Latest / The Billionaire Brain® Podcast / Ep175 - The Success Shadow: When Growth Feels Unsafe
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- 0:00Welcome
- 0:01to
- 0:01dawn
- 0:01of
- 0:02a
- 0:02new
- 0:02era
- 0:02where
- 0:02we
- 0:03talk
- 0:03all
- 0:03things
- 0:04millionaire
- 0:04mindset
- 0:05and
- 0:05scaling
- 0:05strategy
- 0:06so
- 0:06you
- 0:07can
- 0:07think,
- 0:07feel
- 0:07and
- 0:08scale
- 0:08like
- 0:08the
- 0:08top
- 0:091%.
- 0:10I'm
- 0:10Dawn
- 0:10McGrewer,
- 0:11the
- 0:11business
- 0:11growth
- 0:11coach,
- 0:12Forbes
- 0:12mentor
- 0:13and
- 0:13serial
- 0:13entrepreneur.
- 0:14Each
- 0:15week
- 0:15we'll
- 0:16ditch
- 0:16the
- 0:16fluff,
- 0:16dive
- 0:17into
- 0:17the
- 0:17neuroscience
- 0:18of
- 0:18success,
- 0:18and
- 0:19share
- 0:19the
- 0:19good,
- 0:19the
- 0:20bad
- 0:20and
- 0:20the
- 0:20ugly
- 0:20of
- 0:21building
- 0:21wealth,
- 0:22impact
- 0:22and
- 0:22freedom.
- 0:23If
- 0:23you're
- 0:24ready
- 0:24to
- 0:24play
- 0:24bigger
- 0:25and
- 0:25rewrite
- 0:25the
- 0:25rules
- 0:25of
- 0:26business,
- 0:26you're
- 0:26in
- 0:27the
- 0:27right
- 0:27place.
- 0:27Let's
- 0:28go.
- 0:30So
- 0:30today
- 0:30we're
- 0:31going
- 0:31to
- 0:31be
- 0:31talking
- 0:31about
- 0:32something
- 0:32that
- 0:32is
- 0:33rarely
- 0:34discussed
- 0:34in
- 0:34business
- 0:35circles.
- 0:35And
- 0:36this
- 0:36is
- 0:37the
- 0:37shadow
- 0:38side
- 0:39of
- 0:39success.
- 0:40Because
- 0:41here's
- 0:41the
- 0:41truth.
- 0:41Scaling
- 0:42isn't
- 0:42always
- 0:43pure
- 0:43excitement.
- 0:44You
- 0:44know,
- 0:44there's,
- 0:44there's
- 0:44challenges
- 0:45along
- 0:45the
- 0:46way
- 0:46and
- 0:46sometimes
- 0:47the,
- 0:48the
- 0:48very
- 0:48growth
- 0:49you've
- 0:49been
- 0:50working
- 0:50towards
- 0:51can
- 0:52trigger
- 0:52fear
- 0:53or
- 0:53self
- 0:54sabotage
- 0:55or
- 0:55old
- 0:56emotional
- 0:56wounds.
- 0:58What
- 0:58happens
- 0:58is,
- 0:59is
- 0:59that
- 1:00we
- 1:00have
- 1:01the
- 1:01success
- 1:02shadow.
- 1:03So
- 1:03this
- 1:04is
- 1:04what
- 1:04the
- 1:05success
- 1:05shadow
- 1:06means
- 1:06and,
- 1:07and
- 1:07what
- 1:07I
- 1:08mean
- 1:08by
- 1:09it
- 1:09because
- 1:09if
- 1:10you've
- 1:10ever
- 1:10found
- 1:10yourself,
- 1:11for
- 1:11instance,
- 1:12pulling
- 1:12back
- 1:13and
- 1:13it's
- 1:14a
- 1:14time
- 1:14that
- 1:15you
- 1:15found
- 1:15things
- 1:16were
- 1:16just
- 1:16going
- 1:16really
- 1:17well
- 1:17and
- 1:17you
- 1:17were
- 1:18on
- 1:18this
- 1:18kind
- 1:18of
- 1:18scaling
- 1:19trajectory
- 1:20and
- 1:20everything
- 1:20was
- 1:21positive,
- 1:22well,
- 1:22in
- 1:22this
- 1:23episode
- 1:24I
- 1:24going
- 1:24to
- 1:24help
- 1:25you
- 1:25understand
- 1:25why
- 1:26sometimes
- 1:27we
- 1:27go
- 1:27into
- 1:27these
- 1:28negative
- 1:28patterns
- 1:29and
- 1:29self
- 1:29sabotage
- 1:30because
- 1:30this
- 1:31is
- 1:31all
- 1:31about
- 1:31how
- 1:31to
- 1:32move
- 1:32forward
- 1:33without
- 1:33burning
- 1:34out.
- 1:34And
- 1:34you
- 1:34know,
- 1:35we've
- 1:35all
- 1:35been
- 1:36in
- 1:36stages
- 1:37in
- 1:37our
- 1:37careers
- 1:38where
- 1:39we've
- 1:39hit
- 1:39burnout,
- 1:39where
- 1:40we're
- 1:40pushing
- 1:41so
- 1:41hard,
- 1:42but
- 1:42we're
- 1:43so
- 1:43tired
- 1:44and
- 1:44we
- 1:44just
- 1:45feel
- 1:45that
- 1:46everything
- 1:46is
- 1:47weighing
- 1:47us
- 1:47down.
