Podcast 269: A professional guide to doing the the scary things & facing your fears

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with NY Times bestselling author and renown speaker Luvvie Ajayi Jones about how fear is often the enemy of progress, how to become a professional troublemaker, what we need to get right within ourselves before we do the things that scare us but also help us grow, the power of doing better, how to use your voice for the greater good, how to find your unique voice and inner strength, and more!

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
1:20 What is a “professional troublemaker”?
3:00 Why we should normalize our fears
4:40 Why people often refuse to do better
7:50 How fear can hold us back
11:40 Why courage is not the absence of fear
14:42 The power of perspective
18:23 Why we all need to learn to look inward
24:37 Why you need to own the space you have given
27:45 How to embrace who you are and own up your own space
35:20 The difference between arrogance and owning who you are and what you are good at
36:00 The power of trusting where you are
37:42 Why you need to “fail loudly”
39:19 The power of asking for more
40:17 Why boundaries are important
41:55 You need to give yourself permission to grow!
43:11 Outsource yourself and learn how to ask for help
45:20 Why we need to learn to fight fear

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