Welcome to day four of the five-day growth challenge. We're nearing the end of our celebration with our 500th episode and our fifth anniversary of our podcast. Today we're going to be talking about something that's often overlooked, but it's incredibly powerful. Restarting. Whether it's a project, a routine, or even your mindset, knowing when and how to restore it can make all the difference. And as always,

if you leave a review during this challenge, you'll be entered to win $500. So stick around until the

end for your action step. I'm going to be sharing my five-part restart framework, which I created

not just to help you restart, but to stay on track and plan for challenges. Now, I'm going to name

the first five before diving into each one so that you can follow along. And step one is to remove

feelings of shame and self-doubt. Step two is to identify the lessons learned. Step three is to

create your restart plan. Step four is to take action and keep going and step five. Well,

no, you're going to have to wait and see what the last and final glorious step is. Hey, how's that for a

cliffhanger? Okay, so let's start with step number one. Remove feelings of shame and self-judgment.

I want to prioritize this step because of a concept known as

emotional readiness. This means being mentally and emotionally prepared to grow from your

past experiences. Feelings of shame and self-judgment, those can absolutely cloud your ability

to reflect on what happened. So we have to remove those feelings first. Okay, so what does this

really mean? Your feelings can slow. Your feelings can stop your success. Not facts, not talent,

not potential, not grit. Feelings. When you feel embarrassed about the past, your mind literally stops you from showing up

to fully avoid the potential of shame and self-judgment and embarrassment again. But feelings are

fleeting. Feelings change. Just because I'm feeling like people are looking at my second attempt,

it doesn't make it true. Just because I feel shame like people are looking at my second attempt, it doesn't make it true.

Just because I feel shame about the past doesn't mean that other people are, in fact, shaming me.

So why am I saying this?

Because I'm begging you not to index your life based on feelings and assume that just because you feel it, it makes it true. In fact, more often than not,

our feelings are misguided. Instead of letting our emotions push us around, what if we removed

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