- 1:48So
- 1:49the
- 1:49first
- 1:49part
- 1:49of
- 1:50this
- 1:50is
- 1:50all
- 1:50about
- 1:51why
- 1:52scaling
- 1:53can
- 1:53feel
- 1:53unsafe.
- 1:54And
- 1:55from
- 1:55a
- 1:56purely
- 1:56sort
- 1:56of
- 1:57strategic
- 1:58perspective,
- 1:58scaling
- 1:59is
- 1:59about
- 2:00systems
- 2:00and
- 2:00people
- 2:01and
- 2:01offers,
- 2:02but
- 2:02from
- 2:03a
- 2:03psychodynamic
- 2:04point
- 2:04of
- 2:04view
- 2:05and
- 2:05perspective
- 2:06is
- 2:06about
- 2:07identity
- 2:08and
- 2:08safety
- 2:09and,
- 2:09and
- 2:10also
- 2:10worth.
- 2:11And
- 2:11self.
- 2:11Worth
- 2:12shows
- 2:12up
- 2:13a
- 2:13lot
- 2:14in
- 2:14the
- 2:14founder
- 2:15journey
- 2:15with
- 2:16CEOs
- 2:16at
- 2:17all
- 2:17different
- 2:18stages.
- 2:19Because
- 2:19what
- 2:19happens
- 2:20is,
- 2:20is
- 2:20that
- 2:21even
- 2:22when
- 2:22things
- 2:22are
- 2:22going
- 2:23amazingly
- 2:23well,
- 2:23like
- 2:24rapid
- 2:24growth,
- 2:25this
- 2:25often
- 2:26brings
- 2:26things
- 2:26like,
- 2:27you
- 2:27know,
- 2:27more
- 2:28visibility,
- 2:28it
- 2:29will
- 2:29bring
- 2:30more
- 2:30responsibility
- 2:31and
- 2:32more
- 2:32certainty
- 2:33because
- 2:33we
- 2:33have
- 2:34bigger
- 2:34revenues,
- 2:35we
- 2:35have
- 2:35more
- 2:36money
- 2:36coming
- 2:36in
- 2:36consistently,
- 2:37and
- 2:38we
- 2:38have
- 2:38cash
- 2:38in
- 2:39the
- 2:39bank.
- 2:40But
- 2:41here
- 2:41is
- 2:41where
- 2:41it
- 2:42gets
- 2:42really
- 2:42kind
- 2:42of
- 2:42interesting
- 2:43because
- 2:44your
- 2:44subconscious
- 2:45doesn't
- 2:46measure
- 2:46safety
- 2:47by
- 2:47logic.
- 2:48And
- 2:49what
- 2:49it
- 2:50does
- 2:50is
- 2:50it,
- 2:50it
- 2:51measures
- 2:51it
- 2:51by
- 2:52familiarity.
- 2:54So
- 2:55if
- 2:55success
- 2:56is
- 2:56something
- 2:56like
- 2:57a
- 2:58new
- 2:58aspect
- 2:58to
- 2:59your
- 2:59life
- 2:59or
- 2:59something
- 3:00that
- 3:00is
- 3:00not
- 3:00your
- 3:00new
- 3:01norm,
- 3:01what
- 3:02happens
- 3:02is,
- 3:02is
- 3:02your
- 3:03brain
- 3:03goes,
- 3:04well,
- 3:05this
- 3:05is
- 3:05risky.
- 3:06I've
- 3:06not
- 3:07experienced
- 3:07this
- 3:07before
- 3:08and
- 3:08I'm
- 3:08very
- 3:09uncertain
- 3:09about
- 3:10it.
- 3:11So
- 3:12all
- 3:12of
- 3:12your
- 3:12old
- 3:13fears
- 3:14start
- 3:14to
- 3:14resurface.
- 3:15And,
- 3:16and
- 3:16these
- 3:17are
- 3:17things
- 3:17like
- 3:17it
- 3:17could
- 3:18be
- 3:18the,
- 3:18the
- 3:18fear
- 3:19of
- 3:19being
- 3:19judged
- 3:20or
- 3:20fear
- 3:21of
- 3:21letting
- 3:21people
- 3:22down,
- 3:23or
- 3:24the
- 3:24fear
- 3:24of
- 3:24not
- 3:24being
- 3:25able
- 3:25to
- 3:26maintain
- 3:26this
- 3:27standard,
- 3:27or
- 3:28what
- 3:28happens
- 3:30if
- 3:30it
- 3:30all
- 3:30falls
- 3:30apart.
- 3:31So
- 3:32this
- 3:32is
- 3:32often
- 3:33the
- 3:33thing
- 3:33that
- 3:33I
- 3:34see
- 3:34when
- 3:34I,
- 3:35I'm
- 3:35working
- 3:36with
- 3:36CEOs
- 3:36and
- 3:37founders
- 3:37in
- 3:37the
- 3:37initial
- 3:38stages
- 3:38because
- 3:39we've
- 3:40addressed
- 3:40some
- 3:40of
- 3:40the
- 3:41mindset,
- 3:42we've
- 3:42broken
- 3:42some
- 3:42of
- 3:43the
- 3:43patterns
- 3:43and
- 3:44we've
- 3:44got
- 3:44over
- 3:45the
- 3:45immediate
- 3:45challenges
- 3:46and
- 3:46we're
- 3:46now
- 3:47into
- 3:48scaling
- 3:48and
- 3:49we
- 3:49are
- 3:49scaling
- 3:50fast.
