590 - Take One Tiny Leap Per Week

In this episode, we look at three tiny yet effective ways to practice self-love, even when you’re busy and exhausted. Sponsor: http://blinkist.com/tinyleaps The Problem The process of growth and personal development can be both challenging and rewarding. On the one hand you realize how much power and control you truly have over the direction your life goes. You realize that all big changes come from the tiny leaps you take every day. And you realize that that means that if you can just focus on your tiny leaps each day, you can in some small way direct the outcomes you gain from this life. On the other hand, you recognize how difficult it is to actually show up each day and take those tiny leaps. You start to see how much internal work needs to go into taking external action. You face failure and pain and sacrifice and all along the way question whether or not you even know what you’re doing. Because truly you’re just making it up and everyone else knows but you’re clueless. Digging Deeper Back in episode 584 I spoke about overwhelm and the role it plays in personal development. I also spoke about how that overwhelm came from our prefrontal cortex being overstimulated. This is an obvious outcome to a culture defined by working too much, not sleeping enough, and reaching for that ever elusive holy grail of productivity. The Solution I want to encourage you to adopt a new approach to your self-help journey. Keep setting goals, keep finding your first tasks. Keep taking action. However, when you start to take that action I’d like you to focus in the beginning on just taking one tiny leap each week. Instagram: http://instagram.com/tinyleaps