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BONUS: Get out of your own way today · Do You F*cking Mind?

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  Speaker 1: Good morning, my beautiful bins, and welcome to today's pep Talk.
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  Speaker 1: So today's pep talk is all about getting out of
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  Speaker 1: your own way today. What does it look like and
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  Speaker 1: how can you do it? So getting in your own
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  Speaker 1: way It can crop up in many areas of your
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  Speaker 1: life and in different thought patterns. So for example, thinking
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  Speaker 1: that a task is too hard, like you're telling yourself
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  Speaker 1: that's in the way, too hard basket, so you don't
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  Speaker 1: do it. Thinking that you need a full day of
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  Speaker 1: time to dedicate yourself to something and you're not going
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  Speaker 1: to do that thing until you've got the time. You
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  Speaker 1: know that I don't have time for this until I
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  Speaker 1: have a week off or whatever. That's getting your own way,
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  Speaker 1: Thinking that you need more experience before you embark on something,
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  Speaker 1: thinking that, oh, until I start, I have to be
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  Speaker 1: at this high level of experience, So then you never
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  Speaker 1: start because you're always doubting your level of experience, telling
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  Speaker 1: yourself that you're not ready on something that you could
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  Speaker 1: actually be already doing. Thinking that you have to be
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  Speaker 1: good at something in order to try it for the
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  Speaker 1: first time, telling yourself that your life will be over
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  Speaker 1: if you get rejected, so that you don't put yourself
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  Speaker 1: out there. All those things are examples of what getting
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  Speaker 1: in your own way looks like. That is getting in
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  Speaker 1: your own way. You're putting something in between you and
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  Speaker 1: something you would like or something that you need to
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  Speaker 1: help you grow. The main thing here is to try
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  Speaker 1: to try your best to not engage in this chatter
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  Speaker 1: in your mind. And it's definitely easier said than done,
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  Speaker 1: but acknowledging that that's what you need to do is
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  Speaker 1: the first step. What's happening here is that you're telling yourself.
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  Speaker 1: You're basically cock blocking yourself, saying this is not possible
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  Speaker 1: for XYZ or I'm not actually going to do that
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  Speaker 1: for x y Z or stop the breaks are on. No,
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  Speaker 1: you can't do that for whatever following reason that you
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  Speaker 1: put in front of yourself. I won't be good at that,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm not going to do it. I'm not ready
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  Speaker 1: for that. I won't be accepted, i will be rejected.
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  Speaker 1: I won't be able to handle that outcome that is
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  Speaker 1: not for me because I've never done it before. And
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  Speaker 1: then you are believing it. That's the worst part. You're
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  Speaker 1: believing what you're saying, and this chatter is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen and The reason it happens is because you've listened
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  Speaker 1: to it so much in the past, and you've given
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  Speaker 1: into it. And it's not an active thing that you're
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  Speaker 1: doing on purpose. It's almost always this unconscious or subconscious
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  Speaker 1: process that's happening, and it's based on a whole series
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  Speaker 1: of events in your life that have led to this,
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  Speaker 1: which I'm not going to go into because that will
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  Speaker 1: take forever. But I can guarantee you right now that
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  Speaker 1: you're not doing this on purpose. You're not thinking, oh,
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  Speaker 1: I love shutting myself down. I fucking love blocking myself
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  Speaker 1: from opportunities. Obviously it's not done on purpose. But the
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  Speaker 1: reason this chatter gets so loud, and the reason you
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  Speaker 1: become so efficient at getting in your own way is
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  Speaker 1: because you have listened to that voice so much in
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  Speaker 1: the past. So I want you to acknowledge that this
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  Speaker 1: chat is going to happen. This self talk, this negative
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  Speaker 1: self talk, is inevitable. At least right now, it's gonna happen.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just accept it. I'm not going to get annoyed
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  Speaker 1: at myself for having this talk. It is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: It's there. Now, what are you going to do about it?
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  Speaker 1: Step one, Notice If the only thing you do this
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  Speaker 1: week is to just notice these thoughts and think, Aha,
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  Speaker 1: there it is again, then you've made progress. Every time
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  Speaker 1: it happens, then you are already every time you notice it,
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  Speaker 1: then you're already one step ahead. You're already in a
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  Speaker 1: position of seeing what needs to be addressed. You're no
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  Speaker 1: longer in this unaware state and doing this thing subconsciously
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  Speaker 1: on autopilot. At first, it will take a while for
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  Speaker 1: you to notice it. It may be a few minutes,
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  Speaker 1: or for some people even hours for you to be like,
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  Speaker 1: wait a minute, I haven't paid attention. This has all
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  Speaker 1: been subconscious. I haven't stopped and thought, okay, this is
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying to myself. No resistance, No I have
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  Speaker 1: to stop, I have to say something different. Just notice,
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  Speaker 1: and if you can write down the excuses you come
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  Speaker 1: up with with why you can't do something, write it
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  Speaker 1: all down. It's really good to have a bit of
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  Speaker 1: an inventory in what it is that you say to yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Not to expand on it, not to dwell on it,
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  Speaker 1: but to look at what is going on inside your head.