- 3:51And
- 3:51with
- 3:52anything
- 3:52like
- 3:52that,
- 3:53any
- 3:54change,
- 3:55then
- 3:55that
- 3:56equals
- 3:56perceived
- 3:57risk.
- 3:58Because
- 3:58we're
- 3:59like,
- 3:59well,
- 3:59what
- 3:59happens
- 3:59next?
- 4:00This
- 4:00is
- 4:00unfilm
- 4:01unfamiliar
- 4:02territory.
- 4:02I
- 4:02have
- 4:03no
- 4:03idea
- 4:03what
- 4:04the
- 4:04next
- 4:04stage
- 4:04of
- 4:04this
- 4:05chapter
- 4:05is.
- 4:06So
- 4:06this
- 4:06is
- 4:06why
- 4:07CEOs
- 4:08sometimes
- 4:08hit
- 4:09an
- 4:09income
- 4:09plateau.
- 4:10I
- 4:11see
- 4:11it
- 4:11so
- 4:11often.
- 4:12And
- 4:12a
- 4:13lot
- 4:13of
- 4:13founders
- 4:13come
- 4:14to
- 4:14me
- 4:14and
- 4:14go,
- 4:14dawn,
- 4:15I
- 4:15did,
- 4:15I
- 4:15did
- 4:16really
- 4:16well.
- 4:16It
- 4:16was
- 4:16going
- 4:16really
- 4:17well.
- 4:17And
- 4:17then,
- 4:17then
- 4:17it
- 4:17just
- 4:18stopped.
- 4:18And,
- 4:19and
- 4:19this
- 4:19isn't
- 4:19because
- 4:20of
- 4:20their
- 4:20strategy
- 4:22or
- 4:22that
- 4:22anything
- 4:23is
- 4:23actually
- 4:23broken.
- 4:24This
- 4:25is
- 4:25around
- 4:25the
- 4:25fact
- 4:26that
- 4:26their
- 4:26nervous
- 4:27system
- 4:27is
- 4:28trying
- 4:28to
- 4:28protect
- 4:29them.
- 4:30And,
- 4:31you
- 4:31know,
- 4:31this
- 4:31is
- 4:32all
- 4:32kind
- 4:32of
- 4:32like,
- 4:32well,
- 4:33look,
- 4:33there's
- 4:33a
- 4:33perceived
- 4:33danger
- 4:34here.
- 4:34So
- 4:35my
- 4:35nervous
- 4:35system
- 4:35is
- 4:35going
- 4:36to
- 4:36step
- 4:36in
- 4:37and
- 4:37we're
- 4:37just
- 4:37going
- 4:37to
- 4:37halt
- 4:38and,
- 4:38and
- 4:38everything's
- 4:39going
- 4:39to
- 4:39be
- 4:39okay.
- 4:41So
- 4:42when
- 4:42we
- 4:42look
- 4:42at
- 4:43the,
- 4:43the
- 4:43next
- 4:43stage
- 4:44of,
- 4:44like,
- 4:45how
- 4:45do
- 4:45we
- 4:45get
- 4:46past
- 4:46this?
- 4:46And
- 4:47I
- 4:47talk
- 4:47a
- 4:47lot
- 4:48about
- 4:48neuroscience
- 4:49and
- 4:49habits
- 4:50and,
- 4:51you
- 4:51know,
- 4:51quantum
- 4:52psychology
- 4:53and
- 4:53psychodynamics,
- 4:54but
- 4:54Japanese
- 4:55wisdom
- 4:55is,
- 4:56is
- 4:56played
- 4:56a
- 4:56massive
- 4:57foundational
- 4:58piece
- 4:58in
- 4:59everything
- 4:59I
- 4:59do
- 4:59in
- 5:00scaling
- 5:00businesses,
- 5:01helping
- 5:01clients
- 5:03generate
- 5:03huge
- 5:03wealth
- 5:04in
- 5:04their
- 5:04businesses.
- 5:05You
- 5:05know,
- 5:05from
- 5:06scaling
- 5:06to
- 5:07selling
- 5:07to
- 5:09going
- 5:09on
- 5:09to
- 5:09more
- 5:10philanthropic
- 5:11activities.
- 5:13So
- 5:14the
- 5:14next
- 5:14piece
- 5:15here
- 5:15is
- 5:15I
- 5:16want
- 5:16to
- 5:16share
- 5:16a
- 5:16little
- 5:17bit
- 5:17about
- 5:17Japanese
- 5:18wisdom
- 5:18and,
- 5:18and
- 5:19how
- 5:19this
- 5:20can
- 5:20be
- 5:20translated
- 5:21into
- 5:21the
- 5:21business
- 5:21journey,
- 5:22because
- 5:22this
- 5:22is
- 5:22something
- 5:22a
- 5:22lot
- 5:23of
- 5:23people
- 5:23go,
- 5:23I
- 5:24don't
- 5:24understand
- 5:24how,
- 5:24what
- 5:25Japanese
- 5:25wisdom
- 5:25would
- 5:26have
- 5:26to
- 5:26do
- 5:26with
- 5:26strategy.
