Jake Smolarek
I Don’t Build Motivation. I Engineer Results.
As featured in “The Times, Business Insider & Yahoo”
High-Performance Life Coach for High Achievers
As one of London’s leading life coaches, I’ve discovered the one fundamental truth that separates the Winners from the Wannabes.
It has nothing to do with motivation, talent, or luck. It’s about the system they execute.
The Difference Between Wanting and Winning
Success isn’t a feeling. It’s a price: discipline, sacrifice, clarity. Most people confuse “wanting more” with “working for more”, and that’s why they stay stuck.
My work as a life coach is for the few who refuse to settle, founders, executives, and high performers, who are done with chasing motivation and are ready to install systems that guarantee results. No endless pep talks. No therapy dressed up as coaching. Just direct frameworks that force you to level up and make progress non-negotiable. I don’t partner with people who want comfort. I work with A-players who demand execution and expect to be held to a standard higher than they’ve ever set for themselves. This isn’t another coach-client arrangement; it’s a partnership built for results.
In 17 years and over 27,000 hours of coaching, I’ve worked with more than 1,500 clients. From 22-year-olds building their first 6-figure business, to CEOs scaling companies from £80M to £140M, to executives negotiating £500k board roles. I’ve worked with ultra-high-net-worth clients from the US, Europe, and the Middle East – leaders navigating the complexities of billion-dollar enterprises and family legacies; people who don’t need more money, but the rarest commodity in their world: unfiltered truth and a system built for relentless progress.
My work isn’t for everyone. It’s for the ambitious few who are ready to stop wanting and start winning.
Success Stories
Real Clients. Real Success. Real Results.
From feeling stuck to landing his dream job, entering a happy relationship, and transforming his entire life. This is Egis’s story:
“Within the first couple of months of coaching, I achieved several incredible outcomes. I found an amazing, well-paid job, far beyond what I had expected, all with Jake’s support. I also entered a happy relationship, moved into the flat I had always dreamed of, started travelling the world, and gained a deeper understanding of myself. The journey has been truly transformative.”
Egis — Business Change Manager at London’s Leading Law Firm
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The Operating System for Winning
Winners don’t have a secret ingredient that others lack. They lack something everyone else has: an off-switch. They don’t run on motivation; they run on a different operating system. I don’t give you pep talks or theories. I install that OS. It’s a complete architecture for performance, built on brutal truth and relentless execution.
The core of this system is the one non-negotiable law of progress:
Learn → Practice → Master → Become a F*cking Legend
This isn’t a goal; it’s the path. It’s the structured, inevitable journey from ambition to total authority. We don’t hope to become legends; we engineer the process, step by step.
To execute this path, the OS comes with three core applications designed for the chaos of the real world:
Vision GPS: Your Strategic Command Center
Before you can conquer a territory, you must first define it. We install brutal clarity on your ultimate destination. Most people drift. My clients don’t. They know exactly where they’re going and how fast.
This isn’t a dream; it’s a set of coordinates. With it, every decision becomes a simple “yes” or “no”, eliminating the fog of war.
The 10–80–10 Rule: Your Engine for the Grind
Ambition is born in the first 10% and celebrated in the last 10%. Legends are forged in the brutal, boring 80% in the middle. This framework is the machine that gets you through it when motivation has long since died, turning discipline into an automated habit.
No 0% Days: Your Daily Execution Protocol
Momentum is a non-negotiable asset. This protocol is simple: you make measurable progress every single day. No exceptions. No excuses. It’s the compounding engine that makes long-term victory a mathematical certainty.
This is my system. It’s not a collection of hacks; it’s an integrated architecture designed for A-players. If you’re one of the few ready to pay the price and install an OS built for total domination, your search is over.
This is not a programme you join. It’s a standard you step into, and once you cross that line, your operating system for life and business will never look the same again.
This standard was forged over two decades in the trenches. To understand the architect behind this system, read the full story of Jake Smolarek.
The Coaching Library of Alexandria
Those are not blog posts. They are a declaration of war on mediocrity. I’ve opened the entire library to all who are serious about mastery.
My philosophy is simple: I engineer results. While my one-to-one work is reserved for a select few, I have built the most comprehensive library of coaching knowledge in the UK, open to all who are serious about mastery. These are not articles. They are the definitive, encyclopedic guides to the core disciplines of coaching.
I don’t write to impress algorithms. I write to reprogram how high-performers think. If you’re looking for motivation, scroll away. If you’re ready for mental architecture, welcome to the source.
Life Coaching: What Is Life Coaching: The Architecture of Human Performance (55,000+ words)
Business Coaching: What Is Business Coaching: The No-BS Operating System for CEOs and Founders (55,000+ words)
Executive Coaching: What Is Executive Coaching: The No-BS Operating System for Leaders at the Top (31,000+ words)
Accountability Coaching: What is Accountability Coaching: The No-Excuse Operating System for High Performers (52,000+ words)
Career Change Coaching: What Is Career Coaching: The Unsentimental Playbook for Career Mastery (51,000+ words)
High Performance Coaching: What Is High Performance Coaching: The System for Relentless Execution and Engineered Results (46,000+ words)
Team Performance Coaching: What Is Team Coaching: The Operating System for High-Stakes Teams (65,000+ words)
Each of these works is more than an article; it’s a blueprint. Every page was built to replace motivation with structure, theory with practice, and excuses with execution. Read one if you want insight. Read all of them if you’re ready to install a new operating system.
My Clients Say
Don’t Take My Word For It. Read the Receipts
I’m often the only person in my clients’ lives who will tell them the brutal, unfiltered truth. Because once you’re in the arena – as a founder, an executive, or a high-stakes professional – the honest feedback stops. My role isn’t to be your friend. It’s to be the partner who holds you to the standard of your own ambition.
The following aren’t just “success stories”. They are the receipts of what happens when that standard is met.
The £140M Scale-Up: How Three Brutal Decisions Changed Everything
Not by working harder. By executing sharply. We killed vanity initiatives and re-stacked the leadership calendar, installing a new OS for growth. That’s the power of strategic Business Coaching.
The £500k Board Role at 60: Turning Redundancy into an Endgame
Age is not a ceiling; indecision is. We reframed the game and turned one conversation into a board-level offer worth over £500k. This is what elite Executive Coaching looks like in action.
Results are not promised here. They’re engineered.
The £238k Google Offer: Engineering a High-Stakes Career Change
No-nonsense. We set a non-negotiable target and rebuilt her positioning. She didn’t just find a new job; she engineered a new future. A testament to focused Career Change Coaching.
The difference between noise and domination is one decision.
The 6-Figure Business at 22: From Lockdown PT to £10k/Month
Lockdown. Zero leverage. We built a brand, pricing power, and a simple offer stack. The result: a six-figure run-rate at 23. It proves the system works, no matter the starting point.
If you’re ready for results, I’m not here to inspire you; I’m here to install systems.
And these are just a handful of examples from the 1,500+ clients I’ve coached over 17 years.
This is the standard. £140M scale-ups, £500k board seats, high-stakes career pivots engineered with precision. The common denominator? They didn’t settle for motivation. They installed a new operating system for life and business.
Every success story here started with the same sentence: ‘I thought I was already doing well.’
What changed wasn’t who they were; it was the OS they ran on.
The only question left is: Are you next?
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