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What's your biggest fear?
That's the question for today's conversation.
Not only that, it's also the question my heart hopes isn't asked of me.
Because like you, if you answered that question honestly, I too have fears.
Ambitions so wildly big, that sometimes the thought of them scare me.
Sometimes, I find myself running away from them.
Hiding behind endless scrolling through social media memes.
Laughing, just to keep myself from thinking about those fears.
Or drowning myself in work, because that's something I can control.
And control is comforting.
What part of that sounds like something you've done before?
See when I first discovered simple and intentional living—minimalism.
I knew that there was an opportunity for me to gain so much more than just an organized
closet or an aesthetically pleasing home.
So when I bought my ticket and set sail on this journey, I was prepared for a complete
lifestyle shift as well as a good ol fashion reality check.
And that's exactly what I got, and some.
Now as a fair warning, buckle up, because although my goal for this conversation is
simple, in that I want to leave you with some food for thought.
I'm also going to ask you to lean in and embrace these next few minutes.
Even if these concepts are something you're already familiar with, I believe there's still
something in this that you need to hear, and I hope it reaches you.
Here's how to get out of your own way.
Number one is Squash Limiting Beliefs.
Now doing this is a little tricky because in order to squash your limiting beliefs,
you have to identify what they are first, which requires you to continue those beliefs
until you figure out what they are.
But once you do that, now we have something to work with.
Here's what those action steps look like.
Number one is Demolish Doubt.
Our minds are very powerful and capable machines.
Not limited to anything, except ourselves.
So if we choose the wrong emotion to believe in, such as doubt, then we're also choosing
our end result.
Meaning we're guaranteed to get out what we put in, so if doubt is what we feel, then
we can't act surprised when we continuously miss our target and goal in life.
Number two is Create Confidence.
The reality of trying something new or learning something you know nothing about is intimidating
and well, fearful, but we can't allow that fear to stop us.
Instead we have to use that fear as fuel.
Fuel that feeds clarity, curiosity, confidence.
All of which are emotional confirmations that we're doing something right.
Number three is Take Action.
As simple as it sounds it's definitely the most important.
Action is truly the only way to squash limiting beliefs.
You have to try, but you also have to be willing to find ways for you to learn.
As a personal example, and someone who is a content creator, speaker, poet, writer.
I knew that I wanted to share my voice, perspective and content with the world.
But I had a limiting belief around not having the skills to do certain things.
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But with time, a willingness to learn and of course endless belief in myself I learned
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Alright the second step to getting out of your own way is you have to Stop Comparing
Yourself To Other People.
Without a doubt, the quickest way to remain stuck or feeling behind in life, is comparing
your beginning to someone else's finish line.
And to be honest with you, it's comparing your life to someone else's life in general.
See one thing we have to remember, is that our personal strengths, skills, talents and
potential is unique to us as individuals.
And if we're constantly comparing our progress or process to someone else's then we're not
focusing on our own path ahead.
Now this is different than watching others to learn and then apply.
This is actually something I highly encourage you to do.
There's always something we can learn from someone at any stage in life.
But the key however, is taking this new found knowledge and applying it, not comparing ourselves to it.
Number three is Give Up This Ridiculous Idea Of Perfection.
See perfection is a concept that we want to believe exist, but doesn't exist in reality.
As an example, you've probably told yourself something along the lines of "well, I'm just
waiting for things to feel just right—you know, perfect before I get started."
Now to be honest with you, this was me a few months ago when I launched my podcast.
I was overthinking and constantly telling myself things like, well my intro isn't perfect
yet so I can't share this first episode.
Or my voice doesn't sound perfect on this recording so I can't possibly share this.
But with time, I’ve worked through those limiting beliefs and really that idea of perfection
as well.
See here's an interesting perspective for you take with you.
As you know now perfection does not exist, but on the flip side you still have two choices.
Progress or Nothing.
In other words, stop waiting for things to be perfect, because in waiting you're actually
doing nothing.
Where instead you could be doing something and making progress.
See progress equals action and action leads to getting out of your own way.
By the way, if you want to take these conversation we're having together here on YouTube, on
the go with you, then you should definitely check out my podcast: Where Do I Start.
Also I have an exclusive Private Podcast on Patreon where we takes conversations like
this one and dive even deeper.
Links to both of these shows are down below.
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Always remember to stay true to you and I'll see you in the next one.
Peace!