ambition

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THERE'S A BIGGER STORY.
When I started my book tour, people were always asking me, “How are you going to stay humble?”
It’s not easy.
When you start getting recognition, it can go to your head.
But you can’t share your message if you don’t believe in yourself.
It’s a balance.
You need to be confident but also know that it’s not all about you. You are a part of the story, not the whole thing.
For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with Brad Lomenick where we explore the tension between confidence and humility.
Brad Lomenick is a renowned speaker, writer, leadership advisor, and founder of Blinc Consulting. He is the author of the groundbreaking book, The Catalyst Leader: Eight Essentials for Becoming a Change Maker, as well as his most recent leadership book, H3 Leadership: Be Humble, Stay Hungry, Always Hustle.
Brad says that the best leaders all have healthy ambition.
Learn how to dance the dance of humility and confidence in Episode 762.
In This Episode You Will Learn:
How to be confident and humble at the same time (00:50)
Why being too humble can be a bad thing (1:30)
How gratitude can help you stay humble (2:00)
The difference between confident humility and arrogant humility (3:00)
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JUST KEEP GOING.
There are three fears we struggle with the most:
The fear of failure
The fear of success
And the fear of judgment.
The center of all of those fears is “I am not enough.”
When we get past that, we can step into anything.
People-pleasing is an issue a lot of us face.
It’s crazy how we can allow one person’s opinion of us to hold us back.
That’s why I really enjoyed my conversation with a bestselling mom who overcame her need to make other people happy: Rachel Hollis.
Rachel had been working for over a decade on her career, her marriage, and her brand before her career took off. She wrote six books that hardly sold any copies. Her seventh book became a hit.
Her life changed with one viral post that created the momentum for her bestselling book.
Girl, Wash Your Face has over a million copies sold and is growing every week. She is host of the RISE Podcast and co-host of the RISE Together podcast. She is a mother of four who was named one of the "Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30" by Inc. Magazine.
She is an amazing example of the power of not giving up.
So learn how to follow your dreams and live for yourself (even if you’re a mom) on Episode 697.