“Everything is hard before you start,” explains Leslie who returns from summer vacation to start a new season talking about, well—getting back into your routine. On today’s episode, she’ll discuss the fear and anxiety that naturally accompanies returning to an old job or skill after a period away, or starting a new endeavor entirely. It is completely normal to feel nervous, doubtful and like you’ve lost your mojo, however, it’s not a reason not to start. Leslie shares how to prove the doubting voice in your head wrong, face your fears, and act as your own bestie.
As she explains throughout today’s episode, it takes a combination of humility, flexibility, compassion and action. Self-confidence is like working out—it can be painful at first but the more you do it, the easier it becomes. And you have to be willing to be bad at your goal of choice for a little while, at least at the beginning.
Join in to learn what first inspired Leslie to become a confidence coach, as well as how you can be part of the exciting new expansion to her business.
Quotes
- “I had a coaching mentor who once said to our cohort, ‘All roads lead back to Rome.’ And as a general life coach, I found that ‘Rome’ was self-love. Rome was self-worth. Rome was self-confidence.” (1:59 | Leslie Randolph)
- “That teenage insecurity and self-consciousness and doubt that might have you not raising your hand in the classroom and then all of a sudden when you grow up becomes imposter syndrome and you’re not raising your hand in the boardroom.” (3:14 | Leslie Randolph)
- “If I boil down so much of what I do with my clients it is really teaching them how to be a friend to themselves, a cheerleader to themselves. That bestie.” (3:58 | Leslie Randolph)
- “The edge of the diving board is always scarier than jumping. Nothing is harder than the moments before taking that first courageous step toward your goal.” (9:50 | Leslie Randolph)
- "If your brain is telling you 'you can't do it’ yeah, you can believe, ‘I can do it, I’m willing to try, I’m willing to give it a chance.’ You know what else you can do? You can go do it. Sometimes, the greatest gift you can give that bully brain is to prove it wrong with your actions. It’s like, ‘Watch me.’ So the best action? To start, to try, to see what’s possible and to see what you are capable of." (11:18 | Leslie Randolph)
- “If you don’t challenge those beliefs with action, what often happens is you just continue to think that they’re true. And it’s not that they’re true, it’s that you didn’t do anything to prove them wrong.” (15:23 | Leslie Randolph)
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