How To Get Yourself Unstuck with Dr. Nneka Unachukwu

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Self-improvement, Business, Management, Education

4.8 • 602 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

We are often sold on comfort in today's society, but discomfort is actually necessary for achieving growth and success. I've got Dr. Nneka Unachukwu on the show to talk about becoming strategic in handling discomfort and understanding that every piece of pain has a purpose. We highlight the importance of getting unstuck by making choices and then taking action. We also address the challenges of looking within to confront internal wounds and the value of observing situations without letting emotions get in the way. The hard times in life can feel dark and hopeless, but they can also lead to growth and positive changes.

In this episode you'll learn:

How can I get unstuck?
What are some tips for finding purpose in difficult experiences?
What is a self-audit?
How can I recover from failure?

Topics Covered: self-audit for professional growth, embracing discomfort, growth, trying new things, opportunity to learn, getting unstuck, building resilience, importance of discomfort, seeking comfort, recovering from failure, forgiveness, resistance points, word of the year, personal growth, strong mindset, pain with a purpose, reflection muscle, evolution, becoming an observer

Key Moments in the Show:

[04:34] Why We Feel Stuck

[06:35] Why You Actually Aren't Achieving Your Goals

[11:01] How to Be an Observer in Your Own Life

[14:30] Why Growth Means Failure

[18:36] Why We Need to Stop Searching for Comfort

[21:28] Real Talk About Marriage and Life

[24:38] How to Extract Lessons in Midst of Hard Times

[34:03] Reflection Exercise with Questions

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0:00.0	I had come to this place where I had accomplished a lot of things that I wanted to accomplish.
0:05.0	And I became stuck because I had become this person who could accomplish things,
0:11.0	but I'll need to become another version of me to accomplish the new things.
0:15.0	And I was stuck because this version of me has done everything this version of me can do.
0:19.0	So here I am stuck, not realizing that I created
0:23.6	the quote unquote stuckness.
0:24.9	Evolution needs to happen.
0:26.8	That means that we have to evolve.
0:29.0	And not just we, our brains have to evolve.
0:32.4	We have to shift the way we're doing life, we're doing work.
0:36.8	And if we are resistant to that, it's no surprise that we feel stuck.
0:41.9	We like to say, oh, it's the economy, it's my team, it's my kids.
0:46.5	Whatever it is, there's always an external excuse when really a lot of it is looking inside
0:51.6	of ourselves and saying, hey, what's going on here?
0:59.6	Hello, hello, everyone, and welcome to the Intentional Advantage podcast. I'm your host, Tanya Dalton. This is episode 291. We have been having some fantastic conversations.
1:06.9	If you'll recall, this season, I'm not doing interviews. There's no script. There's no meeting ahead of time
1:13.6	and knowing what the questions and answers are. It's all conversations. And today, today is a great
1:20.5	conversation because we are going to be talking about how we create our own stock. We're going to be talking about radical responsibility
1:29.9	because we're going to be talking a lot about self-auditing and that process of reflection,
1:36.0	what that looks like, how it helps us, how you can do it, and really building our muscles,
1:42.7	not those muscles, building different kinds of muscles.
1:46.1	Today, I have one of my favorite people on the show, Dr. Neka Una Chukwu.
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