The Perfectionism Project

When you hate your job it feels like the only logical answer is to get a new one. But the reason that doesn’t work for so many people is that the job isn’t the problem - it’s the way they’re thinking about it! And when they get a new job, their old thinking comes with them and they continue to have the same experience. In this episode, I’m sharing my best advice on what to do when you hate your job. I talk about what makes a job feel fulfilling, a simple journaling exercise that will help you transform your mindset around your career, the hidden reason you’re blocking yourself from liking your job and so much more! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Zig Ziglar’s motivational speech about hating your job My coaching services

Finding the personal development world can be thrilling, but it can also be hard to know where to start and what to spend your time doing. And whether or not you have the money to invest in working 1:1 with a coach, learning how to coach yourself is one of the most important skills you can develop. In this episode, I’m sharing a few different things that you can add to your own routine to become your own mindset coach. These are the things that will help you reach your full potential and become the best version of yourself that you can be - I hope you find it helpful! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Brooke Castillo’s Self-Coaching Model How To Make The Most Of Self-Help Books How To Read More Books The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Get Out Of Your Own Way Learn more about working with me  

When my coaching clients start working with me, they feel stressed about their life and overwhelmed by their goals. In this episode, I’m sharing the simple step-by-step process I use to help my coaching clients get out of the headspace so they can start living into their full potential. I hope you find it helpful! I share the full step-by-step process in the episode but here are some questions that will help you apply what you’ve learned to your life: To create clarity and make a decision, ask: “If I could wave a magic wand, what would I want my life to look like?” To figure out the steps to take, ask: “What advice would I give a friend in the same situation as me?” To build an awareness of your current thinking, ask: “What are the reasons I haven’t started this already?” or “What are the reasons I haven’t made a decision yet?” To put your to-do list on your calendar, ask: “How would my higher self-plan this?” To follow through, keep a list of every distraction that tempts you so that you can stay on task and follow up on anything that needs to be done later MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Online course: Get Out Of Your Own Way Learn more about working with me How To Figure Out What You Want

For the last few weeks I’ve been feeling like I’m really on the cusp of something and in this podcast episode I’m sharing why. August was a month full of important realizations and big decisions. It’s been an incredible month of growth for me, particularly in terms of my money mindset, and I’m so excited to be giving you an update on everything I’ve got going on! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Perfect Blogger: The Ultimate Blogging Course For Perfectionists Get Out Of Your Own Way: A Mini-Course For Master Procrastinators Work With Me - 1:1 Mindset Coaching Self-Coaching Scholars The Life Coach School Podcast Rich Babe Academy Manifestation Babe Podcast

I get so many emails from readers and listeners saying that they can relate to what I talk about on the podcast but they don’t think they’re a perfectionist. So I thought it was about time that I explained what I mean when I talk about perfectionism! Perfectionism is something that underlies every single podcast episode I’ve ever recorded, but I’ve never actually done an episode on exactly what perfectionism is and how to overcome it. In this episode, I’m diving into the perfectionist mindset and talking about where it comes from, how to tell if you’ve got it and how to move out of it. I hope you find it helpful!To find out more make sure you visit the show notes. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Perfect Blogger: The Ultimate Blogging Course For Perfectionists Work With Me - 1:1 Mindset Coaching Episode 26: The Power of Self-Image Episode 41: My Fitness Journey + How I Created A Growth Mindset

At the beginning of 2018, I set myself an ‘impossible’ goal of making $500,000 in my business. The first 8 months of 2018 have taught me SO much about myself and have been a steep learning curve, so I thought I’d share it all with you. I’ve learned an incredible amount about myself and my beliefs already, as well as what it means to work towards a goal without knowing exactly how you’re going to achieve it. I hope you find this helpful and if you’re working towards a big goal, I have no doubt you’ll be able to relate a lot of this! To find out more make sure you visit the show notes.

Over the last few years of my personal development journey, I’ve seen myself sabotage my goals in just about every way imaginable - some more obvious than others. In this week’s podcast episode I’m sharing 15 reasons that you’re not achieving your goals, particularly if you’re a perfectionist! This was a fun one for me to record because it really reminded me just how many ways we undermine our own success and I hope you get a lot from it. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Find out more about my coaching program Tim Ferriss fear-setting exercise Episode 26: The Power of Self-Image Episode 22: How Personal Development Helped Me Overcome Self-Doubt

In the last two years, I’ve experienced an incredible amount of growth - both in myself and in my business. And in the last two years, I’ve started investing - both in myself and in my business. It’s no coincidence. Without investing in myself I would not be where I am today. I believe that you don’t NEED to invest money in yourself to get to where you want to go but it for sure speeds up the process and makes it a million times easier. At least that’s been my experience! In this podcast episode I’m sharing every investment I’ve made over the last two years so that I can tell you what the process is like from my perspective, including how I make decisions, how I know how much to spend, how I know whether something will be worth it etc. I also chat about the MAGIC that investing in myself has created as well as all the unexpected opportunities and relationships that have flowed from it. My hope with this episode is to give you an inside look at the things that have made all the difference in my personal and business growth. And by doing so, I hope I inspire you to start investing in yourself so you too can make your dreams a reality. Everything mentioned in this podcast episode (and there are A LOT of things) can be found in the show notes at smart-twenties.com/episode42.

For years I was completely trapped in an all-or-nothing mindset when it came to exercise. I was either working out everyday of the week or not at all. I couldn’t make it through more than four weeks of a fitness program without abandoning it (and then I had to start back at Week 1 so I could do it ‘properly’). And I always beat myself up for not doing what I’d planned. I always thought my issue was motivation, but it wasn’t. My issue was that I was so focused on the results and so scared to waste effort that I pulled back whenever it looked like I might not be successful. That way, I could point to my lack of effort, rather than my lack of worth, as the cause of failure. But it also meant that I spent a lot of time struggling with very little to show for it. About two years ago I began experimenting with the way I  approached fitness and over time, I managed to find a formula that has allowed me to create a growth mindset and stay consistent without the struggle. In this podcast episode, I’m sharing the things I did to get myself out of an all-or-nothing mindset and I hope you find it helpful! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Episode 10 - The Fear of Wasting Effort

In the last month I’ve spent a lot of time out of my comfort zone, I’ve started to make big changes in my business and I’ve been settling into a new routine. It’s been messy AF (as always!) but it’s also been a great month - not because of any particular accomplishment I can point to, but because it feels like part of a bigger evolution. And that feels pretty magical. In this week’s podcast episode I’m chatting through the highs and lows of the month as well as what I’ve been working on, thinking about and struggling with. I hope you enjoy it! MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST Erin May Henry Self-Coaching Scholars At Home With… Aisha Tyler’s Interview on The Tim Ferriss Show The Life Coach School Podcast My instagram account