152 | Overnight Success Is Overrated: Rewiring Your Brain to Keep Showing Up, Even When It's Hard with Mary Marantz

"Most people are going to go to the grave with the music inside of them, unplayed."- Oliver Wendell Holmes. In today's episode, I sit down with author and speaker Mary Marantz for a conversation that will light a fire under you in the best way. Mary shares how she approaches life with urgency, not fear, because she knows the clock is ticking and the dreams in her heart deserve action. Do we truly realize that the more we do hard things, the more we can do hard things? We talk about what it means to stop waiting for the perfect moment, and how your brain can be trained to do hard things on purpose. She discusses Predictive Brain Theory, perfectionism, the desire to fast-forward through the hard parts of chasing your dreams, self-sabotage, and why most people give up before consistency ever kicks in. If you've felt stuck in fear, paralyzed by procrastination, or are just tired of sitting on the sidelines of your own life, this episode will challenge you to stop waiting and go do the thing. Get Mary's Book | Underestimated: The Surprisingly Simple Shift to Quit Playing Small, Name the Fear, and Move Forward Anyway

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