The Own It Show
This is The Own It Show. Where Everyday People Take Ownership to Create Extraordinary Success. Led by a couple who have influenced people at the highest level of the corporate, athletic, entrepreneur, and business world. We teach through science and data-driven methods to help you take true Ownership to lead through energy and influence. We don't just use our stories but tell stories of everyday people who through ownership created extraordinary success. These people have been in your shoes and ultimately excelled, whether it's leading a team of ten or ten thousand, building a business of one million or 100 million, winning one championship or ten, they all have one thing in common, OWNERSHIP. Success is different... be different... OWN IT.
The Own It Show
The 3 Non-Negotiables to Becoming Your Best Self in 2026 | Radical Ownership, Obedience & Alignment
Episode Overview
In this episode of The Own It Show, host Justin Roethlingshoefer delivers a powerful solo message on what it truly takes to become the best version of yourself in 2026. Drawing from a decade of personal growth, leadership, and faith-driven refinement, Justin challenges the idea that transformation comes from doing more—and instead reveals why lasting change comes from doing the right things. He unpacks the difference between survival and identity, exposing why most people don’t lack ambition or goals, but alignment, capacity, and character. This episode serves as a wake-up call to stop outsourcing responsibility and start intentionally becoming who you were created to be.
Episode Highlights
● Radical Ownership: Ownership isn’t blame or shame—it’s truth without defense. Transformation begins the moment you fully own your rhythms, decisions, and patterns.
● Relief vs. Change: Most people don’t actually want transformation; they want relief. Ownership forces you to confront what your life is revealing about you.
● Obsessive Obedience: Growth requires radical obedience to both God and wise mentorship. Stillness, listening, and accountability unlock direction and clarity.
● The Power of Alignment: Alignment occurs when values, behaviors, schedule, and body are no longer at war with each other. Alignment must come before assignment.
● Character Before Calling: God won’t bless what your character can’t sustain. Capacity is built through intentional obedience and alignment over time.
Action Steps
● Ask yourself: “Am I becoming who I’m called to be—or just getting better at surviving?”
● Practice radical ownership by identifying one daily pattern that’s working against the future version of you.
● Create stillness each day—five minutes of silence to listen before you act.
● Identify a mentor who is aligned in values, ahead of you in growth, and willing to hold you accountable.
● Audit your calendar: does it reflect what you say matters most?
● Before saying yes, ask: “Does this decision support the future version of me?”
● Choose alignment over speed—clarity, peace, and power follow obedience.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction — Becoming the Best Version of You in 2026
01:30 Survival vs. Identity
03:00 Why Information Doesn’t Create Transformation
04:45 Radical Ownership Defined
06:00 Patterns, Responsibility, and Personal Power
07:45 The Dangerous Prayer for Character
09:15 Obsessive Obedience Explained
11:00 Stillness, Listening, and God’s Direction
12:45 The Role of Mentorship and Accountability
14:30 Alignment Before Assignment
16:15 Values, Calendars, and Contradictions
18:00 Misalignment, Fatigue, and Compromise
19:45 Asking Better Questions Through Alignment
21:30 The Cost—and Reward—of Alignment
23:30 Ownership, Obedience, and Alignment in Practice
25:00 Closing Challenge — Choosing Who You’re Becoming
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