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EPISODE · May 12, 2026 · 16 MIN

059: You’re Doing Everything Right… So Why Does It Still Feel Hard?

from Born To Be Brilliant · host Lucy Shrimpton

This episode is for the people who do everything right and still feel like they’re pushing water uphill. If you’re someone who implements, follows through, shows up consistently and ticks every box, and yet the results still don’t quite match the effort, this conversation is going to land for you. Because the answer to that gap is almost never what people expect it to be. In this episode I talk about the invisible friction that high achievers experience even when their strategy is sound, the difference between doing the right things and doing them from the right place, and why the energy underneath your action determines your results more than the action itself ever could. I also share something from my own experience of spending years pushing something into a shape that wasn’t quite mine, and the moment I understood what it actually means for the weight to get lighter even when the load stays the same. This is one of the most important conversations I think a business owner can have with themselves right now, and it leads somewhere worth going. Links mentioned in this episode: Join me live at the webinar, Get Out Of Your Own Way, Thursday 21st May at 11am: https://www.lucyshrimpton.com/webinar Join the e-School waitlist and be first to know when doors open: https://www.lucyshrimpton.com/membership Read the accompanying article: https://www.lucyshrimpton.com/podblog  

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