August 12, 2023 • 24 mins
Welcome to another empowering episode of the Evolved Mastery podcast! In this transformative episode, we're diving headfirst into the heart of self-doubt and unlocking your true potential. I'm here to guide you on a journey from doubt to belief, from hesitation to action.
Are you ready to silence that persistent voice of self-doubt? If you're one of the courageous souls who are prepared to step into their potential, this episode is your calling. We're tearing down the walls of self-doubt, exposing its paralyzing effects, and uncovering the ways it holds us back.
But here's the thing – self-doubt doesn't stand a chance when faced with self-belief. It's time to craft a vision for your future that's so compelling, doubt can't survive. We'll explore the transformative magic of positive self-talk and the remarkable impact of setting achievable goals. Get ready to skyrocket to new heights.
As our conversation unfolds, we'll delve deep into the realms of self-compassion and self-acceptance. These tools are absolutely essential for conquering self-doubt. We'll steer clear of the comparison trap and celebrate every whisper of progress along the way. Remember, progress is progress, no matter how small.
Building a supportive tribe around you is paramount. We'll discuss how surrounding yourself with those who believe in your potential can make all the difference. And let's not forget the incredible potential of coaching. A skilled coach can shift your entire paradigm and propel you toward your goals.
In the spirit of sharing, we're using this podcast platform to disseminate wisdom on self-mastery. But it's not just about listening. It's about learning, leaping, and embracing your own greatness.
Before we wrap up, I encourage you to connect with me on Instagram @princetonclark for more insights and inspiration. And if you're ready to take your journey to the next level, explore www.princetonclark.com and if you would like to support the podcast, then visit www.evolvedmasterypodcast.com and subscribe with a monthly contribution and get access to exclusive content. Oh, and let's not forget the game-changing Master Reboot Program at www.masterrebootprogram.com. Are you ready?
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
What's going on, guys , and welcome to this episode of
Evolved Mastery.
I'm your host, princeton Clark,and today we're going to be
diving into the topic ofovercoming self-doubt, building
confidence and self-efficiency.
Guys, as we continue thisjourney of self-mastery, one of
the major things that we mustbegin to understand one of the
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major things that we must beginto understand is the importance
of having confidence if we'regoing to be efficient in how we
show up.
So many times when we go tostep into new things, what
begins to trouble so many of usis that we focus on so many of
the things that we don't havethe information we haven't
learned, the experiences that wehaven't had, so on and so forth
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.
And there are so many differentthings that play into our own
self-doubt.
Maybe it was how we're raised,maybe it was the environment
that we were raised in, so onand so forth.
But we have to startunderstanding that if we want to
truly grow, we have to startbuilding confidence.
So this episode is focused onovercoming the self-doubt so
that we can start buildingconfidence and becoming more
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efficient in how we show up, increating the lives that we get
to create.
And when we start diving intothis, the first thing that I
want to start talking about isrecognizing the impact of
self-doubt when it comes topersonal growth, because
self-doubt is going to hinderyou.
If you don't believe that it'spossible for you to take these
steps, if you don't believe thatit's possible for you to grow
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and evolve, if you don't believethat it's possible to start and
build a successful business orto have healthy relationships or
to create new experiences inyour life, then guess what?
You're never going to beconsistent.
You're never going to moveefficiently enough to create
that desired outcome.
So we got to startunderstanding that if we don't
start dealing with the aspectsof our belief systems that keep
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us from moving efficiently inour lives, then guess what?
There's always going to besomething that limits us.
There's always going to besomething that holds us back.
There's always going to besomething or some opportunity
that arises for us to make anexcuse because we don't believe
in ourselves.
And, at the root, it's notbecause things aren't working
out for us, it's not becausepeople aren't showing up, it's
not because this, that and theothers.
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It's because we doubt ourselves, we don't truly trust ourselves
, and this keeps us from takingconsistent, concerted action
towards the goal.
So, if we want to start changingthese outcomes, we got to start
believing in ourselves.
We got to start creating avision for ourselves.
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We got to start speaking morepositively over our lives.
We got to start really divinginto creating goals that are
going to help us level up, as Italked about in the last podcast
.
Go back and check it out If youwant to learn how to truly step
into and unleash your potential.
We dove into that a little bit,but we're going to start moving
into this topic today and Ijust want to start just by
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talking about the importance ofovercoming this, because I've
seen so many entrepreneurs overthe years, so many people in
relationships, so many people indifferent spaces of life lose
or not step into what they hadthe power to step into all
because they didn't believe inthemselves.
What's the point of living thislife if you're not going to
believe that anything ispossible?
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I always say nothing isimpossible because I'm possible.
I can create whatever.
I have a vision to create, butI have to believe and have faith
that this vision was given tome and because it was given to
me, it's 100% possible for me tomanifest what's been revealed
to me.
You will never be given avision for something the Pro
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Vision is not available for.
I'm sure those who follow meenough have heard me say that
you will never be divinely givena vision that is not possible
for you to manifest, that theresources is not available
somewhere in your life for youto create.
But you have to be willing tobelieve wholeheartedly and
understand that the moment youstart taking steps on the vision
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, you're going to be challenged.
You're going to be challengedand your faith is going to be
tested.
Life is going to say okay,let's see if you really want
what you've been asking for.
Let's see if you are reallywilling to do the work that
you're saying you are preparedto do.
Let's see if you're ready forthe resources.
Let's see if you're ready forthe better relationships.
Let's see if you're ready forthis, that and the other.
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Life is testing your ability tocommit.
It's testing how strong yourfaith is.
It's testing how strong yourfaith is, and if you are not
willing to love yourself andtrust yourself enough to take
the steps, then life is going tosay, okay, you're not ready,
you don't truly believe it.
