The Smart Twenties Podcast

If you’ve never tried using affirmations to help you achieve your goals, now is the perfect time to start! Affirmations are a simple way to help you train your brain to see possibilities you’ve never seen before (if you need a scientific reason to try it - it’s called reticular activation) and create beliefs that will help you achieve your goals and stop you from self-sabotaging. In this podcast episode I’m sharing my personal experience with affirmations, including the affirmations that haven’t worked and why. I hope you find it helpful! This podcast episode is part of a series on affirmations so if you’re interesting in doing a deep dive into affirmations and giving them a try, make sure you watch the YouTube video where I share the do’s and don’ts of affirmations as well as my blog post where I share more about how to use affirmations to help you achieve your goals and a workbook that will help you create your first affirmation. For everything mentioned in this podcast episode, as well as all of the other

Journaling is such a powerful personal development tool that I thought it might be helpful to dive into the things that help me stay consistent with my journaling habit. As someone who tends towards an all-or-nothing mindset, there are certain things I make sure I do and don’t do when it comes to journaling. And I hope that by sharing the things that keep me on track, and the things that reliably throw me off my habit, you’ll be able to create a consistent journaling habit too! For everything mentioned in this podcast episode, make sure you visit the show notes!

Personal development is a journey and one that I’m still very much in the process of. That said, I’ve had some significant breakthroughs in the last few years of my personal development journey that have helped me release the shame I attached to traumatic events in my childhood and begin to see myself as the intelligent, beautiful and capable woman that I am. I hope that by sharing my breakthroughs and hearing about my journey you will be able to gain insights into your life that you didn’t have before. For everything mentioned in this podcast episode, make sure you visit the show notes!

Failure is a topic that’s uncomfortable to talk about and like anyone, I find it challenging to open up about the things that haven’t gone so well! But I’m definitely not immune from failure and I want to make sure you guys know that, so in this episode I’m sharing the ‘failure’ I experienced when I launched my new online course, Your Perfect Semester, in February this year and the biggest lessons I learned. I hope that by sharing my experience you will not necessarily avoid failure (I truly believe that if you’re not failing, you’re not trying anything new) but find yourself better equipped to handle it when it does happen. For everything mentioned in this podcast episode, make sure you visit the show notes!

This episode of The Smart Twenties Podcast is a little different. I hadn’t planned to record this episode but felt compelled to get out my microphone this morning and chat about what I’ve been thinking about with my business and sharing the messy middle with you – because I don’t always have it figured out! And if you’re a student and you struggle with procrastination, make sure you check out my new online course Your Perfect Semester that is coming out this week!

THINGS I MENTION The Tim Ferris Show Podcast 17 Questions That Changed My Life The Life Coach School Podcast Brooke Castillo’s program: Self-Coaching Scholars My Daily Vlog: 365 Days of Personal Growth

Excuses can be hard to spot in our own lives (as they always feel so real) so I hope by sharing this experience you’ll be able to reflect on your own life and see where you too might be using ‘too busy’, ‘too tired’ or ‘too broke’ to keep yourself safe from rejection and failure.

Listen in to hear about the big planning process I just went through for 2018 and my best advice on how to plan your life so you can get everything done! MENTIONED The Best Alternatives To New Year’s Resolutions Episode 5: All Things Productivity Brooke Castillo’s program: Self-Coaching Scholars My Daily Vlog: 365 Days of Personal Growth Facebook group: The Smart Twenties Community

I loved recording this podcast episode because I get so many emails from you guys saying that you feel overwhelmed, confused and disheartened, and I’m so glad that my experience with all of that can finally be put to good use! If you’ve just started a blog or Youtube Channel (or want to) this is the perfect episode to help you set the right expectations and give yourself the space to create something amazing! MENTIONED 7 Fears I Had Before I Started A Blog (And Why I Started Anyway) My YouTube Channel Wayback Machine My Daily Vlog: 365 Days of Personal Growth Facebook group: The Smart Twenties Community

MENTIONED How To Stay Consistent Even When You’re Unmotivated And if you’re a student and your goal is to stop procrastinating, make sure you find out more about my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

MENTIONED Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School Tim Ferriss: 17 Questions That Changed My Life And if you’ve spent the year struggling with procrastination, make sure you find out more about my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

This was such a fun episode to record and I highly recommend you create a list of your biggest lessons from this year too. Here are the lessons I chat about in the episode: Believe the what before the how Success is simple, stress and overwhelm are self-sabotage My opinion of me is more important than anything else’s Perfectionism is a protection mechanism against shame Coaching is so worth the money Procrastination is draining Courage is a prerequisite for growth Do math without the drama No matter how much busywork you do, you will never be productive Defend your plans Impatience is ego There’s always enough time Ask for what you want Marketing makes all the difference Either you run the day or the day runs you The perfect time to start is now Go for it And if you’ve spent the year struggling to achieve your goals and want to make sure that next year isn’t the same, make sure you find out more about my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

In this episode, I also chat about my advice on how to make that decision for yourself and how to know whether you should travel or settle down. This isn’t a topic I’ve really talked about anywhere else so I hope you find it insightful!

In this episode of The Smart Twenties Podcast I share my thoughts on motivation, why I choose determination over motivation, an exercise that will help you create the feeling of determination and my thoughts on using accountability buddies to keep you motivated! If you’ve spent the year struggling to achieve your goals and want to make sure that next year isn’t the same, make sure you find out more about my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

I’m going to help you learn more about exactly what this fear is, where it comes from and how to stop it from ruling your life. In the episode I also recommend doing Tim Ferriss’ exercise called fear-setting. You can watch the YouTube video where I walk you through the whole process here. And if you’re ready to stop hiding behind your fears but have no idea where to start, I highly recommend you consider taking my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

Unfortunately, I don’t have the magic answer but I do have some experience to share that will hopefully help you come to terms with the uncertainty you’ll experiences in your twenties (and for the rest of your life!) and will help take some of the pressure off to have it all figured out. And if you’ve been procrastinating on taking that next step, you might want to find out more about my online course Get Out Of Your Own Way!

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If you struggle with procrastination, I highly recommend taking my 7-day challenge Get Out Of Your Own Way. It’s a series of 7 video lessons that will help you change your perfectionist mindset, so you can become the best version of yourself that you can be! You’ll find step-by-step instructions and thought-provoking exercises to help you stop procrastination, begin to create true self-confidence and start living the life you wish you had. You can learn more, read the lovely feedback from my students and sign up here.  

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