But careless people can easily pull you into their lifestyle, their habits, their routines, and their distractions. They will message you constantly, call you during work hours, invite you to meaningless activities, and if you keep saying yes, you will look back and realize you lost days, months, even years of progress. This is not about being rude. This is about being aware. This is about boundaries. This is about understanding that some people will respect your goals, support your journey, and care about your focus, while others will only use your availability for their own needs.My best advice for every entrepreneur out there protect your time, protect your energy, protect your focus, and learn to stay away from people who don’t value the life you are trying to build. Because no one will do the hard work for you. No one will build your business for you. And your dreams are too important to be sacrificed for distractions. Your time is your gold. Guard it like your future depends on it… because it does. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    26 min
  2. 6D AGO

    Choose Your Hard (Part 1)

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs often complain that things are hard. Building a business is hard. Getting clients is hard. Staying consistent is hard. Public speaking is hard. Creating content is hard. Breaking bad habits is hard. And yes, all of that is true. But here is the deeper truth that most people refuse to accept: life will always be hard. The real question is not whether something is difficult. The real question is what you are going to do because it is difficult. This episode is a wake-up call for entrepreneurs who feel stuck in the cycle of excuses, hesitation, procrastination, and comfort. Many people walk away from their dreams the moment the journey feels uncomfortable. They assume that hard means stop. They assume that struggle means they are not meant for it. But every successful entrepreneur understands something different: hard is normal. Hard is part of the path and life. You will hear why complaining keeps people trapped, why progress requires discomfort, and why not even trying is often harder than taking the first step. This message is also a reminder that discipline, growth, habits, and success are built through repetition, commitment, and the willingness to face challenges head-on. In the end, every entrepreneur must make a decision: do the hard things now, or live with the regret of staying the same. You get to choose your hard. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    10 min
  3. JAN 20

    Your Health Starts at the Grocery Store

    Send us a text A healthy entrepreneurial life is not built only through hard work, discipline, or long hours. It starts with something much more basic and much more powerful: what you consume every single day. Your energy, focus, productivity, and long-term performance as an entrepreneur are deeply connected to your consumption habits, especially the food you bring into your home. Entrepreneurs often underestimate how much their grocery choices impact their health and well-being. The meals you eat daily, the products you stock in your kitchen, and the habits you repeat every week determine whether you feel energized or exhausted, focused or distracted, strong or burned out. If you want to live a healthy entrepreneurial life, you must become intentional about what you buy and what you consume. This episode is rooted in personal experience and real experimentation. It highlights how controlling your habits at the grocery store can dramatically improve your health without relying on willpower or constant self-control. When unhealthy food products enter your environment, resisting them becomes a daily struggle. But when you remove them at the source, the struggle disappears. You’ll hear why shopping the outer areas of the grocery store, where real food exists, makes healthy living much easier, and how increasing friction between you and unhealthy choices protects your energy and well-being. This message also introduces identity-based habits, where you stop forcing yourself to eat healthy and instead become the type of entrepreneur who naturally chooses health. Entrepreneurship requires strength, clarity, and resilience. A healthy body supports a focused mind. When you build strong habits around food and consumption, you give yourself a foundation to grow, perform, and break through in your entrepreneurial life. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    9 min
  4. JAN 11

    Why Your Habits Must Feel Good to Stick

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs often focus on results. We focus on revenue, growth, performance, outcomes, and long-term success. And while results matter, there is a critical piece that many entrepreneurs overlook when it comes to building habits that actually stick: how those habits make you feel right now. This episode centers around the fourth law of behavior change, making a habit satisfying. Most people think satisfaction comes only after achieving a big goal or reaching a milestone. But habit formation works very differently. If a habit does not feel rewarding in the moment, the brain has no strong reason to repeat it tomorrow. Drawing from real entrepreneurial experience and insights from Atomic Habits, this message reframes how entrepreneurs should approach consistency. Sustainable habits are not built by chasing delayed results alone. They are built by enjoying the immediate emotional reward that comes from the action itself. When entrepreneurs focus on how a habit improves their mood, energy, confidence, and sense of progress, consistency becomes natural instead of forced. This is why exercising to feel better works more reliably than exercising only to look better. The feeling arrives immediately. The result comes later. Inside this episode, you’ll hear why enjoying the process matters more than obsessing over outcomes, how visualizing the emotional reward strengthens habit repetition, and how making habits satisfying can transform your daily entrepreneurial life into one that feels energized, hopeful, and fulfilling. This episode is for entrepreneurs who want to stay consistent without burning out, who want to enjoy the journey while building their business, and who want habits that support both success and happiness. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    7 min
  5. JAN 7

