Are you overwhelmed by all the self-improvement advice out there? Every book, every podcast, every social media post is telling you a different thing you should be doing and all those things might leave you feeling exactly the same as when you started.
My guest today has spent the last decade interviewing more than 700 top performers to figure out what actually moves the needle. His book has hundreds of strategies, but I picked out the five that work best for anyone who wants to build confidence, reduce anxiety, or become a stronger version of themselves.
My guest is Ryan Hawk, host of The Learning Leader Show and USA Today bestselling author. His new book is The Price of Becoming.
Some of the things we discuss are:
Why confidence comes from evidence and how it transfers to every other area of your life
Why it's okay to copy other people when you're starting out (and the surprising fact about The Beatles that proves it).
Curiosity as a skill disguised as a personality trait and why Ryan says it might be his number one love language.
The line Ryan's dad said that reframes almost every anxious thought
The Adam Sandler story about the professor who told him he'd never make it and the surprising way Sandler chose to remember him
The difference between "clean fuel" and "dirty fuel"
The three journaling prompts Ryan uses every night to compound growth over time
The Therapist's Take: M quick take on how to apply each strategy starting today
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