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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

934: Building Confidence by Facing Fears with Michelle Poler

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Decisions, Interview, Selfhelp, Fun, Speaking, Education, Careers, Skills, Money, Training, Meaning, Career, Thinking, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Success, Collaboration, Winning, Self-improvement, Mockaitis, Writing, Development, Wins

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Poler shares her epic story and strategies for facing fears head-on. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to instantly flip your fear perspective 

2) Why to dare being disliked 

3) The distinction between being brave versus fearless 


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— ABOUT MICHELLE — 

As the Founder of Hello Fears, Michelle Poler has created a social movement empowering millions to step outside of their comfort zone and tap into their full potential. She has inspired some of the world’s most influential organizations including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many more. Poler is also the creator of the project 100 Days Without Fear and her work has been featured on CBS, CNN and Buzzfeed, among many others.

• Book: Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be (Motivational Self-Confidence Book for Women and Men) 

• Instagram: @hellofears 

• Website: 100DaysWithoutFear.com  

• Website: MichellePoler.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Maybe by Kobi Yamada 

• Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield 

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to be Awesome at your Job Podcast.

0:04.0

If you accept who you are, you give yourself permission to just be you,

0:12.0

there will not be any imposter syndrome that can stop you.

0:17.0

So next time you're about to do something scary, something that is worth it, but it's outside of your comfort zone, ask yourself what's the best that can happen.

0:26.0

And that is the one thing that will encourage you to take action.

0:30.0

Never make decisions based on fear.

0:33.0

If only fear is what's holding you back,

0:36.0

then you definitely have to go for it.

0:39.0

That's Michelle Polar.

0:41.0

She's encouraged millions of people to step out of their comfort zones, face their fears,

0:45.0

and tap into their full potential with her speaking,

0:48.0

100 Days Without Fear Project,

0:50.0

and her book, Hello Fears.

0:52.0

So you'll learn one, how to instantly flip your fear perspective.

0:55.4

Two, why to dare being disliked?

0:58.0

And three, the distinction between being brave

1:00.9

versus being fearless.

1:02.3

I'm Pete McKitus. This is how to be

1:04.0

awesome at your job and now here's Michelle. Michelle welcome.

1:08.3

Hello. Thank you for having me. I'm excited to hear so much of your story and your pro tips.

1:14.4

Could you kick us off by giving us the whole scoop on the 100 days without fear

1:19.4

project? Yeah, where should I start? I mean, this is 2015. I moved to New York to do a master's in branding at the School of Visual Arts and I realized that I was not living life to the fullest, that I was living inside of my comfort zone,

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