    Nothing Changes Until You Change Your Old Habits

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs often believe they can win with the same habits they have been repeating for years. They convince themselves that staying comfortable, being generous with their time, saying yes to everything, and avoiding discomfort will somehow lead to success. But personal experience teaches a very different lesson. Nothing truly changes in your business or in your entrepreneurial life until you become serious about changing your habits. This message is built on real failures, repeated mistakes, and hard-earned lessons from the entrepreneurial journey. Many entrepreneurs are not failing because of one bad day or one wrong decision. Failure is usually the result of small, unhealthy, negative habits that are repeated daily, weekly, and monthly. Those habits slowly accumulate and eventually turn into disappointment, regret, and a year that feels wasted. In the same way, success is not built overnight. It is created through good habits that are practiced consistently and allowed to compound over time. This episode speaks to entrepreneurs who feel stuck, who feel like they are working hard but not seeing results, and who sense that something in their daily routine is quietly holding them back. Comfort zones feel safe, but they silently drain time, energy, focus, and ambition. Staying comfortable keeps entrepreneurs average, ordinary, and far away from their real potential. Growth, progress, and breakthroughs require leaving that comfort zone and doing the uncomfortable work of breaking old habits and building better ones. You’ll hear why being too generous with your time can cost you your dreams, why saying yes to everything often means saying no to your business, and why hard days, lonely days, boring days, and difficult work are not enemies but necessary parts of success. This message is also a reminder that working hard only when fear shows up is not enough. Real progress comes when entrepreneurs commit to their vision even when things feel calm, even when results are not visible yet. I recorded this episode for entrepreneurs who don’t want to repeat the same year again. It’s for those who are ready to stop living on autopilot, stop holding on to habits that failed them before, and start building routines and rituals that lead to real growth, focus, health, and fulfillment. Because when you change, your life begins to change. And when you build better habits, you move closer to the future you actually want. Nothing changes until you change. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    26 min
  6. JAN 1

    Build and Design a Life That You Love

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs spend so much time trying to reach success, working harder, trying to stay disciplined, building habits, and breaking patterns that are no longer serving them. But one of the most powerful things we can do for our business and our entrepreneurial life is to pause, sit with ourselves, and take an honest inventory of what we love and what we don’t love in our life. This episode invites you to sit somewhere quiet, grab a pen and paper, and journal with yourself by creating two lists:  “Things I Love in My Life” and “Things I Don’t Love in My Life.” This simple exercise is more powerful than people think because it gives you clarity. It reveals which habits are aligned with your values and which habits are stealing your time, draining your energy, and holding you back from becoming the person you want to be. Entrepreneurs don’t always struggle because they lack strategy or knowledge. Sometimes the real problem is that they are investing their time, energy, money, focus, and effort into things they don’t even enjoy. They are spending their days doing things that don’t make them happy, that don’t make them healthier, that don’t make them fulfilled, and that don’t move them closer to their goals. And without noticing, these things become habits. They become routines. They become part of their identity. Inside this message, you will see what it looks like to remove what no longer aligns with your values and replace those habits with activities that you love, that you enjoy, that make you feel proud of yourself, and that are connected to your identity as an entrepreneur. This episode is a reminder that designing a meaningful entrepreneurial life starts with choosing what stays and what goes. You don’t need to do what everyone else is doing. You don’t need to follow trends, copy lifestyles, or say yes to things that don’t feel aligned with who you are. When you choose habits based on what you love and not based on what others expect from you, your happiness increases, your life becomes more meaningful, and your business becomes so much stronger because you’re finally building from a place of alignment. This message is dedicated to entrepreneurs who want to build a life with meaning, purpose, joy, health, happiness, and fulfillment not just a busy life. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    9 min
  7. 12/31/2025

