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Shameless Leadership

111: Why I Had to go to the Philippines

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Self-improvement, How To, Business, Management, Education

4.7800 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I’m just a few days back from a life-changing week in the Philippines. This journey half way around the world was not an easy choice for me. But it was the right choice, and I’m so glad I did it.    I left on this trip alone, sick, and feeling pretty intimidated. I returned with a new tribe, with newly inspired motivation in multiple areas of my life, and filled with gratitude for such a powerful and positive experience.    Tune in to hear me share:   How I have failed miserably with transitions and new experiences in the past My 4 goals leading up to this trip The dilemma of the Imposter Syndrome (for me and everyone) Why you should take a chance on new and uncomfortable experiences Suggestions on how to start taking steps outside your comfort zone in order to find your tribe   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 1111. Show notes for this episode can be found by going to

0:05.6

shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode one one one. Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your

0:15.7

host, Sarah Dean, and I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms the tools you need to bridge the gap

0:21.5

between motherhood and living the life of your dreams. I'm also here to help you be a little more

0:26.4

shameless every day, because if you aren't building a life, you're extraordinarily proud of,

0:31.0

what kind of legacy are you building? So let's dive in. Hello, shameless moms.

0:38.9

I'm happy to be here because I'm back in the United States and I barely have a voice,

0:43.5

but I'm home and I'm getting well rested.

0:45.7

So I just spent about a week in the Philippines.

0:49.3

And if you recall, that was preceded by a week in Hawaii.

0:52.9

So I was in Hawaii.

0:53.6

I was home for like four days and then went to the Philippines.

0:56.8

So my body does not have any idea what time zone is in.

0:59.2

So it doesn't even matter that we had daylight savings because my body is like totally on

1:03.8

its own time system regardless.

1:06.0

So I spent a week in the Philippines at a conference called Tropical Think Tank.

1:10.4

And I have to tell you, I signed up for this conference and I was a little bit nervous because I felt like I might be a little bit out of my league.

1:18.2

And also going to the Philippines is really far away.

1:21.5

I was worried I was going to have a panic attack on the plane because I was going to be in the air for so many hours and possibly worrying

1:28.0

about being that far from my family. And I was worried I was going to feel very stuck and out of

1:32.5

control on such a long flight. So the flight was on my way there. It was a 13-hour flight out

1:37.9

of Seattle. And then an hour and a half layover in Taipei, and then a three-hour flight from

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