- 5:27But
- 5:28basically,
- 5:30Garmin,
- 5:31this
- 5:31is
- 5:32a
- 5:32Japanese
- 5:32wisdom,
- 5:33a
- 5:33principle
- 5:34all
- 5:34about
- 5:35your
- 5:36enduring
- 5:37with
- 5:38purpose.
- 5:38And
- 5:39this
- 5:40is
- 5:40where,
- 5:41when
- 5:41people
- 5:41talk
- 5:41about
- 5:42things
- 5:42like
- 5:42alignment,
- 5:43that
- 5:44we
- 5:44start
- 5:44to
- 5:44get
- 5:44into
- 5:45the
- 5:45nitty
- 5:46gritty.
- 5:47Because
- 5:48when
- 5:48we're
- 5:48doing
- 5:49something
- 5:49and
- 5:49we're
- 5:50scaling,
- 5:50we
- 5:50start
- 5:51to
- 5:51doubt
- 5:52what
- 5:52we're
- 5:52doing
- 5:52and
- 5:53we
- 5:53start
- 5:53to
- 5:53question
- 5:54why
- 5:55we're
- 5:55doing
- 5:55it.
- 5:56So
- 5:56in
- 5:57the
- 5:57Japanese
- 5:57culture,
- 5:58there's
- 5:59a
- 5:59beautiful
- 5:59principle,
- 6:00Garmin,
- 6:01which
- 6:01means
- 6:02enduring
- 6:03difficult
- 6:03situations
- 6:04with
- 6:05dignity
- 6:06and
- 6:06purpose.
- 6:08So
- 6:08it's
- 6:09not
- 6:09about
- 6:09pushing
- 6:10through
- 6:11and,
- 6:11you
- 6:12know,
- 6:12at
- 6:12all
- 6:12Costs.
- 6:13This
- 6:13must
- 6:13happen
- 6:14because
- 6:15this
- 6:15is
- 6:15where
- 6:16burnout
- 6:16happens.
- 6:17It's
- 6:18about
- 6:18holding
- 6:19steady
- 6:20and
- 6:20staying
- 6:21really
- 6:21aligned
- 6:21with
- 6:22your
- 6:22why
- 6:22and
- 6:22focusing
- 6:23in
- 6:23on
- 6:24that
- 6:24and
- 6:25making
- 6:25grounded
- 6:26decisions
- 6:27even
- 6:27when
- 6:28your
- 6:28discomfort
- 6:29is
- 6:29through
- 6:29the
- 6:29roof.
- 6:30Okay.
- 6:31Because
- 6:31it's
- 6:31not
- 6:31about,
- 6:32you
- 6:33know,
- 6:33really
- 6:33kind
- 6:34of
- 6:34just
- 6:34leaning
- 6:35into,
- 6:35well,
- 6:35this
- 6:36is
- 6:36the
- 6:36goal.
- 6:36So
- 6:37this
- 6:37is
- 6:37what
- 6:37I've
- 6:37got
- 6:38to
- 6:38do.
- 6:38Because
- 6:39that
- 6:39sort
- 6:39of
- 6:39process,
- 6:40that
- 6:40sort
- 6:40of
- 6:40narrative
- 6:41is
- 6:41something
- 6:42that
- 6:42will
- 6:42burn
- 6:42you
- 6:42out
- 6:43quick
- 6:43and
- 6:43it's
- 6:44difficult
- 6:44to
- 6:44come
- 6:44back
- 6:45from.
- 6:45What
- 6:46we
- 6:46want
- 6:46to
- 6:46do
- 6:46is
- 6:46head
- 6:47that
- 6:47off
- 6:47at
- 6:47the
- 6:47pass.
- 6:48And
- 6:48when
- 6:49applied
- 6:49to
- 6:49scaling,
- 6:51garment
- 6:51is
- 6:51about
- 6:53doing
- 6:53things
- 6:53differently.
- 6:54It's
- 6:54about
- 6:55staying
- 6:55committed
- 6:57to
- 6:57your
- 6:57vision
- 6:57when
- 6:58your
- 6:58emotions
- 6:58are
- 6:59telling
- 6:59you
- 6:59to
- 7:00retreat,
- 7:00to
- 7:01go
- 7:01back,
- 7:01to
- 7:01go
- 7:01back
- 7:02to
- 7:02safety.
- 7:03It's
- 7:03about
- 7:03building
- 7:04resilience
- 7:05through
- 7:05purposeful
- 7:06action,
- 7:07not
- 7:07reactive
- 7:08hustle.
- 7:09Okay?
- 7:10So
- 7:11think
- 7:11about
- 7:11this.
- 7:12You
- 7:12know,
- 7:13when
- 7:13we
- 7:14apply
- 7:14principles
- 7:16like
- 7:16this,
- 7:17we're
- 7:17changing
- 7:18our
- 7:18thought
- 7:18process.
- 7:19We're.
- 7:19We
- 7:20are
- 7:20remembering
- 7:21who
- 7:21we
- 7:22are,
- 7:22identity
- 7:23and
- 7:23purpose
- 7:24and
- 7:24why
- 7:24and
- 7:24mission
- 7:25and
- 7:25vision
- 7:26and
- 7:26reconnecting
- 7:27to
- 7:27this.
- 7:28The
- 7:28deeper
- 7:28we
- 7:28reconnect,
- 7:29the
- 7:29easier
- 7:30it
- 7:30gets.