    Be The Gift That People Will Never Forget

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and families who run a business often chase new strategies, new tools, and new systems, hoping they’ll feel more confident, more energized, more fulfilled. But sometimes the biggest transformation comes from something much deeper and much more human: the way people feel when you enter their life. This episode is a reminder that you carry something powerful inside you. The same way you feel when someone surprises you with a gift, people can feel that exact same happiness and excitement when they meet you. You have qualities, strengths, and characteristics that can lift others, motivate them, calm their anxieties, and bring out their best. Entrepreneurs who understand this create stronger relationships, build more trust, and influence their clients and communities at a different level. When you show up like a gift for others, you don’t just brighten someone’s day. You shift their mindset. You shape their environment. You become the person who brings energy, not drains it. And this becomes one of the most powerful habits any entrepreneur can develop, because people will always remember how you made them feel. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    9 min
  8. 12/23/2025

    Fall in Love With Hard Work or Stay Stuck

    Send us a text Entrepreneurs dream big. We have visions, goals, and ambitions that excite us. But there is a hard truth that many people avoid facing: dreams without hard work remain fantasies. No matter how powerful your vision is, no matter how motivated you feel, if you avoid hard work, your progress will always be slow, inconsistent, or completely blocked. This episode comes directly from personal experience and hard lessons learned through failure. It speaks to entrepreneurs who say they are working hard, but deep down know that some habits, behaviors, and routines are holding them back. Avoidance, procrastination, chasing comfort, and escaping into entertainment may feel good in the moment, but they quietly steal your future. Doing hard work is uncomfortable. It drains energy. It feels heavy. It challenges your discipline. That is exactly why most people try to delay it, skip it, or replace it with easy tasks that create the illusion of progress. But the pain of hard work carries a reward that comfort never will. That reward is growth, confidence, self-respect, and real momentum toward your goals. This episode is a reminder that hard work is not just an action. It is an identity. It is a mindset. It is a daily ritual that successful entrepreneurs practice even on the days when motivation is low, when things are not working, when deals fall through, when clients leave, and when progress feels invisible. If you are serious about building your business, strengthening your discipline, and becoming the type of entrepreneur who finishes what they start, this message will help you reconnect with the power of hard work and turn it into a habit that defines your life. _____________________________________ This episode is a must-listen for anyone who feels like they're constantly striving but never fully arriving. Mohammed’s message will help you reconnect with your power, speak to yourself with more compassion, and rewire the way you think about your worth, so you can start showing up as your whole, confident, and congruent self. _____________________________________ Life-Changing Resource: Download the free 5-Step Habit Blueprint Guide: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribepage.io/mohammedfaraj Subscribe now and start your journey to a more fulfilling life! _____________________________________ Follow for more tips: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/mohammedfarajtransformation/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mohammedfarajbreakthroug ____________ Support the show

    8 min

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Welcome to The Breakthrough Entrepreneurs Podcast , where we empower entrepreneurs to overcome burnout, balance work and life, and break free from negative habits and routines. Hosted by Mohammed Faraj, this podcast dives deep into strategies and insights that help you achieve lasting success in both life and business. Learn about actionable tips, inspiring stories, and expert advice to help you conquer self-doubt, anxiety, and overwhelm while building the fulfilling, thriving business and life you deserve. Whether you're just starting your entrepreneurial journey or looking to reignite your passion, this podcast is your guide to breaking through plateaus and reaching new heights.  Tune in to the Breakthrough Entrepreneurs Podcast.Follow Mohammed on https://www.instagram.com/mohammedfarajtransformation/ Subscribe now and start transforming your life and business today!