47 Allowing the Empowering Struggle
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English - March 16, 2021 09:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBEntrepreneurship Business Education Self-Improvement business change beagoodleader bluecollar bluecollarcoach businessgrowth businessowner growingabusiness growth howtobeagreatleader Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
There will always be struggles in life, business, and leadership. Anyone who is driven knows this, and honestly, most of us try to eliminate it. I’ve been there myself, but today, I want to help us get some clarity around allowing these struggles to happen. Similar to last week when we talked about maximizing our learning experiences, I’m going to break down how we can use our struggles to empower ourselves to overcome challenges.
So let’s dive right into the topic and learn how to begin love and respect ourselves enough to allow the empowering struggle.
[00:01 - 05:26] Opening Segment
Welcome back! I introduce today’s topic Allowing the Empowering Struggle Struggles are inevitable It’s natural to want to eliminate them We can learn from them Listen to episode 10 There are two types of struggles Empowering struggles Destructive struggles Allowing the good, eliminating the bad Sharing my struggles through my book
[05:27 - 13:05] Allowing the Empowering Struggle
Love and respect yourself Honor yourself to look for challenges Where are your empowering struggles? Your team Your family Your authorities Allowing others to have their own empowering Struggle Society is programmed to eliminate Struggle We need Struggle to grow The challenge of driven leaders You might be a ‘fixer’ Adopting powerful, independent thinking Eliminating struggle leads to eliminating Growth Let’s frame out what we want from Struggle Story of me and Kristy
[14:15 - 16:22] Closing Segment
When you try to eliminate Struggle The house analogy You can’t eliminate life Allow the empowering experience Embracing the experience through the struggle Eliminate the lack of honor from learning Please write us a review and share this with someone Email the review to me and get a FREE BOOK [email protected] Final Words
Tweetable Quotes:
“I believe there are two types of struggles. There are empowering struggles and there are destructive struggles… Maybe I’m not trying to eliminate all struggles in my life, maybe I’m just trying to eliminate the destructive struggle.” - Kenny Chapman
“Love and respect yourself enough to seek the struggle… seek the empowering struggle” - Kenny Chapman
“When we eliminate struggle, what else do we eliminate? We eliminate some lessons, we eliminate Growth, ultimately, we eliminate life.
Resources Mentioned:
Using Resistance to Your Advantage The Six Dimensions of Change [email protected]
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