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Life is always gonna mirror, puta mirror in front of you to
show you what you think, how youwalk, how you show up in your
life.
Life is always gonna expose youto you.
It's never about the challenge.
It's all about what thechallenge is revealing to you,
about your thoughts of yourselfand your thoughts of your
potential, your thoughts of yourability to show up.
And when you can startunderstanding this, you
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understand that the mirror isyour greatest gift.
It's not coming to expose you,to break you.
It's coming to expose you tobreak you free.
So we got to start identifyingthe sources and triggers of
self-doubt.
Like I said, sometimes, when welook back on how we were raised
experiences we had the thingsthat we didn't have, the
disappointments that we faced alot of the times when we
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experienced these dramaticmoments in our lives where we
tried to take the step, where wetried to do the work, and maybe
somebody told you that you werenever gonna be successful.
I mean, you listened to it andyou believed it and, as a result
of that belief, you stoppedtaking the steps.
Maybe you took a step and lifesaid, okay, let's see if you're
really ready to be committed,and it threw an obstacle in your
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way.
Well, when that obstacle got inthe way you stopped.
You stopped moving, you stoppedapplying action.
Maybe you're blaming yourfamily.
Maybe you're blaming how youwere raised.
I've never had support, I neverwas taught this stuff.
That's all an excuse.
You are an adult now and in youradult prowess, if you are
able-mind, able-body, you caneducate yourself.
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You can choose to be theopposite of what you've chosen
to believe you are.
But life again is going tochallenge you.
It's gonna put things in frontof you to expose you to you, and
you have to start identifying,when these challenges come, the
excuses that you give yourself.
Because when you start makingexcuses well, I know that I have
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the ability to do it, but payattention to those but moments
and ask yourself what'striggering me to say but right
now, what's triggering me not tomake this decision?
What fear is being exposed inme, in my life?
What inadequacy is beingexposed in me or in my life
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right now that I must address?
Because if you don't startaddressing these things and
being honest about these things,guess what?
You're going to continue togive yourself an excuse to doubt
yourself.
So get focused, look at thesemoments when you start feeling
down, when you start feelingchallenged, when you start
feeling depressed, when youstart feeling fearful and
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understand that this is anopportunity for growth Again,
change the way you see things.
That things you see will change.
Your perspective shapes how yourespond.
Your perspective shapes how youchoose to speak about your life
.
Your perspective shapes how youchoose to show up in your life.
So, if you want to change yourlife, change your perspective.
Understand that you aredivinely gifted to create
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something in your life.
You've been given a vision, agift, an opportunity to manifest
something in your world thatyou can share with the world.
I talk about this all the timeand you're going to hear me say
it more and more and more inthese coming episodes Because
it's time for you to startshowing up for you in a way that
you've never showed up for youbefore.
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The same old things won't createnew things.
The same old actions won't getnew results.
The same old thoughts won't getnew responses in your life.
You got to start changing.
You got to start evolving.
You got to start growing.
You got to give yourselfpermission to be the version of
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you that you've been pushingaway, while staying in this
comfortable, miserable placethat you've been in.
I don't care if you're startinga new business, going into a
new relationship, maybe facingchallenges in a current business
or a current relationship or acurrent area of your life that
you are sick and tired of beingin.
You have to be willing to lookat the areas of your life that
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are keeping you from being themost efficient version of
yourself.
Then, from there, you got tostart looking at the negative
self-talk and limiting beliefseven more deeply.
Listen to the moments of yourlife where the challenges come.
Pay attention to the moments ofyour life again where these
challenges come.
Listen to how you communicateto yourself.
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Are you speaking and thinkingin a way that makes it possible,
that increases your belief,that increases your faith, that
increases your action, or areyou speaking and thinking in a
way that makes you shrink back,makes you go backwards, makes
you stay comfortably miserable,makes you give up?
See, failure is what happenswhen you give up.
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I've been talking about this alot lately.
Because of this negativeself-talk and the limiting
beliefs, a lot of us allowourselves and give ourselves
permission to fail, not grow andsee, understand this.
Failure, as I keep saying, is achoice.
We all fall down, but we chooseto fail.
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We can either stay down or wecan take the wisdom of what from
what knocked us down and we canstand back up and we can keep
moving.
But the negative self talk hasto stop these limiting beliefs.
They're being revealed to allus all the time.
They're being revealed to usall the time.
People always say well, I don'tknow why, I just don't stay
committed.
Yes, you do.
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Yes, you do.
You know when you're notshowing up for you.
You know when you'reprocrastinating, you know when
you're making excuses.
The reason you are not stayingCommitted is because you are not
Disciplining yourself and youlack a sense of urgency to take
action.
You live every moment as thoughthe next moment is promised.
You operate in every situationlike you have tomorrow.
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You don't truly honor your lifeand that's why you're not
moving.
That's why you're not moving.
And until you're willing to behonest about that and understand
that, you're not valuingyourself and, as a result, you
talk down on yourself, you makeexcuses, you think less of
yourself, you think less of yourabilities, you make excuses oh
well, they have more money thanme, or they have more access to
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information than me, or blah,blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah.
It's all excuses, because ifyou want something bad enough,
where there is a will, there isa way, and for most people, the
reason they're not moving, thereason they're not evolving, is
because they lack the will, theylack the urgency, they lack the
love of self that pushes themto take the steps to be a better
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version of themselves.
That's the reason change isn'thappening and, as a result, they
give themselves excuses todoubt their power and their
potential in this world.
They give themselves permissionto doubt that, if they just
choose to be Possible, anythingis possible.
So we got to start steppinginto this and acknowledging
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where we are allowing ourselvesto make these excuses.