- 7:30And
- 7:30with
- 7:30Garmin,
- 7:31it's
- 7:31about
- 7:32enduring
- 7:33the
- 7:33stretch
- 7:33phase,
- 7:34but
- 7:34knowing
- 7:35in
- 7:36your
- 7:36heart
- 7:36of
- 7:36hearts
- 7:37that
- 7:37it's
- 7:37just
- 7:38a
- 7:38natural
- 7:38part
- 7:38of
- 7:39the
- 7:39expansion
- 7:39process.
- 7:40And
- 7:40it
- 7:41will
- 7:41happen
- 7:41again.
- 7:42But
- 7:42having
- 7:43these
- 7:43tools
- 7:43in
- 7:44place
- 7:44will
- 7:44make
- 7:44it
- 7:45easier.
- 7:45Because
- 7:46if
- 7:46you
- 7:46think
- 7:47about
- 7:47it,
- 7:48when
- 7:48you
- 7:49started
- 7:49your
- 7:50business,
- 7:51we
- 7:52had
- 7:52passion,
- 7:53we
- 7:53had
- 7:54obviously
- 7:54conviction
- 7:55behind
- 7:55what
- 7:55we
- 7:55did.
- 7:56We
- 7:56want
- 7:56to
- 7:56change
- 7:56lives,
- 7:57but
- 7:58we
- 7:58didn't
- 7:58necessarily
- 7:59know
- 7:59how
- 8:00to
- 8:00grow
- 8:00and
- 8:00scale
- 8:00a
- 8:01business.
- 8:01I
- 8:01certainly
- 8:02didn't.
- 8:02It
- 8:02took
- 8:02me
- 8:03a
- 8:03long
- 8:04while,
- 8:04three
- 8:04years,
- 8:05to
- 8:05kind
- 8:05of
- 8:05get
- 8:05out
- 8:06of
- 8:06my
- 8:06initial
- 8:06feast
- 8:06and
- 8:07famine
- 8:07cycle
- 8:07when
- 8:08I
- 8:08was
- 8:0821
- 8:08in
- 8:08my
- 8:09first
- 8:09business
- 8:10and
- 8:10learn
- 8:11how
- 8:11to
- 8:12build
- 8:12resilience,
- 8:13how
- 8:13to
- 8:14navigate
- 8:14pitfalls
- 8:15and
- 8:15challenges,
- 8:16how
- 8:16to
- 8:18empower
- 8:18myself
- 8:19to
- 8:20actually
- 8:20step
- 8:20up
- 8:21as
- 8:21a
- 8:21true
- 8:21CEO
- 8:22rather
- 8:23than
- 8:23staying
- 8:24in
- 8:24this
- 8:24sort
- 8:24of
- 8:25freelancer,
- 8:26self
- 8:26employed
- 8:27mentality.
- 8:28And
- 8:28that
- 8:28was
- 8:28a
- 8:28key
- 8:29difference.
- 8:30And
- 8:30this
- 8:30kind
- 8:30of
- 8:30takes
- 8:31us
- 8:31on
- 8:31to
- 8:31the
- 8:32sort
- 8:32of
- 8:32final
- 8:32part
- 8:33of
- 8:33this
- 8:34piece
- 8:34where
- 8:35we're
- 8:35talking
- 8:36about
- 8:36integrating
- 8:36shadow
- 8:37work
- 8:37into
- 8:38strategy.
- 8:39And
- 8:40a
- 8:40lot
- 8:40of
- 8:40people
- 8:41will
- 8:41be
- 8:41like,
- 8:41oh,
- 8:41you
- 8:42know,
- 8:42dawn,
- 8:42this
- 8:42is
- 8:42a
- 8:42bit.
- 8:42We.
- 8:43We.
- 8:43It
- 8:43really
- 8:43isn't.
- 8:44It's.
- 8:45It's
- 8:45something
- 8:46that
- 8:46if
- 8:47you've
- 8:47never,
- 8:48you
- 8:49know,
- 8:49gone
- 8:49down
- 8:50this
- 8:50route
- 8:50or
- 8:50explored
- 8:51it,
- 8:52just
- 8:52be
- 8:52open.
- 8:52Because
- 8:54this
- 8:54part
- 8:55is
- 8:56often
- 8:56the
- 8:56biggest
- 8:56challenge
- 8:57I
- 8:57see
- 8:58in
- 8:58over
- 8:5880%
- 8:59of
- 9:00entrepreneurs.
- 9:01Because
- 9:01your
- 9:02shadow,
- 9:03in
- 9:03psychodynamic
- 9:05terms,
- 9:05is
- 9:07the
- 9:07part
- 9:07of
- 9:07you
- 9:08set
- 9:08yourself
- 9:08that
- 9:09you're
- 9:09kind
- 9:09of
- 9:09avoiding
- 9:10or
- 9:10you
- 9:11deny
- 9:11or
- 9:12you're
- 9:12like,
- 9:12like
- 9:12suppressing
- 9:13what
- 9:14we're
- 9:14trying
- 9:14to
- 9:14do
- 9:15is
- 9:17you
- 9:17want
- 9:17to
- 9:18start
- 9:18addressing
- 9:19things
- 9:19like
- 9:19the,
- 9:20the
- 9:20parts
- 9:20of
- 9:21the
- 9:21fear
- 9:22that
- 9:23you
- 9:24need
- 9:24to
- 9:24pay
- 9:24particular
- 9:25attention
- 9:25to.
