The Self-Development Podcast

Many content creators or those thinking to become content creators often feel intimidated by the idea of sharing what they know or have with the rest of the world online. Maybe you want to start a blog or podcast but thinking about the number of people to whom you will be exposing your ideas to... makes you want to give up before you start. In this episode, I talk about one way to overcome this fear by focusing on creating content for an audience of one.

Today, I want to just give you a few words of encouragement. If you have been following this podcast for some time, you more than likely are someone that is also in the process of pursuing life-changing goals. It is not easy. It takes time to get the kind of results you end up being happy with. People around you change. Sometimes making a process that is already difficult... even harder. Trust me, I get it. You are not alone in this. And hopefully, in this episode, I can encourage to maintain focus on what matters most

I believe that progress is the only metric you can use to measure success or how closely you are moving towards succeeding at something. This is why my mantra is to make progress and not excuses. Because without progress there is no way you can possibly succeed at anything. Now before we can begin to measure progress, we must first learn to understand what it is or what it looks like. In this episode we take a look at the two types of progress and the important relationship they have to one another.

In this episode, we pick up from where we left off in the last episode. Listeners share their thoughts, questions, and advice on dealing with challenges while pursuing goals.

In this episode, listeners talk about some of the challenges they face pursuing goals. They offer their advice and share what they learned about overcoming some of these challenges.

If you know me, you know that I'm all for using books as an essential component of your self-development process. It is unwise and quite unproductive to believe that you don't need the knowledge and experience of those who have accomplished the same goals you intend to pursue. They have figured out the obstacles... they have identified key focus points... and they put all that in books. In this podcast episode, I provide a couple of tips on how to get started with books and provide a few book recommendations.

Mastery is the highest level you can ever reach when trying to be good at something. We will be mostly focusing on Mastery as it applies to skills and the pursuit of goals. Making the effort to get better at something eventually opens up opportunities you would never knew existed. Because the process of reaching for mastery is all about going deeper into a skill or industry. Learning more, experiencing more, and eventually "becoming more". We will look at 5 qualities we can work on to help us get to Mastery.

I often talk a lot about the importance of making daily progress towards your goals. In this episode, I describe how I do it using an activity planner. It is a simple tool, yet there are numerous benefits to using them. There is also a link below to a sample activity planner to help you get started.

Human beings are creatures of habit. What we will do today won’t deviate much from what we did yesterday or maybe even the past 5 years. Understanding and appreciating this is key in helping us align ourselves to goals we desire to accomplish. Because it is these habits that produce specific and predictable outcomes. If we change our habits, we can change our outcomes. In this episode, we take a deeper look at repetition and why we should be aware of its impact on the progress we make towards our personal goals.

We should never forget that no matter how we feel about it, change is inevitable. With change comes disruption and new opportunities. It is important to train yourself to see these opportunities. You never know what kind of positive impact they may have on