The Great Leader Great Mom Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Ever think, "if only I knew back then what I know today"? Well that thought is not helpful. Regret goes back and beats yourself up for past decisions that you cannot change. You need to make decisions from today for your future. 

Learn about the unhelpful thoughts driving regret and how to drop them to create the life you want in the future. 

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All companies tout the importance of collaboration but why don’t people collaborate? Well, we often feel threatened and afraid with collaboration. How we respond to the fear is what prevents us from working together.

Our brain is always looking for what could potentially be dangerous to us or what is bad. 

True collaboration requires others to help modeling ideas, question them, and challenge them.  

In Beyond Measure, Margaret Heffernan says, 

“The same is true for ideas, doubts, concerns: they all start off roughly hewn, imprecise, and out of place. The first glimmer of an idea or an observation is like gold dust—highly cherished but hard to spot and not immediately valuable. We come together in groups and teams to refine, reshape, and polish them. The ensuing arguments are the signs that we care. It’s through that conflict that the real luster starts to emerge.”

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We live in a world fraught with distractions. We are often multitasking and not being present in any of the tasks. 

We go to meetings and on physically present but not mentally there. We are around our kids and family but aren't really connected in the moment. 

Maya Angelo says, "people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

When I ask myself how I want to show up for people, it is around being present.  I know I cannot directly control how I make people feel, since they have brains making up stories just like mine about other people and the world around us. But I do want to show up in a way where I am present, because then it is more likely that people feel connected, they get more of the best of me.

Learn how to practice being less distracted and more present.

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Many of us often struggle with feelings of inadequacy, believing we are not good enough, smart enough, or capable enough. Consequently, our minds search for proof to validate these insecurities. However, this is a thought error and not accurate.

The truth is, we are sufficient – good enough, smart enough, and capable enough. It's crucial to recognize these thought errors and look for the evidence that supports our worthiness. This evidence is always present because it reflects the truth. We are capable.

Our minds practice believing we are worthy. Developing this skillet helps us face challenges such as receiving criticism or failing.

When you look at your calendar do you sigh with exhaustion? Do you feel dread when you see all the meetings ahead. We all need to be more conscious with our time and get to where we feel confident and committed when we see our calendar for the week. We disappoint ourselves all the time so we don’t disappoint others. We need to shift this so we are reliable to our own commitments. This build self trust.

Learning how to plan your week to be productive is a super power. Let's all move from being busy to being productive.  You will be able to get more done than you think. 

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Do you feel overwhelmed? Burned out? Too many meetings or things on your to-do list that never get done. 

Time is the most precious resource we have and yet we often let others dicate how we use our time.  Learning how to idenitfy all the ways we waste time is a huge step in learning how to manage your time to get everything you want done. 

Listen in to part 1 or a two part series so you can stop feeling overwhelmed or burned out. 

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Preparing for job interviews can be overwelming and unpleasant, but it doesn't have to be. Most of the time we update our resume with our list of all our projects and job titles, but we miss the most important part. We miss asking ourself why all those project and jobs mattered? What capability did we get out of those roles? What were the struggles and what did it teach us that helps make us an ideal candidate for this role?  

Listen in for how to prepare for the interview and what to do when you are full of self doubt.  

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We probably all want to be more self confident, but what does that actually mean and how do you get more self confidence? 

Self confidence is made up of three parts: trusting yourself, being willing to experience any emotion (even the negative ones), and your opinion of yourself. 

Listen in on how to practice being more self confident. 

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When life gives you lemons, what do you do? Our default is to go into self pity and wallow. To blame others around us. Usually it looks like, "if only.........." things had been different or they had been different. And living from this place takes us away from being our best self. Learn how to catch yourself in self pity and stop missing out on life's opportunities to grow and be more of who we are.

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We are obsessed with labeling everything around as good or bad. We waste so much energy on this and it doesn't serve us as all. For example, people call us a name or are late for a meeting, we often make it mean, "this is bad" or "they are bad" when really it is just nuetral and we get to decide what we do about it. We get to choose our response. 

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