- 9:25Or
- 9:26it
- 9:27could
- 9:27be
- 9:27that
- 9:28you
- 9:28are
- 9:28reducing
- 9:29or
- 9:30suppressing
- 9:31fear
- 9:31and
- 9:31just
- 9:32being
- 9:32in
- 9:33complete
- 9:33avoidance.
- 9:35It
- 9:35could
- 9:35be
- 9:35that
- 9:36it's
- 9:36the
- 9:36perfectionist
- 9:37part
- 9:37in
- 9:38us
- 9:38that's,
- 9:39you
- 9:39know,
- 9:39we,
- 9:39we're
- 9:40terrified
- 9:40of
- 9:40making
- 9:41mistakes
- 9:41so
- 9:42we,
- 9:42we
- 9:42don't
- 9:42move
- 9:43forward
- 9:43or
- 9:43it's,
- 9:44it's
- 9:44the
- 9:44people
- 9:45pleaser
- 9:45in
- 9:45us
- 9:46that
- 9:46we're
- 9:46afraid
- 9:47of,
- 9:47you
- 9:47know,
- 9:47upsetting
- 9:48clients.
- 9:49Now
- 9:50if
- 9:50you
- 9:50ignore
- 9:51these
- 9:51things
- 9:51and
- 9:51you
- 9:52push
- 9:52them
- 9:52away
- 9:53and
- 9:53you
- 9:54suppress
- 9:54them,
- 9:55they'll
- 9:55quietly
- 9:56just
- 9:56be
- 9:56in
- 9:57the
- 9:57background
- 9:57dictating
- 9:58all
- 9:58of
- 9:59your
- 9:59decisions.
- 10:00You
- 10:00know,
- 10:00and
- 10:00this
- 10:00is
- 10:01not
- 10:01where
- 10:01we
- 10:01want
- 10:01to
- 10:01be.
- 10:02We
- 10:02want
- 10:03to
- 10:03be
- 10:03the
- 10:03leader.
- 10:04So
- 10:04when
- 10:05we
- 10:05think
- 10:05about
- 10:05how
- 10:06to
- 10:08integrate
- 10:09shadow
- 10:10work
- 10:10into
- 10:10your
- 10:11kind
- 10:11of
- 10:11scaling
- 10:11plan,
- 10:12in
- 10:12your
- 10:12day
- 10:12to
- 10:13day
- 10:13CEO
- 10:14and
- 10:14founder
- 10:15plan,
- 10:15we
- 10:16have
- 10:16to
- 10:16think
- 10:16about
- 10:17your
- 10:17identity
- 10:18and
- 10:19your
- 10:19triggers.
- 10:20So
- 10:20I
- 10:20want
- 10:21you
- 10:21to
- 10:21really
- 10:21be
- 10:21aware
- 10:22of
- 10:23noticing
- 10:24when
- 10:24you
- 10:24feel
- 10:25resistance
- 10:25with
- 10:26something
- 10:27and
- 10:27procrastination
- 10:28or
- 10:28you
- 10:28might
- 10:29get
- 10:29like
- 10:30sudden
- 10:30urges
- 10:30to
- 10:31play
- 10:31small
- 10:31and
- 10:31shrink.
- 10:32And
- 10:32this
- 10:33is,
- 10:33this
- 10:33is
- 10:33a
- 10:33common
- 10:34thing.
- 10:34I've
- 10:35been
- 10:35here,
- 10:35I
- 10:35notice
- 10:36it.
- 10:36I
- 10:36see
- 10:37the
- 10:37patterns
- 10:37in
- 10:37myself.
- 10:38When
- 10:39something
- 10:39gets
- 10:40too
- 10:40big
- 10:40and
- 10:41feels
- 10:42like
- 10:42it's
- 10:42tumbling
- 10:43out
- 10:43of
- 10:43control,
- 10:44I
- 10:45sometimes
- 10:45want
- 10:45to
- 10:45just
- 10:45pull
- 10:46back.
- 10:46I
- 10:46have
- 10:46to
- 10:47let
- 10:47go.
- 10:47And
- 10:48when
- 10:48I
- 10:49feel
- 10:49fear,
- 10:49and
- 10:49I've
- 10:50said
- 10:50this
- 10:50a
- 10:50lot,
- 10:51is
- 10:51that
- 10:51you
- 10:51need
- 10:52to
- 10:52name
- 10:52the
- 10:52fear.
- 10:53So
- 10:53is
- 10:54it
- 10:54a
- 10:54fear
- 10:54of
- 10:55like,
- 10:55well,
- 10:55visibility
- 10:56or
- 10:56is
- 10:57it
- 10:57a
- 10:57fear
- 10:57of
- 10:57rejection?
- 10:58Or
- 10:58it
- 10:58could
- 10:58be
- 10:59like
- 10:59a
- 10:59fear
- 11:00of
- 11:00failure.
- 11:01What
- 11:01is
- 11:01that
- 11:02fear?
- 11:02And
- 11:03then
- 11:03we
- 11:03need
- 11:04to
- 11:04be
- 11:04really
- 11:05open
- 11:05to
- 11:06reframing
- 11:07the
- 11:07risk.