We're allowing ourselves tospeak negatively and think
negatively, because you are, asI always say, the root to the
tree of your life.
If you want to change the rootor change the fruit, rather, if
you want to change the fruit,you got to get back to the root
and start watering yourself.
The right things, having theright conversations, thinking
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the right thoughts, reading theright information.
Stop letting people talk to youthat don't add value to your
life.
Stop believing what otherpeople say to you because they
didn't commit, they didn't dothe work.
You have the power to changeyour life right now.
But another step in overcomingself-doubt is also cultivating
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self-compassion andself-acceptance.
You have to start being kinderwith yourself.
You have to start reallyunderstanding that this truly is
your life.
Stop being so dang hard onyourself and understand that,
look, you get to do this, youget to do this, you get to live
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this life.
Every breath you breathe is agift, and it's not about being
perfect.
It's about progress.
It's about waking up everysingle day, being a better
Version of yourself, even ifit's doing one thing a day.
If you take one step forwardevery single day for a hundred
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days, if you get 1% Better everysingle day for a hundred days,
you will be a hundred percentbetter in the area that you took
the steps in.
But it's all up to you.
You have to work to the pointwhere you show up for yourself
and and you're compassionatewith yourself and you accept
what's what's responsible andyou accept your Responsibility,
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your ability to respond in yourlife, so that at the end of each
day you can say, even though Imay not be where I want to be
today, I'm better.
I will repeat that until I'mblue in the face because we
challenge ourselves and wehustle, hustle, hustle and then
we make excuses and then wejudge ourselves and then we
don't step fully into it.
We don't step fully into ourfaith, we don't fully believe in
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ourselves and we pressureourselves into defeat.
Understand every single day isan opportunity to grow.
It's up to you if you achieveone thing that you want to
achieve for the day, celebratethat one thing and build upon it
.
If you get it done and you'reable to do two, three, four,
five more things, then commit tothe process and celebrate it.
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Everybody's walking a differentjourney.
Everybody has a differentvision, so don't compare your
path to another person's path.
It's about loving you enoughevery single day to believe that
, again, every vision that youhave been given the provision is
available for, because yourspirit will never receive a
vision for something that'simpossible for you.
So let's start cultivating morecompassion for ourselves, let's
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start being more grateful andlet's start accepting the
lessons as blessings that havecome to expose the areas of us
that we get to grow in.
And as we begin to do that, wehave to start building
self-confidence throughincremental achievements.
This goes back to what I wassaying Celebrating that one
percent or that one step or thefive steps that you take in
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progress every single day.
Celebrate yourself, congratulateyourself, say, say thank you to
yourself.
Get in front of the mirror andsay I honor me today because I
did the work.
You know, there's this famousuh, real or meme where Snoop
Dogg is talking and he's like Ijust want to thank me, you know,
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and he goes on this list forall the things that he wants to
think himself for.
Start thinking yourself, beinggrateful for yourself, and be
confident that anything that youapply positive action to,
you're going to get a positiveresult, even if that thing comes
with a challenge.
That challenge is not anegative thing.
That challenge is only showingyou and presenting to you an
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opportunity to grow, a new areato learn in, and as long as you
have breath in your body, youget to learn, you get to evolve
and as you do this, you're goingto slowly but surely overcome
the self doubt, because you'regoing to start seeing the
results.
Because you committed to theprocess, you started doing new
things and, as a result, youstarted getting new results.
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So let's get to it, guys.
Let's keep growing, let's keepapplying ourselves and start
setting up positive feedbackloops for employees and start
setting up positive feedbackloops to reinforce the
confidence.
Seek and acknowledge positivefeedback.
I always say this get aroundpeople and get around people who
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are going to support you, whoare going to be honest about how
you're showing up and give thempermission to do that.
You have to have people likethis in your life.
You have to have people likethis in your life that are going
to push you, encourage you,challenge you and call you out
on your BS when you're notshowing up.
And this is why coaches are soawesome, because coaches have
already done the work.
They already see what'shappening.
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Whenever I'm working with aclient, I've been on this
journey of self mastery,business development and doing
the work that I've been doingfor two decades.
So when I'm working with aclient, I'm able to see what
they can't see because I'm a lotfurther along in the journey.
And at the root, the reason wefail or don't manifest anything.
Most of the reasons areuniversal Lack of confidence,
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lack of belief in the vision,lack of focus, lack of healthy
habits, lack of goal setting.
There's all these areas thatare principles that must be
applied if we want to beeffective in our lives or our
businesses or our relationships,whatever it is, and so, as a
coach, I teach people how tomaster their lives, how to fully
step into it, how to stopplaying the victim, how to own
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their power and be the bestversion of them possible.
If that's something you'reready for, then give yourself
permission to get around peopleor to hire a coach.
Hire someone that's going tohelp you.
I work with clients on aone-on-one basis and I give them
the ability.
You know, if you, if you justneed a call whether it's a
consultation for your business,you know or you want a
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one-on-one coaching call just tostart taking the right steps,
you don't, you may not even haveenough money to do a full month
or a full three months or afull year, but I will allow
clients to do a one-off just toget things started, because I
know what it's like to be whereyou are.
So if that's you and you'relike I'm ready to grow, but I
don't really have people aroundme, I wish I had someone, can
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you help me?
Reach out to me atPrincetonClarkecom and I'll help
you find me on social media atPrinceton Clark.
I want to see people win, Iwant to see people grow, and
sometimes you need a hand up.
Sometimes you need someone who'sbeen there, done that, who's
going to speak over you, inspireyou, push you to be the best
version of you, becausesometimes we have blind spots.
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I said that in my last episode.
We all have blind spots.
At each new level that we growto, there are things that we
have not experienced.
There are things that we havenot experienced, so we don't
fully see the whole picture, andthis is where the challenges
come from.