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  Speaker 1: So then you can start to understand why you do
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  Speaker 1: the things you do and how to approach it differently.
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  Speaker 1: So step one is to notice. Step two is to
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  Speaker 1: learn how to debate with yourself. A good debater should
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  Speaker 1: be able to argue both sides of the story. You're
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  Speaker 1: already really good at arguing the negative side of things.
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  Speaker 1: Let's try and debate for the positive. And this ties
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  Speaker 1: in with step three. Step two and step three is
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  Speaker 1: the same kind of I want you to find examples
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  Speaker 1: of situations in your life that can be a counter
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  Speaker 1: argument to you saying I need experience. When have you
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  Speaker 1: done something in your life that you didn't need experience
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  Speaker 1: for and it actually turned out to be fun, Like, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to try that random sport and I was
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  Speaker 1: fucking terrible at it, but I had a great time
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  Speaker 1: and that was fun and I learned to skill and
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  Speaker 1: the next time I did it, I got better and
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  Speaker 1: we just had a ball. There's a prime example that
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  Speaker 1: you don't need to be experienced at every single thing
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  Speaker 1: that you try. You know, so try and find examples.
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  Speaker 1: If you can find examples in your own life, amazing.
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  Speaker 1: If you don't have examples of your own life situation,
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  Speaker 1: look at examples in other people. You don't have to
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  Speaker 1: even know these people. They could be stories that you've
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  Speaker 1: heard of, podcasts that you've listened to, life stories or
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  Speaker 1: people's situations, or whatever it is that you think, well,
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  Speaker 1: there's a primary example of someone that did what I
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  Speaker 1: want to do, so it's obviously possible. Here I am
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  Speaker 1: telling myself it's not possible, when in reality, that's not
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  Speaker 1: the truth. The truth is it's possible. Will it work
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  Speaker 1: for me? I don't know. I can't control every outcome,
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  Speaker 1: but is it possible? Yes? It is, So start to
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  Speaker 1: argue with yourself. Start to weaken these negative statements. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to poke holes in your own negativity around your ability,
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  Speaker 1: and then you start having less faith in those negative
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  Speaker 1: statement it saying. You start thinking, oh, maybe I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to put a bit of faith into my positive statements
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  Speaker 1: about myself and see where that takes me. Instead, Step
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  Speaker 1: four is to take the tiniest bit of action, even
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  Speaker 1: if it's a much smaller version of what it is
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  Speaker 1: that you're trying to do or what it is that
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  Speaker 1: you would like to do, so it starts feeling really
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  Speaker 1: normal for you to have that thing in your life,
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  Speaker 1: and it starts feeling like a realistic outcome for you.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of blocking yourself from getting that thing. So if
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  Speaker 1: you want to quit your job because you really want
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  Speaker 1: to get another job, but you're thinking, oh my god,
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  Speaker 1: I don't have the experience. I haven't been in this
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  Speaker 1: job for lo blahlahlahlahlah, all these things that you're saying,
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  Speaker 1: why don't you just start putting together a CV. Why
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  Speaker 1: don't you start just emailing some people? Go on you know,
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  Speaker 1: go on a website and think, Okay, these jobs are available.
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  Speaker 1: It won't hurt me to email them, won't help me
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  Speaker 1: to send a CV that can't hurt. If someone asks
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  Speaker 1: you to do an interview, who cares if you don't
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  Speaker 1: even want the job, Go to the interview. Go to
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  Speaker 1: the interview. You get comfortable interviewing, especially if you don't
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  Speaker 1: have to have that job, because then there's less resistance,
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  Speaker 1: you're more natural. You start putting yourself in positions where
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  Speaker 1: you start thinking, this is realistic for me, This stuff
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  Speaker 1: is available for me, and it doesn't have to be
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  Speaker 1: you know, like I said, tiny tiny tasks that you
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  Speaker 1: start putting into place that make it seem real or
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  Speaker 1: make it impossible for you. So for today, that's what
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  Speaker 1: I want you to do. Try to do step one today.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're already at step one, where you're really
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  Speaker 1: good at acknowledging and noticing. Then start to put in
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  Speaker 1: some good arguments. Okay, that's your homework that I'm giving
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  Speaker 1: you for today, so get out of your own way today.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. I hope that was
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  Speaker 1: good food for thought for whatever it is that you
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  Speaker 1: are dealing with right now, whatever thoughts it is that
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  Speaker 1: you are processing in your head today or at the moment.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening. Love you guys so much. Remember,
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  Speaker 1: be kind to yourself, be kind to your brain. Don't
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  Speaker 1: take shit from anyone, and especially don't take shit from yourself.
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  Speaker 1: Don't gold