#54: Soothe the overwhelm with the 1% question
The Academic Imperfectionist
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How to Steer the Right Course Between Being a Walkover and Being an Arrogant Asshole
In episode 4, I talked about how you can use appropriately assertive role models to help you steer the right course. Today, I want to talk about another strategy that I found helpful and that I've used with coaching clients. It was inspired by a guided yoga-nidra track by Jennifer Piersi on the Insight Timer app. She said see if you can do something to make yourself 5% more comfortable. And I thought, wow, what a fantastic, evocative prompt. Since listening to that, I've used this thinking myself when trying to make improvements that can seem overwhelming - and in coaching sessions too.
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