On today's episode of the podcast, I want to talk to you all about the value in learning from children and how we can apply their lessons to our own lives, especially as we get older and stuck in our ways. Children learn by pushing buttons, opening things, and asking a million questions. And while we might not be kids anymore, we still have that ability to tap into that inner kid. As adults, many of us believe that we've seen and done it all, and it can be especially hard to reignite that spark that gets us out of bed in the morning.

In a time in our lives when fear handicaps us and the prospect of failure prevents us from acting in the first place, it can be helpful to take note of what kids do. Like them, you can start embracing curiosity, excitement, fear, and failure. And like children, you will realize that you can't help but progress and change. When we're kids, we're constantly growing; it's practically a given. As we reach adulthood, however, growth becomes a choice, and one that's not as easy. So listen in to today's episode, and learn how you too can shut down your inner critic, open yourself up to change, and be better than you were yesterday.

The Finer Details of This Episode:

• The importance of curiosity and excitement
• Welcoming fear
• Forgetting failure
• Celebrating the little wins
• Why growth is a choice

Quotes:

"They push buttons, they open drawers, they ask a million questions. They come up with hypotheses about everything."

"I can't tell you how many times I work with clients, and the question is: where do you want to go from here? What do you want? And the answer is: 'I don't know. I have no idea.' The only way to move through that question and get to the other side, is to be curious."

"We have the capacity to accept or to surrender to that fear and to dive into something new."

"I learned a long time ago that I suck at celebrating little wins. If you are an ambitious, driven human, which I know a lot of you are, then it's easy to get caught up in the next thing."

"Kids are constantly growing when we're young. It doesn't take a conscious effort, right? It's this natural progression. They are learning and growing every day, but as we get older, growth becomes a choice."

"So I want you to turn off the inner critic, 'Bitchy Betty', whatever you call her in your head, and I want you to take a shot at a new challenge. Be open to change. Choose how you want to be better today than you were yesterday, even when it's hard or scary."

Links:

She Doesn't Settle Podcast

She Doesn't Settle - The Experience

She Doesn't Settle on Instagram

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