Knowing what success on my terms looks like helped me ground and get clear before I huddled with JT and Katie, my good friends who are also in the business of helping me launch my book Heart Value. We spent two full days brainstorming, strategizing, and talking about all the opportunities before and after launch.
Today, we are talking about challenges, and I encourage you to explore and appreciate challenges in whatever form they take for you. My friend Ryan participates in the #75Hard challenge, and if you remember, my good friend Leigh and I took part in the #the100dayproject. These programs and others have been created to encourage people to try new things and have fun doing something they love in community.
So as we go on our Wise Walk, the questions on our minds are: Where in our lives are we selling ourselves short because we are doing challenges that are not branded? What's a challenge that interests you right now that you can take regardless if anyone else is doing it? Where in your life can you make up your own challenge or find one on the world wide web that supports you in going after something really important to you?
Another good friend, Joey, is committed to finishing his book, so he has challenged himself to write every single day at 10 a.m. Challenges can take a very broad form. Open up your mind to the possibilities and think about where you challenge yourself to see what's possible. If we would define challenges as something that makes us realize what we are capable of, we would all see that challenges happen as a part of our everyday life.
Challenges in our lives can be health-related, financial, spiritual, or mental. It can be whatever your heart desires. How can we all think more expansively about how we step into our power, reclaim it, and encourage others to do these challenges. And if it's important to you, how can you share it?
In this episode:
[00:23] Welcome to the show!
[02:46] Today, we are talking about challenges.
[04:53] Where in our lives are we selling ourselves short because we are doing challenges, but they are not branded?
[05:04] What's a challenge that interests you right now that you can take regardless of anyone else doing it?
[05:16] Where in your life can you make up your own challenge or find one on the world wide web that supports you in going after something really important to you?
[08:40] Another good friend Joey has challenged himself to write his book every day.
[10:04] A book by Susie Orman, The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom, challenged me to write down every penny spent so I could see where my money was going.
[11:11] Reading Mariel Hemingway's book, Healthy Living From the Inside Out, I learned the effects of caffeine on the body.
[13:38] What is something you have already done that you can pat yourself on the back for?
[14:20] What's a challenge that interests you right now?
[15:57] When I say I'm going to give my body a break, it means being mindful, slowing down, and consuming things my body can break down and digest easily.
[17:48] It's been over a year since I've been able to do yoga, so I am challenging myself to get back to yoga.
[20:47] How can we all really think more expansively about how we step into our power and reclaim it?
[21:34] Thank you for listening!
Memorable Quotes:
“I have been doing challenges since a very young age.” “Open up your mind to the possibilities and think about where you challenge yourself, to see what’s possible.” “This Striders community means so much to me.” “There have been so many opportunities for me to see what’s possible in my own life.” “The word challenge or challenges can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.” “We are doing challenges in our everyday life but we are not giving ourselves credit for it.”
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