323. The Art Of The "Cute Quit" And Why It's Chipping Away At Your Confidence
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2022
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
My confidence comes from keeping promises to myself. Knowing that I can count on myself and keep my word has been crucial to my success. But, I wasn't always like this. I used to let myself do this thing that I call 'cute quit,' which is where you build up excuses and create a life that reinforces you to give up when things get tough. I've learned how to let go of the busy work and actually dig into the things that make me uncomfortable and help me grow. Now, this isn't a linear process, but in today's episode, I share how you can get started on this journey and build up the muscle of showing up and continuing to do the things that challenge you.
In this episode we talk about:
- How to believe and trust in yourself more
- What happens when you break the promises that you make to yourself
- Facing the deep-rooted fears that I had around writing a book
- Getting honest about busy work vs. work that pushes the needle on your business
- Having an extra layer of accountability to keep you on track with your goals
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EPISODE TIMELINE & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
( 0:49 ) Welcome back to another episode of Powerhouse Women!
( 1:07 ) Lindsey says, "Confidence comes from keeping promises to myself."
( 3:52 ) Lindsey talks about the three times that she wanted to quit her writing workshop and give up on her book idea.
( 4:31 ) Lindsey explains what a "cute quit" is.
( 6:44 ) Lindsey shares how she created a life that reinforced her cute quits.
( 8:13 ) Lindsey says, "When you get to that radical level of self awareness, and when you're willing to be that honest, that's where things change."
( 10:48 ) Lindsey recaps her and Lori's challenge to post everyday on Instagram.
( 13:01 ) Lindsey talks about her community's reaction to her posting more real and unfiltered things on Instagram.
( 14:25 ) Text the word MENTOR to (602) 536-7829 and tell Lindsey what your cute quit looks like and get weekly business and mindset tips.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Anyone that you see doing big things in the world, they're just keeping more promises to themselves than you are. |
| 0:08.9 | That's it. |
| 0:09.5 | They're probably setting more promises as well because now they've built the muscle and they've built the belief they know themselves to be someone they can count on. |
| 0:18.5 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:25.3 | I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, |
| 0:29.3 | and together we'll unlock the confidence and clarity you are looking for |
| 0:33.9 | to help you get out of your own way and into action around your next big idea. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm going to share with you what I have learned about where real confidence comes from. Are you ready? If you've |
| 0:57.6 | ever wondered, gosh, how can I gain more confidence? I just want to be able to believe in myself more. |
| 1:03.1 | This is the answer that has been true for me at least. That confidence comes from keeping promises |
| 1:10.3 | to myself. |
| 1:13.3 | And I'm going to share a little bit more about this today because if you are in a season |
| 1:19.1 | where you honestly need a deeper level of belief in you in order to move forward on your |
| 1:24.9 | big idea, this might be what's missing. |
| 1:29.3 | So I'm going to get real with you because this is an area that I had been so good at in the past letting myself off |
| 1:36.9 | the hook. And what I've learned is that honoring my word, actually making promises that I keep, especially when I don't feel like it, |
| 1:48.0 | is how you build belief in yourself. Because it's like you literally start to know yourself as someone |
| 1:55.3 | that you can count on. So think about this. If you have ever had a friend or someone in your life who keeps giving you their word, |
| 2:04.1 | and maybe it's that they'll attend certain things or, hey, let's get together and then every single time they break that word and they cancel. |
| 2:12.6 | Or they say they're going to show up for you and they don't. Eventually, you come to a conclusion that you |
| 2:18.7 | can't really count on that person, right? And I think so often it's easy to see this in other people |
| 2:24.6 | in our lives, but it's harder to look in the mirror and realize that we do that to ourselves |
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