The great thing about hiring ateacher or a coach or getting
people around you who have donethe work or who are doing the
work, is that they are able tosee what you can't see.
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They are able to guide you downa path that's going to assist
you in being that version of youor achieving that level of
vision that you want to achieve.
So set up these circles, getpositive feedback and make sure
you stick to it and you stay.
You stays in it, and make sureyou stick to it and communicate
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with them often.
Stop allowing yourself to beisolated when you're growing
through challenges, when you'regrowing and stepping into new
things, and then this is gonnahelp you start developing more
self-efficiency.
This is where your belief inyour ability to succeed begins
to expand because you're doingthe work.
You've recognized the triggers.
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You've recognized theself-doubt.
You've recognized the negativeself-talk, the limiting beliefs.
You started cultivatingself-compassion and
self-acceptance.
You started buildingself-confidence through
incremental achievements,celebrating the wins.
You got a positive group ofpeople around you that are gonna
push you and hold youaccountable, and now you're
beginning to see the picture.
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You're beginning to flow moreefficiently.
You're beginning to show up ina way that the self-doubt
becomes non-existent.
Now it's first nature for youto just show up and face things
and do the work, because you getto.
Your perspective is shifting,the opportunities for growth are
presenting themselves, and nowyou have joy when the challenge
is coming.
And now you have joy when thechallenge is coming.
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And now you have joy when thechallenge is coming because you
understand the process.
You are giving birth to yourvision.
So let's continue to do thework, because it's time out for
people doubting themselves.
It's time out for that.
Start developing the techniquesfor stepping out of your comfort
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zone.
Go and do things that you'venever done before.
Have conversations.
You've never had conversationsthat are gonna stretch you and
challenge you and evolve you andhelp and help you mold yourself
and mold your life into thatideal self, ideal life that you
truly desire, and this is gonnahelp you to really step into the
power of you.
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But you have to be willing todo it.
You have to be willing to takethe steps.
It's all on you.
So will you do it or will youjust stay where you are?
If you're in an area right nowin your life and you're saying I
wanna grow, I wanna do this, Ijust need some more information.
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I need to learn how to stepinto this efficiently.
I wanna learn how to be in moreflow.
I wanna learn how to master mymind.
I wanna learn how to really tapinto my intuition so that I
know when my spirit is leadingme versus when my fear or my
mind or my negative thoughts areleading me.
I wanna be more intuitive.
I wanna get clear on my visionand all my goals.
I wanna understand when I'munlocking gifts and how to use
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those gifts and how to move moreeffectively in those gifts so
that I can dissipate thefeelings of self doubt, so that
I can move more confidently andmore efficiency and more
effectively in my life.
If that's you, then, as Imentioned in my last podcast.
I just released the MasterReboot Program.
It's six lessons along withPDFs and a workbook from my most
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It's all the videos from eachweek and you get to dive into it
.
I wanted to give this becausenormally people pay quite a bit
to be a part of my mentorshipprograms.
But I said, you know what?
I wanna take these videos andgive it to people who maybe they
wanna test out the ground andthey wanna see what they can do,
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and I wanna give it to peopleat a price that's affordable,
that can help them, that canhelp them start the process,
that can help them take the nextstep.
If that's, you, go check it out.
The link is in my bio or youcan go over to my Instagram at
Princeton Clark, and the link isalso in my link tree, or you
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can just go directly to it.
Right now it'swwwmasterrebootprogramcom.
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Go check it out.
There's more information there.
There's also an opportunity inthere If you're looking for
coaching, if you're looking forguidance.
Guys, it's in front of you.
You just have to be willing totake the action.
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You don't have to do it alone.
It's a choice to do it alone,but I hope you guys have gotten
value out of this podcast today.
I wanna see you guys overcomingthat doubt.
I wanna see you buildingconfidence and moving more
effectively because you have thepower to do it.
You have the potential to do itand it's purposed for you to do
it.
You don't have to choose to bewhere you have been for this
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long.
You can evolve, you can grow,you can become a wiser, more
efficient version of yourself.
You have the power to overcomeanything that is in front of you
, because your challenges arejust opportunities for you to
grow and evolve.
Guys, thank you for tuning intothe Evolved Mastery podcast.
I have so much more that'scoming for you guys, so many
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I'm literally recordingepisodes back to back to back
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If this podcast inspired you,if it spoke to you, if it's
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Reach out to me on social mediaat PrincetonClarke.
Go check out some of my contentover there.
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As I said, I have books inthere.
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and I'm going to keep sayingthis on every episode because I
want to remind you guys.
You know some of you listenersare new listeners, so you don't
know the resources that I have.
But going over, checking out, Ilook forward to hearing from you
guys, man, but I really want tosee you guys stepping into your
power, potential and purposeand understanding that you truly
are the root to the tree ofyour life.
And just like an apple seeddoesn't have to fight to be an
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apple tree, you have been seededinto this world with all of the
potential to be everything thatyou have a vision to be.
It's simply up to you to plantyourself with the right
information around the rightpeople inside the right
environments, to do the work towater the seed of you so that
you can develop the fruit thatyou are divinely gifted to
develop.
But again, it's up to you.
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Step into it, own it, loveyourself enough to be it because
you are it, and watch your lifeevolve.
I'll be talking to you guysagain soon.
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this is possible.
You get to help me help otherswho don't even know about the
wisdom of self mastery.
But share this podcast.
Share with people because younever know who might be
struggling to master their life,who may be at a point right now
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where they're like man, Ireally need some advice that's
going to push me and encourageme, and you guys help me to
spread the wisdom that I'veshared.
I've learned.