- 11:08So
- 11:08I
- 11:08talk
- 11:09a
- 11:09lot
- 11:09about
- 11:09risk
- 11:09and
- 11:10taking
- 11:11calculated
- 11:12risk,
- 11:13but
- 11:13not
- 11:14being,
- 11:15you
- 11:15know,
- 11:16blase
- 11:17in
- 11:17what
- 11:17we're
- 11:17doing.
- 11:17We
- 11:18have
- 11:18to
- 11:18have
- 11:18a
- 11:18risk
- 11:18with
- 11:19a,
- 11:19with
- 11:19a
- 11:19plan.
- 11:20So
- 11:21I
- 11:21want
- 11:21you
- 11:21to
- 11:22kind
- 11:22of
- 11:22ask
- 11:22yourself
- 11:23the
- 11:23question
- 11:23and
- 11:24think,
- 11:24well,
- 11:25how
- 11:25can
- 11:25I
- 11:25endure
- 11:26this
- 11:26discomfort
- 11:27with
- 11:27purpose?
- 11:28And
- 11:28that's
- 11:29Garmin
- 11:29in,
- 11:29In
- 11:30True
- 11:30Action.
- 11:31Because
- 11:31if
- 11:32we
- 11:32get
- 11:32that
- 11:32right,
- 11:33we're
- 11:33like,
- 11:34well,
- 11:34look,
- 11:35this
- 11:35is
- 11:35happening.
- 11:36This
- 11:37is
- 11:37exactly
- 11:37my
- 11:38why
- 11:38and
- 11:39this
- 11:39is
- 11:39my
- 11:39mission
- 11:39and
- 11:39my
- 11:40vision.
- 11:40I
- 11:40am
- 11:40true,
- 11:40I
- 11:41feel
- 11:41aligned.
- 11:41It's
- 11:42just
- 11:42going
- 11:42to
- 11:43be
- 11:43a
- 11:43period
- 11:43of
- 11:43time
- 11:44that
- 11:44I
- 11:44know
- 11:45will
- 11:46subside,
- 11:47then
- 11:47we'll
- 11:47move
- 11:47through
- 11:48it.
- 11:48We
- 11:48don't
- 11:49want
- 11:49to
- 11:49stay
- 11:49in
- 11:49that
- 11:49state
- 11:50forever.
- 11:51And
- 11:51again,
- 11:52this
- 11:52next
- 11:52one
- 11:53is
- 11:53about
- 11:53strategic
- 11:54pacing.
- 11:54This
- 11:55is
- 11:55something
- 11:55that
- 11:56if
- 11:56you've
- 11:56been
- 11:56in
- 11:56the
- 11:57corporate
- 11:57world
- 11:57that
- 11:58you
- 11:58will
- 11:58be
- 11:58aware,
- 11:59but
- 11:59this
- 11:59is
- 11:59a
- 12:00slightly
- 12:00different
- 12:01perspective
- 12:02or
- 12:02lens
- 12:03on
- 12:03it.
- 12:04And
- 12:04what
- 12:04we're
- 12:04doing
- 12:04here
- 12:05is
- 12:06we're
- 12:06aligning
- 12:07your
- 12:07growth
- 12:08plan
- 12:08with
- 12:09your
- 12:09nervous
- 12:10system
- 12:10capacity.
- 12:11Now,
- 12:11the
- 12:12nervous
- 12:12system
- 12:12capacity
- 12:13tends
- 12:13to
- 12:13be
- 12:13the
- 12:13bit
- 12:14that
- 12:14you've
- 12:14maybe
- 12:14not
- 12:14seen
- 12:15so
- 12:15much
- 12:15in
- 12:15the
- 12:15corporate
- 12:16world.
- 12:16And
- 12:17that
- 12:17definitely
- 12:18was
- 12:18lacking
- 12:18in
- 12:18mine,
- 12:19because
- 12:19what
- 12:20I
- 12:20did
- 12:20is
- 12:20I
- 12:21took
- 12:21some
- 12:21of
- 12:21my
- 12:21corporate
- 12:22beliefs
- 12:22into
- 12:23my
- 12:23entrepreneurial
- 12:24world
- 12:24and
- 12:24burnt
- 12:25out
- 12:26very
- 12:26quickly.
- 12:27What
- 12:27we're
- 12:28doing
- 12:28here
- 12:28is,
- 12:28is
- 12:29understanding
- 12:29that
- 12:30scaling
- 12:31is
- 12:31a
- 12:31marathon
- 12:32and
- 12:32it's
- 12:32not
- 12:33a
- 12:33sprint.
- 12:34It's.
- 12:34It's
- 12:34something
- 12:35that
- 12:35is
- 12:35going
- 12:35to
- 12:36grow
- 12:36and
- 12:36evolve
- 12:36and
- 12:37will
- 12:37grow
- 12:37and
- 12:38evolve
- 12:38with
- 12:38it.
- 12:39It's
- 12:39not
- 12:39something
- 12:40that
- 12:42stays
- 12:42static.
- 12:43So
- 12:44I
- 12:44really
- 12:45want
- 12:45you
- 12:45to
- 12:45kind
- 12:45of
- 12:46remember,
- 12:46like,
- 12:46the
- 12:46next
- 12:47time
- 12:47that
- 12:47you
- 12:47go
- 12:48into
- 12:48this
- 12:48feeling,
- 12:49to
- 12:49recognize
- 12:50your
- 12:50shadow.
