EP 4: How To Make Progress

Today's episode kicks off a 4-part series where I will be talking about the core values of my work here at Simple Prospering. I work with many different types of service-based businesses, and have run a few different types myself, but no matter what the business does, these 4 values describe the kind of container I would love to see all businesses existing within because they are the values that make for healthy business ecosystems, and healthy humans who operate within those ecosystems. So regardless of what it is you do in your work, these 4 values provide great compass points for any of us who are self-employed or running a small business. In today's episode I will tuck into value number 1: Make progress! That might sound like, "duh", but it is the thing we often bump up against when working for ourselves. I discuss the trap of the 3 P's (perfectionism, procrastination and paralysis), the growth mindset, the difference between being in motion vs. being in action, and the difference between interest-curiosity and deprivation-curiosity. This episode comes with exercises you can try out yourself to get out of any of those 3 P's. You can find more of my work here: simpleprospering.com SHOW NOTES Dr. Carol Dweck: https://profiles.stanford.edu/carol-dweck James Clear on Taking Action: https://jamesclear.com/taking-action Dr. Judson Brewer book Unwinding Anxiety: https://drjud.com/book/ Jordan A. Litman and Paul J. Silvia study on interest and deprivation curiosity dimensions: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16740115/