You guys help me to, and youguys help me to share the wisdom
that I've gained over thecourse of the last 20 years as a
self mastery expert, guideauthor, teacher, coach.
And you help me reach morepeople who don't even know this
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information is available to them, but I hope you guys are having
a wonderful morning, evening,night, whatever time it is for
you, and I'll be talking to youguys real soon.
Thank you for tuning into thisepisode of Evolve Mastery and
from this point, remember youhave the ability, so show up,
rise up, own your power andlet's continue to evolve.
What's going on, guys , and welcome to this episode of
Evolved Mastery.
I'm your host, princeton Clark,and today we're going to be
diving into the topic ofovercoming self-doubt, building
confidence and self-efficiency.
Guys, as we continue thisjourney of self-mastery, one of
the major things that we mustbegin to understand one of the
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major things that we must beginto understand is the importance
of having confidence if we'regoing to be efficient in how we
show up.
So many times when we go tostep into new things, what
begins to trouble so many of usis that we focus on so many of
the things that we don't havethe information we haven't
learned, the experiences that wehaven't had, so on and so forth
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.
And there are so many differentthings that play into our own
self-doubt.
Maybe it was how we're raised,maybe it was the environment
that we were raised in, so onand so forth.
But we have to startunderstanding that if we want to
truly grow, we have to startbuilding confidence.
So this episode is focused onovercoming the self-doubt so
that we can start buildingconfidence and becoming more
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efficient in how we show up, increating the lives that we get
to create.
And when we start diving intothis, the first thing that I
want to start talking about isrecognizing the impact of
self-doubt when it comes topersonal growth, because
self-doubt is going to hinderyou.
If you don't believe that it'spossible for you to take these
steps, if you don't believe thatit's possible for you to grow
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and evolve, if you don't believethat it's possible to start and
build a successful business orto have healthy relationships or
to create new experiences inyour life, then guess what?
You're never going to beconsistent.
You're never going to moveefficiently enough to create
that desired outcome.
So we got to startunderstanding that if we don't
start dealing with the aspectsof our belief systems that keep
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us from moving efficiently inour lives, then guess what?
There's always going to besomething that limits us.
There's always going to besomething that holds us back.
There's always going to besomething or some opportunity
that arises for us to make anexcuse because we don't believe
in ourselves.
And, at the root, it's notbecause things aren't working
out for us, it's not becausepeople aren't showing up, it's
not because this, that and theothers.
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It's because we doubt ourselves, we don't truly trust ourselves
, and this keeps us from takingconsistent, concerted action
towards the goal.
So, if we want to start changingthese outcomes, we got to start
believing in ourselves.
We got to start creating avision for ourselves.
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We got to start speaking morepositively over our lives.
We got to start really divinginto creating goals that are
going to help us level up, as Italked about in the last podcast
.
Go back and check it out If youwant to learn how to truly step
into and unleash your potential.
We dove into that a little bit,but we're going to start moving
into this topic today and Ijust want to start just by
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talking about the importance ofovercoming this, because I've
seen so many entrepreneurs overthe years, so many people in
relationships, so many people indifferent spaces of life lose
or not step into what they hadthe power to step into all
because they didn't believe inthemselves.
What's the point of living thislife if you're not going to
believe that anything ispossible?
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I always say nothing isimpossible because I'm possible.
I can create whatever.
I have a vision to create, butI have to believe and have faith
that this vision was given tome and because it was given to
me, it's 100% possible for me tomanifest what's been revealed
to me.
You will never be given avision for something the Pro
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Vision is not available for.
I'm sure those who follow meenough have heard me say that
you will never be divinely givena vision that is not possible
for you to manifest, that theresources is not available
somewhere in your life for youto create.
But you have to be willing tobelieve wholeheartedly and
understand that the moment youstart taking steps on the vision
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, you're going to be challenged.
You're going to be challengedand your faith is going to be
tested.
Life is going to say okay,let's see if you really want
what you've been asking for.
Let's see if you are reallywilling to do the work that
you're saying you are preparedto do.
Let's see if you're ready forthe resources.
Let's see if you're ready forthe better relationships.
Let's see if you're ready forthis, that and the other.
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Life is testing your ability tocommit.
It's testing how strong yourfaith is.
It's testing how strong yourfaith is, and if you are not
willing to love yourself andtrust yourself enough to take
the steps, then life is going tosay, okay, you're not ready,
you don't truly believe it.
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Life is always gonna mirror, puta mirror in front of you to
show you what you think, how youwalk, how you show up in your
life.
Life is always gonna expose youto you.
It's never about the challenge.
It's all about what thechallenge is revealing to you,
about your thoughts of yourselfand your thoughts of your
potential, your thoughts of yourability to show up.
And when you can startunderstanding this, you
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understand that the mirror isyour greatest gift.
It's not coming to expose you,to break you.
It's coming to expose you tobreak you free.
So we got to start identifyingthe sources and triggers of
self-doubt.
Like I said, sometimes, when welook back on how we were raised
experiences we had the thingsthat we didn't have, the
disappointments that we faced alot of the times when we
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experienced these dramaticmoments in our lives where we
tried to take the step, where wetried to do the work, and maybe
somebody told you that you werenever gonna be successful.
I mean, you listened to it andyou believed it and, as a result
of that belief, you stoppedtaking the steps.
Maybe you took a step and lifesaid, okay, let's see if you're
really ready to be committed,and it threw an obstacle in your
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way.
Well, when that obstacle got inthe way you stopped.
You stopped moving, you stoppedapplying action.
Maybe you're blaming yourfamily.
Maybe you're blaming how youwere raised.
I've never had support, I neverwas taught this stuff.
That's all an excuse.
You are an adult now and in youradult prowess, if you are
able-mind, able-body, you caneducate yourself.