- 12:51So
- 12:52if
- 12:52you
- 12:52feel
- 12:52yourself
- 12:53hesitating
- 12:55and
- 12:56you
- 12:56know
- 12:56you're
- 12:56at
- 12:57the
- 12:57edge,
- 12:57you're
- 12:57at
- 12:58the
- 12:58teetering
- 12:58point
- 12:58of
- 12:58that
- 12:59next
- 12:59level
- 12:59of
- 12:59success.
- 13:00Like,
- 13:00pause
- 13:01and
- 13:02ask
- 13:02yourself
- 13:02the
- 13:03question,
- 13:03like,
- 13:04is,
- 13:04is
- 13:05this
- 13:05a
- 13:05genuine
- 13:06strategic
- 13:06concern?
- 13:07Or
- 13:08is
- 13:09it
- 13:09my
- 13:09shadow
- 13:11success
- 13:11shadow
- 13:12talking?
- 13:12Or
- 13:13is
- 13:13it
- 13:13my
- 13:13success
- 13:14shadow
- 13:14talking?
- 13:15So
- 13:16ask
- 13:16yourself,
- 13:17is
- 13:17this
- 13:17a
- 13:18genuine
- 13:18strategic
- 13:19concern?
- 13:19Or.
- 13:20Or
- 13:21is
- 13:21it
- 13:21my
- 13:22success
- 13:23shadow
- 13:23talking?
- 13:25So
- 13:25if
- 13:25it's
- 13:25your
- 13:25shadow,
- 13:26meet
- 13:27it
- 13:27with
- 13:27compassion.
- 13:28Don't
- 13:28just
- 13:29try
- 13:29and
- 13:29suppress
- 13:29it.
- 13:30Bring
- 13:31it
- 13:31in
- 13:31with
- 13:32light
- 13:32and
- 13:32move
- 13:33forward
- 13:33with
- 13:33purpose
- 13:34and
- 13:34accept
- 13:34it.
- 13:34Name
- 13:35the
- 13:35fear
- 13:36and
- 13:36embrace
- 13:37it.
- 13:37You
- 13:38know,
- 13:38and
- 13:38this
- 13:38is
- 13:39the
- 13:39only
- 13:39way
- 13:39that
- 13:40you're
- 13:40going
- 13:40to
- 13:40kind
- 13:41of
- 13:41address
- 13:42some
- 13:42of
- 13:42these
- 13:42fears,
- 13:43is
- 13:43not
- 13:44pushing
- 13:44them
- 13:44away,
- 13:45bringing
- 13:45them
- 13:45in
- 13:46close,
- 13:47accepting
- 13:47them,
- 13:48recognizing
- 13:49them,
- 13:50and
- 13:50moving
- 13:50on.
- 13:51Anyway,
- 13:52so
- 13:53if
- 13:53you
- 13:53want
- 13:53to
- 13:54learn
- 13:54more
- 13:54about
- 13:55this,
- 13:55then
- 13:56you
- 13:56can
- 13:56definitely
- 13:57find
- 13:57a
- 13:58huge
- 13:58amount
- 13:58of
- 13:58episodes
- 13:59in
- 13:59dawn
- 14:00of
- 14:00a
- 14:00New
- 14:00Era.
- 14:01Please
- 14:01make
- 14:02sure
- 14:02that
- 14:03if
- 14:03you've
- 14:03enjoyed
- 14:04this
- 14:04podcast,
- 14:05help
- 14:05me
- 14:05in
- 14:06my
- 14:06mission
- 14:06and
- 14:06vision
- 14:07to
- 14:07reach
- 14:08the
- 14:08top
- 14:081%
- 14:09of
- 14:09podcasts
- 14:10globally.
- 14:10We're
- 14:10at
- 14:10number
- 14:10three
- 14:11at
- 14:11the
- 14:11moment,
- 14:11teaching
- 14:12at
- 14:12number
- 14:12two.
- 14:13And
- 14:13just
- 14:13give
- 14:14me
- 14:14a
- 14:14quick
- 14:14rate
- 14:15and
- 14:15review
- 14:16on
- 14:16your
- 14:16favorite
- 14:17podcast
- 14:17player.
- 14:17It
- 14:18would
- 14:18be
- 14:18much
- 14:19appreciated.
- 14:20And
- 14:20again,
- 14:20come
- 14:21and
- 14:21follow
- 14:21me
- 14:22on
- 14:22your
- 14:22favorite
- 14:23social
- 14:24media
- 14:24channel.
- 14:25So
- 14:26again,
- 14:26I
- 14:26can't
- 14:27wait
- 14:27to
- 14:27meet
- 14:27you
- 14:27on
- 14:27the
- 14:27next
- 14:28episode.
- 14:28And
- 14:28I
- 14:29will
- 14:29be
- 14:29sharing
- 14:30more
- 14:30of
- 14:30my
- 14:30millionaire
- 14:31mindset
- 14:31and
- 14:32scaling
- 14:32strategies
- 14:33and
- 14:33talking
- 14:33about
- 14:34Japanese
- 14:34wisdom,
- 14:35psychodynamics
- 14:36and
- 14:37neuroscience
- 14:38with
- 14:38a
- 14:38little
- 14:38splash
- 14:39of
- 14:39quantum
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