How to Do Hard Things

“There’s no poetic way to say it,” Leslie says on this solo episode of Why Didn’t They Tell Us? “Often, what you want to achieve is hard.” Since our brains are designed to seek pleasure and avoid pain, it’s no wonder that it’s difficult for most of us to face or achieve the things we find difficult. Luckily, Leslie is here to help, offering three specific ways to change our mindsets and attitudes toward the things that we avoid doing.

 

She shares examples from her own life when changing her internal messaging made overcoming a previously insurmountable obstacle much easier–even if it was only for a few hours at a time, at first. She shares how she has been able to meet her goal for the year, and the negative inner dialogues that have kept clients from achieving theirs. 

 

So, members of the “confidence crew,” please tune in to learn a better way to face the challenges in your life by working with your brain’s default settings instead of against them. Not only will you find yourself being more productive, you will have more fun in the process!

 

Quotes

• “Try on what I teach today. See if it fits. It ain’t couture–it’s off the rack. So, if it doesn’t, adjust, my friend.” (4:50 | Leslie)
• “Thank you, brain. I appreciate you keeping me safe and alive. But with this sole purpose, your brain, in its default setting, is hardwired to seek out pleasure and to avoid pain.” (7:50 | Leslie)
• “Sometimes, we just need to get going.” (12:24 | Leslie)
• “It’s human nature to avoid the hard. It is human nature to not even set the goal if we think it’s going to be hard.” (16:08 | Leslie) 
• “A lot of times we can make the journey easier than we originally think if we are willing to consider what that could look like. That, maybe, the one and only way to achieve that goal is, in fact, not, the one and only way.” (17:05 | Leslie) 

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