James Catledge
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208 appearances
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1 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
James Catledge’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I need to buy a car, so I need my commissions dedicated to the purchase of a used car. And I don't know what that means other than I need a car quick, like, because I'm not going to sell cars. In my mind, I'm going to sell enough cars to get a car to go back and get the job that I think I've secured. Well, I'm there 30 days. I pick out a black Dodge GLH.
I have $9,000 now in cash and a Dodge GLH that's paid for. Now, I think the car was $1,200, okay? So we're talking about a nice car. And it's so loaded with dents down the side. It looks like they had a door opening contest with this vehicle because the entire side, all the way up front and back panel, In the same location, it's been jammed up a lot.
Glad to be here.
What made you you? It's a great question. On my podcast, I interviewed my mother about a month ago, and I learned some things from her perspective that was quite interesting. And I asked this exact question, what was it like raising two boys by yourself? Mom was a single mom. And she gave me some insight that I guess you don't really remember who you are as a kid.
You may have the memories, but who you were is not clear yet. And she said to me that as she went to go to work, I was assigned various chores and all sorts of duties around the house. We were raised in Tennessee and my dad had left the house by age eight for me. My brother was five. So I'm kind of the man of the house at age eight.
I'm in charge of, you know, protecting mom, if you can imagine age eight. And still scared of the dark at eight, still scared of the dark, very scared of the dark. One of my jobs was to take the garbages out. And I remember having this psychological battle with myself. The street was probably a hundred yards from the house and the garbages are out back. Street lights don't light up the backyard.
There is no lighting in the backyard. And I've got to get 100 yards at age eight with two garbage cans. And I'm certain that the woods in the forest is filled with people trying to kill me. I'm sure of it.
And so I remember taking the garbages down one specific time thinking, you know what? I don't like how this feels. I don't like the fear. The raw fear was overwhelming to me. When I got back in the house, I thought, you know what? No one else can take these garbages down. My mother won't do it. My five-year-old brother can't do it. He's physically not able to take them down. This is on me to do.
And I remember having this thought, how do I personally... not be so afraid, physically trembling afraid, like talking to myself loudly the whole way, trying to make sure that if there is anybody out here, they don't think I'm afraid because I'm having conversations out loud with myself. But I remember actually grabbing two knives out of the knife drawer, sharp steak knives,
And literally, you know how the garbage cans are. You got the handle there. I remember having a knife in each hand as I grabbed the handles of the garbages and took them down. And I literally had the thoughts what I would do if someone came for me with those knives. Literally had the visceral plan in action. And I don't think I was ever afraid again to take the garbages down.
And I took the knives a few more times. Yeah, just to make sure I was ready. But as a boy, I remember having to overcome, personally solve that problem. And it, for me, was a real problem. I was the type of kid that when we come home from being maybe at church or being out to eat with my mother, she would have me go in the house first.
I'm eight and identify if there's any intruders before she comes in or before my little brother. And no one's more scared than me at eight going in. Did you think mom liked the little brother more than you? Like, hey. Well, he's five.
So this is, there was none of us that were brave enough to do it without fear. But I remember having these really visceral reactions to fear and I didn't like it. I did not like how I felt. I felt weak. I felt consumed by it. And I didn't like myself for feeling that way. So I had to go through problem solving to not feel that way.
And I think my life's been full of that problem solving, presented with something that no one else can fix but me.
That's right. That's right. You've got to overcome it. You've got to solve it. I'll tell you one more on the same line of thinking. I was a Mormon missionary, which was a great privilege for me. At age 19, I was called to be a missionary in Santa Rosa, California. And I remember feeling like such an imposter.
This whole thing, you know, imposter syndrome where people feel like they're not qualified for this. They certainly are not qualified. don't know enough to do this job, this task. Many entrepreneurs feel this way, and certainly as a Mormon missionary, I'm called, I have the name tag, I've got the suits, but inside me, I am not up for this.
I really don't know what's going to happen if someone opens the door, okay? So luckily for me, when I arrived, you get a trainer, okay? He's another 19-year-old, but he's been there longer than you, so he supposedly knows what to do. Well, I had a pretty good trainer, and I like him. I look up to him. In a way, there was some admiration there from me to him.
When I got there, he had torn his ankle or had a sprained ankle or something, and we couldn't do our job for like three weeks. We're in this apartment, and I'm basically spending three weeks telling him how good I am, if you can imagine. I'm literally talking myself up, talking my game up to him about how ready I am, and this is 100% brainwashing myself as I'm doing this. Well, the day comes.
We've got the ankle better. And we're going to have to find out what I can do and what I can't do. And your job as a Mormon missionary is to, in many cases, knock on doors. And if a stranger, the homeowner, lives there, they open it. And then you begin this very...
quick, weird exchange about religion and about Jesus Christ, which is so personal for everybody, including us, the Mormon missionaries. But it's happening on their doorstep with strangers. You're trying to get them to let you in. That's success. If they let you in, there's a full blown discussion
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