INTRO
Life coaches should have their act together, right? After all, they offer support to others on how to live well. They hold themselves up as someone to possibly emulate. In this episode, I open up about my own struggles to focus and follow through on one thing. Maybe, it’s because I don’t fit well into a standard box? And we look at imposter syndrome, how to live large, and stories of ordinary people doing cool things to make a difference.

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT

• People in the digital world try to create a ‘brand’
• The struggle to nail down the ‘one thing’ you do
• Is having 13 irons in the fire, worse than only 2?
• Life coaches and mentors experience the imposter syndrome
• Showing confidence doesn’t mean you always are confident
• Self-doubt may be built into your DNA
• It’s also reinforced by your upbringing
• You can walk with it successfully
• “What if I’m wrong?”
• “What if no one wants to know?”
• The tendency to place more weight on other’s ideas
• Education involves absorbing other’s ideas
• The fear of having your own ideas rejected
• Accepting who you are now as well
• Society isn’t warm to being vulnerable or failing
• Being a better person - you go first
• We all have a lot of potential
• Maybe we don’t all have the same level of potential
• We can waste a lot of it, though
• Having a direction for personal growth, not a destination
• “Expand all the way to the end” (RB)
• Living a larger life - connection with others
• Our lives are also not just our own
• We live in various communities
• Reconnecting with my birth mother
• Falling in love with my Dad again
• “The better the quality of our connections…the larger our lives can be.” (RB)
• The practical elements of better connecting
• Make more of a difference
• John Wood
• The Minimalists
• Brené Brown
• Chefs for Compassion
• Sea Cleaners
• Richard in Budapest
• Rob’s Solo world trip in 2016
• Become more aware
• Start doing small things

How to Work This Into Your Life

1. Accept that it’s OK not to be perfect
2. Accept that you are a combination of all your strengths, weaknesses, ups, and downs.
3. All of it is you.
4. Try not to teach or lead out of what you know.
5. Instead, teach or lead out of who you are.
6. The real you offers more value than a constructed brand or curated expertise.
7. Be appropriately honest with those you work alongside, serve through your work, or live with.
8. Show your questions and doubts as part of the mix of your offer.