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5 Min Pocket Pep Talk: Listen When You're Afraid It Won't Work Out · The Nadia Chapman Show

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  Hey friends, welcome back to another 5-Minute Pocket Pep Talk.
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  Today's episode is for anyone who's been overthinking, worrying about the future,
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  or talking themselves out of something they really want.
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  It's about to get pretty juicy, guys, so pay attention.
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  If that's you, or it was you at some point in time, listen to this.
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  I want you to take a second and ask yourself, Have you ever noticed how your
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  brain automatically jumps to the worst case scenario?
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  What if I fail? What if they say no? What if I embarrass myself?
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  What if I make the wrong decision?
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  What if I lose? Right? Does that ring a bell?
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  It's amazing how quickly our minds can absolutely rewrite a horror story about
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  something that hasn't even happened yet. Right?
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  But today, I want to offer you a different question, a question that has the
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  power to completely change your perspective.
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  What if it all works out?
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  Really, that's the question. What if it all works out?
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  What if this opportunity that you're given changes your life?
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  What if applying for that job that you want opens door that you never expected?
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  What if starting that business that you want to start actually succeeds?
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  What if taking that trip that you want to take becomes one of your favorite memories?
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  What if it all works out? What if making that one phone call reconnects you
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  with someone important? What if saying yes to something scary introduced you
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  to a brand new version of yourself that you never met before?
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  Do you see where I'm going?
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  The truth is you don't know what's going to happen.
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  Neither the negative story or the positive story is guaranteed.
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  All right. So if your mind is going to make up a story anyways,
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  why not choose the story that gives you hope instead of giving you fear?
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  I talk a lot about the brain and how the brain works in my coaching and throughout the podcast.
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  And as you know, the brain is wired to protect you. You know,
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  thousands of years ago, that kept you alive.
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  But today, it's just to keep you comfortable. So your brain whisper things like,
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  oh, don't take that risk.
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  Like, ooh, stay where you are, or oh boy, what if it goes wrong?
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  But growth has never lived inside that comfort zone. And I know you know that.
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  Every meaningful chapter of your life probably started with something that was
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  uncertain. You did not know if you would succeed.
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  You did not know if you were ready. You simply took the next step,
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  and then the next step after that. And somehow, you figured it out.
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  So if you are standing in front of a decision today, Please don't let fear write
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  the ending before the story has even begun. All right. So instead,
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  ask yourself this. This is a great coaching question.
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  What if it all works out even better than I imagined?
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  And I want you, as you ask yourself this question, notice what happens in your body when you ask that.
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  Are your shoulders maybe relaxing? Is your breathing changing?
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  I bet your mind begins to look for possibilities instead of problems.
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  That's the beauty of asking questions. That's the beauty of coaching.
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  So here's your challenge today. Every time that you catch yourself thinking,
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  what if it all goes wrong?
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  I want you to pause. I want you to take one deep breath and replace that with,
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  yeah, but what if it all works out?
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  Hmm, because maybe, just maybe, the life that you've been hoping for is waiting
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  right on the other side of that question.
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  And as a mindset coach, my goal for you is to go explore the other side of that question.
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  Start doing things differently, thinking differently, and absolutely give you
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  that little nudge, that little kick in the butt to go do things that scare you,
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  to grow out of your comfort zone.
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  Thank you for spending these few minutes with me. Until next time,
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  dream a little bigger, trust yourself a little more, all right?
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  And don't let fear tell the whole story. Never.
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  What if it all works out?