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10 Essential Principles for Overcoming Tough Times | Strategies for Hard Days
Episode 36

10 Essential Principles for Overcoming Tough Times | Strategies for Hard Days

The Elevated Coach Podcast

October 4, 202418m 10s

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Key takeaways:

  • Challenges are a feature of life, not a bug.
  • Building a coaching business requires resilience and problem-solving skills.
  • What you do in tough days shapes your extraordinary days.
  • It's essential to do less of what got you here and more of what will take you forward.
  • Worrying is counterproductive; choose to dance instead.
  • Use emotions as a barometer for your thoughts.
  • Practice negative visualization to gain perspective.
  • Generosity helps you get beyond yourself.
  • Embrace the chaos of life and surrender to the outcome.
  • Community support is vital for sustainable growth.


Sound bites:

"Problems, challenges are a feature of life, not a bug."

"You need to suck it up my friend."

"What you do in tough days determines extraordinary days."


Time stamps:

00:00 Introduction: Building Resilience in a Coaching Business

03:22 Chapter 1: Responding Positively in Tough Situations

05:42 Chapter 3: Dancing Instead of Worrying

07:56 Chapter 5: Being the Ocean, Not the Waves

11:46 Chapter 7: Understanding Life Happens for You, Not to You

14:06 Chapter 8: Practicing Negative Visualization

14:34 Chapter 9: Getting Beyond Yourself by Being of Service

15:23 Chapter 10: Embracing the Mayhem of Life

16:21 Chapter 11: Surrendering to the Outcome

16:46 Chapter 12: Being Part of a Community or Membership

Topics

challengesresiliencecoachingmindsetpersonal growthlife lessonsmental fortitudecommunityentrepreneurshipself-improvement