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You can choose to be theopposite of what you've chosen
to believe you are.
But life again is going tochallenge you.
It's gonna put things in frontof you to expose you to you, and
you have to start identifying,when these challenges come, the
excuses that you give yourself.
Because when you start makingexcuses well, I know that I have
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the ability to do it, but payattention to those but moments
and ask yourself what'striggering me to say but right
now, what's triggering me not tomake this decision?
What fear is being exposed inme, in my life?
What inadequacy is beingexposed in me or in my life
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right now that I must address?
Because if you don't startaddressing these things and
being honest about these things,guess what?
You're going to continue togive yourself an excuse to doubt
yourself.
So get focused, look at thesemoments when you start feeling
down, when you start feelingchallenged, when you start
feeling depressed, when youstart feeling fearful and
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understand that this is anopportunity for growth Again,
change the way you see things.
That things you see will change.
Your perspective shapes how yourespond.
Your perspective shapes how youchoose to speak about your life
.
Your perspective shapes how youchoose to show up in your life.
So, if you want to change yourlife, change your perspective.
Understand that you aredivinely gifted to create
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something in your life.
You've been given a vision, agift, an opportunity to manifest
something in your world thatyou can share with the world.
I talk about this all the timeand you're going to hear me say
it more and more and more inthese coming episodes Because
it's time for you to startshowing up for you in a way that
you've never showed up for youbefore.
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The same old things won't createnew things.
The same old actions won't getnew results.
The same old thoughts won't getnew responses in your life.
You got to start changing.
You got to start evolving.
You got to start growing.
You got to give yourselfpermission to be the version of
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you that you've been pushingaway, while staying in this
comfortable, miserable placethat you've been in.
I don't care if you're startinga new business, going into a
new relationship, maybe facingchallenges in a current business
or a current relationship or acurrent area of your life that
you are sick and tired of beingin.
You have to be willing to lookat the areas of your life that
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are keeping you from being themost efficient version of
yourself.
Then, from there, you got tostart looking at the negative
self-talk and limiting beliefseven more deeply.
Listen to the moments of yourlife where the challenges come.
Pay attention to the moments ofyour life again where these
challenges come.
Listen to how you communicateto yourself.
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Are you speaking and thinkingin a way that makes it possible,
that increases your belief,that increases your faith, that
increases your action, or areyou speaking and thinking in a
way that makes you shrink back,makes you go backwards, makes
you stay comfortably miserable,makes you give up?
See, failure is what happenswhen you give up.
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I've been talking about this alot lately.
Because of this negativeself-talk and the limiting
beliefs, a lot of us allowourselves and give ourselves
permission to fail, not grow andsee, understand this.
Failure, as I keep saying, is achoice.
We all fall down, but we chooseto fail.
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We can either stay down or wecan take the wisdom of what from
what knocked us down and we canstand back up and we can keep
moving.
But the negative self talk hasto stop these limiting beliefs.
They're being revealed to allus all the time.
They're being revealed to usall the time.
People always say well, I don'tknow why, I just don't stay
committed.
Yes, you do.
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Yes, you do.
You know when you're notshowing up for you.
You know when you'reprocrastinating, you know when
you're making excuses.
The reason you are not stayingCommitted is because you are not
Disciplining yourself and youlack a sense of urgency to take
action.
You live every moment as thoughthe next moment is promised.
You operate in every situationlike you have tomorrow.
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You don't truly honor your lifeand that's why you're not
moving.
That's why you're not moving.
And until you're willing to behonest about that and understand
that, you're not valuingyourself and, as a result, you
talk down on yourself, you makeexcuses, you think less of
yourself, you think less of yourabilities, you make excuses oh
well, they have more money thanme, or they have more access to
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information than me, or blah,blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah.
It's all excuses, because ifyou want something bad enough,
where there is a will, there isa way, and for most people, the
reason they're not moving, thereason they're not evolving, is
because they lack the will, theylack the urgency, they lack the
love of self that pushes themto take the steps to be a better
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version of themselves.
That's the reason change isn'thappening and, as a result, they
give themselves excuses todoubt their power and their
potential in this world.
They give themselves permissionto doubt that, if they just
choose to be Possible, anythingis possible.
So we got to start steppinginto this and acknowledging
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where we are allowing ourselvesto make these excuses.
We're allowing ourselves tospeak negatively and think
negatively, because you are, asI always say, the root to the
tree of your life.
If you want to change the rootor change the fruit, rather, if
you want to change the fruit,you got to get back to the root
and start watering yourself.
The right things, having theright conversations, thinking
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the right thoughts, reading theright information.
Stop letting people talk to youthat don't add value to your
life.
Stop believing what otherpeople say to you because they
didn't commit, they didn't dothe work.
You have the power to changeyour life right now.
But another step in overcomingself-doubt is also cultivating
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self-compassion andself-acceptance.
You have to start being kinderwith yourself.
You have to start reallyunderstanding that this truly is
your life.
Stop being so dang hard onyourself and understand that,
look, you get to do this, youget to do this, you get to live
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this life.
Every breath you breathe is agift, and it's not about being
perfect.
It's about progress.
It's about waking up everysingle day, being a better
Version of yourself, even ifit's doing one thing a day.
If you take one step forwardevery single day for a hundred
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days, if you get 1% Better everysingle day for a hundred days,
you will be a hundred percentbetter in the area that you took
the steps in.
But it's all up to you.
You have to work to the pointwhere you show up for yourself
and and you're compassionatewith yourself and you accept
what's what's responsible andyou accept your Responsibility,
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your ability to respond in yourlife, so that at the end of each
day you can say, even though Imay not be where I want to be
today, I'm better.
