Hi, I'm your host, Tracy Otsuka.

Welcome to our Monday shift.

Every Monday, I'll be sharing one short, prescriptive episode

builds around a single idea that can help you see yourself, your ADHD,

and or your situation differently.

Let's get started.

How many times have you told yourself? How many times have you told yourself, I'll do it when I feel more confident.

When I feel ready, I will apply for that job. When I feel more confident, I'll start the business.

When I believe in myself more, I'll have that hard conversation.

Look, we spend so much of our lives waiting to feel ready.

More confident, more certain, more qualified.

But what if we've had it backwards all along and confidence doesn't actually come first?

What if it comes after we take the risk,

after we try, and after we realize we did the scary thing and we did not die? Today, we're going

to stop waiting for confidence and we're going to start building it. Let's find our sud score.

I want you to tune in to how you're feeling right now.

Quiet that mind, focus in on your body, and on a scale from zero, as calm as you've ever

felt, to 10, as distressed as you've ever felt, what is your set score?

Your sud score, it's just a quick snapshot of your current state. No judgment

is allowed, but I want you to write it down so you don't forget it. I want you to be able to compare

your beginning set score with your ending set score. Now, let's set an intention for today. How about this?

Today I choose action over waiting. Next, we're going to create an identity around this intention. We're going to ask, who can I be in this intention? Well, how about this? I am the kind of person who builds confidence by taking action, not by waiting to feel ready.

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