Season 1 · Episode 13
S1 Ep09 - Building Self-Trust
Zen Habits Podcast · Leo Babauta
October 11, 202326m 6s
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Show Notes
What could you create in your life if you had more self-trust? What would it feel like to have more self-trust, and how do we cultivate more of it?
In this episode, we will talk about why cultivating more self-trust is essential for going deeper into our meaningful work, where we get stuck in creating more of it, and how we can continue to create more trust in ourselves.
Topics Covered
- Leo shares a listener's experience, highlighting the concept that success and failure are part of the process of developing self-trust
- How our thoughts and narratives about our actions play a significant role in our self-trust
- The process of growth involves stepping into the unknown, making mistakes, and learning from them
- Building trust in oneself is essential for taking on new challenges, expanding one's horizons, and approaching tasks with ease
- Trust allows individuals to navigate uncertainty and trust that they can handle whatever comes their way
- The episode discusses practical examples of building self-trust, such as Leo's experience with writing and speaking on stage
- The importance of taking action and not getting stuck in avoidance techniques like excessive planning or seeking external validation
- Leo shares his experience of leading a retreat in Costa Rica and how he practiced trust in himself during that process
- Encouragement for listeners to ask themselves what they would do if they fully trusted themselves and took action based on that trust
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Credits
Intro music composition: Salem Beladonna & Robrecht Dumarey
Editor: Justin Cruz