I will repeat that until I'mblue in the face because we
challenge ourselves and wehustle, hustle, hustle and then
we make excuses and then wejudge ourselves and then we
don't step fully into it.
We don't step fully into ourfaith, we don't fully believe in
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ourselves and we pressureourselves into defeat.
Understand every single day isan opportunity to grow.
It's up to you if you achieveone thing that you want to
achieve for the day, celebratethat one thing and build upon it
.
If you get it done and you'reable to do two, three, four,
five more things, then commit tothe process and celebrate it.
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Everybody's walking a differentjourney.
Everybody has a differentvision, so don't compare your
path to another person's path.
It's about loving you enoughevery single day to believe that
, again, every vision that youhave been given the provision is
available for, because yourspirit will never receive a
vision for something that'simpossible for you.
So let's start cultivating morecompassion for ourselves, let's
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start being more grateful andlet's start accepting the
lessons as blessings that havecome to expose the areas of us
that we get to grow in.
And as we begin to do that, wehave to start building
self-confidence throughincremental achievements.
This goes back to what I wassaying Celebrating that one
percent or that one step or thefive steps that you take in
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progress every single day.
Celebrate yourself, congratulateyourself, say, say thank you to
yourself.
Get in front of the mirror andsay I honor me today because I
did the work.
You know, there's this famousuh, real or meme where Snoop
Dogg is talking and he's like Ijust want to thank me, you know,
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and he goes on this list forall the things that he wants to
think himself for.
Start thinking yourself, beinggrateful for yourself, and be
confident that anything that youapply positive action to,
you're going to get a positiveresult, even if that thing comes
with a challenge.
That challenge is not anegative thing.
That challenge is only showingyou and presenting to you an
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opportunity to grow, a new areato learn in, and as long as you
have breath in your body, youget to learn, you get to evolve
and as you do this, you're goingto slowly but surely overcome
the self doubt, because you'regoing to start seeing the
results.
Because you committed to theprocess, you started doing new
things and, as a result, youstarted getting new results.
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So let's get to it, guys.
Let's keep growing, let's keepapplying ourselves and start
setting up positive feedbackloops for employees and start
setting up positive feedbackloops to reinforce the
confidence.
Seek and acknowledge positivefeedback.
I always say this get aroundpeople and get around people who
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are going to support you, whoare going to be honest about how
you're showing up and give thempermission to do that.
You have to have people likethis in your life.
You have to have people likethis in your life that are going
to push you, encourage you,challenge you and call you out
on your BS when you're notshowing up.
And this is why coaches are soawesome, because coaches have
already done the work.
They already see what'shappening.
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Whenever I'm working with aclient, I've been on this
journey of self mastery,business development and doing
the work that I've been doingfor two decades.
So when I'm working with aclient, I'm able to see what
they can't see because I'm a lotfurther along in the journey.
And at the root, the reason wefail or don't manifest anything.
Most of the reasons areuniversal Lack of confidence,
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lack of belief in the vision,lack of focus, lack of healthy
habits, lack of goal setting.
There's all these areas thatare principles that must be
applied if we want to beeffective in our lives or our
businesses or our relationships,whatever it is, and so, as a
coach, I teach people how tomaster their lives, how to fully
step into it, how to stopplaying the victim, how to own
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their power and be the bestversion of them possible.
If that's something you'reready for, then give yourself
permission to get around peopleor to hire a coach.
Hire someone that's going tohelp you.
I work with clients on aone-on-one basis and I give them
the ability.
You know, if you, if you justneed a call whether it's a
consultation for your business,you know or you want a
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one-on-one coaching call just tostart taking the right steps,
you don't, you may not even haveenough money to do a full month
or a full three months or afull year, but I will allow
clients to do a one-off just toget things started, because I
know what it's like to be whereyou are.
So if that's you and you'relike I'm ready to grow, but I
don't really have people aroundme, I wish I had someone, can
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you help me?
Reach out to me atPrincetonClarkecom and I'll help
you find me on social media atPrinceton Clark.
I want to see people win, Iwant to see people grow, and
sometimes you need a hand up.
Sometimes you need someone who'sbeen there, done that, who's
going to speak over you, inspireyou, push you to be the best
version of you, becausesometimes we have blind spots.
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I said that in my last episode.
We all have blind spots.
At each new level that we growto, there are things that we
have not experienced.
There are things that we havenot experienced, so we don't
fully see the whole picture, andthis is where the challenges
come from.
The great thing about hiring ateacher or a coach or getting
people around you who have donethe work or who are doing the
work, is that they are able tosee what you can't see.
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They are able to guide you downa path that's going to assist
you in being that version of youor achieving that level of
vision that you want to achieve.
So set up these circles, getpositive feedback and make sure
you stick to it and you stay.
You stays in it, and make sureyou stick to it and communicate
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with them often.
Stop allowing yourself to beisolated when you're growing
through challenges, when you'regrowing and stepping into new
things, and then this is gonnahelp you start developing more
self-efficiency.
This is where your belief inyour ability to succeed begins
to expand because you're doingthe work.
You've recognized the triggers.
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You've recognized theself-doubt.
You've recognized the negativeself-talk, the limiting beliefs.
You started cultivatingself-compassion and
self-acceptance.
You started buildingself-confidence through
incremental achievements,celebrating the wins.
You got a positive group ofpeople around you that are gonna
push you and hold youaccountable, and now you're
beginning to see the picture.
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You're beginning to flow moreefficiently.
You're beginning to show up ina way that the self-doubt
becomes non-existent.
Now it's first nature for youto just show up and face things
and do the work, because you getto.
Your perspective is shifting,the opportunities for growth are
presenting themselves, and nowyou have joy when the challenge
is coming.
And now you have joy when thechallenge is coming.
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And now you have joy when thechallenge is coming because you
understand the process.
