Are you afraid or are you a fraud?

Head over to www.yongpratt.com/236 and chat about being afraid or a fraud.[0:01] Are you afraid or are you a fraud? That is the question we are diving into today, here on episode number 236 of the In a Weekend Podcast. You’ll learn where the idea for today’s podcast came from, a personal story, plus 3 actionable tips. [0:50] Your heart is racing. Your mouth gets dry your hands, they shake uncontrollably. And all you want to do is flee the scene. This, my friends, is fear. It's your fight or flight mechanism at work. It's meant to keep you safe and out of harm's way. Yet sometimes fear stops us or more correctly, we let fear stop us from moving forward on our big dreams. [1:31] Welcome to the in a weekend podcast. I'm your host, Yong Pratt. And this podcast is for you, my fellow dreamers, my fellow podcasters to make your podcasting journey easier and faster than you thought possible. [1:50] Get the backstory on today’s podcast topic and who inspired this episode[3:28] Yong’s story of feeling fear, like a fraud, and stuck on Comparison Island  [5:37] Why Podcast in a Weekend almost didn’t happen [6:56] How Podcast in a Weekend changed the lives of 8 podcasters and what that meant for Yong[8:24] Can you relate to any part of this story? Many women stop themselves from doing big things because it turns out that the fear they're facing is really a fear of them feeling like a fraud.[8:45] It’s time we stop being so hard on ourselves. We need to stop being so hard on one another and learn to support one another in this process of discovery, dreaming big and leaning into our fears so we can get past the fear of feeling like a fraud. [9:10] Today’s action steps to help you figure out whether you're out whether based in you feeling like a fraud. [9:31] Action Step #1  [10:00] Action Step #2  [10:24] Action Step #3  [10:40] Coming up next week: Are you pod pod-crastinating. Head over to www.yongpratt.com/236 and let’s continue the conversation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.