You are giving birth to yourvision.
So let's continue to do thework, because it's time out for
people doubting themselves.
It's time out for that.
Start developing the techniquesfor stepping out of your comfort
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zone.
Go and do things that you'venever done before.
Have conversations.
You've never had conversationsthat are gonna stretch you and
challenge you and evolve you andhelp and help you mold yourself
and mold your life into thatideal self, ideal life that you
truly desire, and this is gonnahelp you to really step into the
power of you.
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But you have to be willing todo it.
You have to be willing to takethe steps.
It's all on you.
So will you do it or will youjust stay where you are?
If you're in an area right nowin your life and you're saying I
wanna grow, I wanna do this, Ijust need some more information.
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I need to learn how to stepinto this efficiently.
I wanna learn how to be in moreflow.
I wanna learn how to master mymind.
I wanna learn how to really tapinto my intuition so that I
know when my spirit is leadingme versus when my fear or my
mind or my negative thoughts areleading me.
I wanna be more intuitive.
I wanna get clear on my visionand all my goals.
I wanna understand when I'munlocking gifts and how to use
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those gifts and how to move moreeffectively in those gifts so
that I can dissipate thefeelings of self doubt, so that
I can move more confidently andmore efficiency and more
effectively in my life.
If that's you, then, as Imentioned in my last podcast.
I just released the MasterReboot Program.
It's six lessons along withPDFs and a workbook from my most
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recent six week Master Rebootmentorship program and you get
access to this for only $47.
It's all the videos from eachweek and you get to dive into it
.
I wanted to give this becausenormally people pay quite a bit
to be a part of my mentorshipprograms.
But I said, you know what?
I wanna take these videos andgive it to people who maybe they
wanna test out the ground andthey wanna see what they can do,
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and I wanna give it to peopleat a price that's affordable,
that can help them, that canhelp them start the process,
that can help them take the nextstep.
If that's, you, go check it out.
The link is in my bio or youcan go over to my Instagram at
Princeton Clark, and the link isalso in my link tree, or you
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can just go directly to it.
Right now it'swwwmasterrebootprogramcom.
It's masterrebootcom.
Go check it out.
There's more information there.
There's also an opportunity inthere If you're looking for
coaching, if you're looking forguidance.
Guys, it's in front of you.
You just have to be willing totake the action.
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You don't have to do it alone.
It's a choice to do it alone,but I hope you guys have gotten
value out of this podcast today.
I wanna see you guys overcomingthat doubt.
I wanna see you buildingconfidence and moving more
effectively because you have thepower to do it.
You have the potential to do itand it's purposed for you to do
it.
You don't have to choose to bewhere you have been for this
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long.
You can evolve, you can grow,you can become a wiser, more
efficient version of yourself.
You have the power to overcomeanything that is in front of you
, because your challenges arejust opportunities for you to
grow and evolve.
Guys, thank you for tuning intothe Evolved Mastery podcast.
I have so much more that'scoming for you guys, so many
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more episodes.
I'm literally recordingepisodes back to back to back
right now because I just wannadump so much value on you guys.
But guess what?
You guys also have the abilitynow to become supporters and
subscribers to get access toexclusive content.
I'm about to start a fullseries on entrepreneurship and
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professional mastery and it'sgonna be a six part series.
I may go a little bit longer,but I'm gonna start as gonna be
a six part series, but it's onlygonna be available for
subscribers the subscription tobe a supporter or a subscriber.
You can also pay more if youwant to support more, but it's
only $10 to join the membershipif you wanna have access to that
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, but it's only $10 if you wantto subscribe and join the
membership and have access tothat.
Or you just want to support.
But listen, I love you guys.
I appreciate you guys going overto PrincetonClarkecom If you're
looking for coaching, if youwant more advice, you know, let
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me know.
If this podcast inspired you,if it spoke to you, if it's
assisted you and overcoming selfdoubt.
Reach out to me on social mediaat PrincetonClarke.
Go check out some of my contentover there.
You know I want to see you guyswin.
Also, check out the link treein my bio.
As I said, I have books inthere.
I have an audio in there thatyou guys can go and listen to
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and I'm going to keep sayingthis on every episode because I
want to remind you guys.
You know some of you listenersare new listeners, so you don't
know the resources that I have.
But going over, checking out, Ilook forward to hearing from you
guys, man, but I really want tosee you guys stepping into your
power, potential and purposeand understanding that you truly
are the root to the tree ofyour life.
And just like an apple seeddoesn't have to fight to be an
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apple tree, you have been seededinto this world with all of the
potential to be everything thatyou have a vision to be.
It's simply up to you to plantyourself with the right
information around the rightpeople inside the right
environments, to do the work towater the seed of you so that
you can develop the fruit thatyou are divinely gifted to
develop.
But again, it's up to you.
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Step into it, own it, loveyourself enough to be it because
you are it, and watch your lifeevolve.
I'll be talking to you guysagain soon.
I appreciate you share thispodcast with someone that that
you believe it might help.
Share it on your social media.
Tag me and help me stay at thelight in the world.
Help me show other people andhelp me show other people that
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this is possible.
You get to help me help otherswho don't even know about the
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But share this podcast.
Share with people because younever know who might be
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where they're like man, Ireally need some advice that's
going to push me and encourageme, and you guys help me to
spread the wisdom that I'veshared.
I've learned.
You guys help me to, and youguys help me to share the wisdom
that I've gained over thecourse of the last 20 years as a
self mastery expert, guideauthor, teacher, coach.
And you help me reach morepeople who don't even know this
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information is available to them, but I hope you guys are having
a wonderful morning, evening,night, whatever time it is for
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Thank you for tuning into thisepisode of Evolve Mastery and
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