SMALL VICTORIES: Why tiny wins matter more than overnight transformations
LATE BLOOMERS
Rich & Rox Pink
5.0 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of LATE BLOOMERS, Rich and Rox get brutally honest about why we chase fantasy fixes—like crash diets, productivity sprints, or becoming a totally new person overnight—and why those plans always fall apart. From ADHD brains addicted to dopamine and all-or-nothing thinking, to trauma-based shame spirals and the lure of a brand new notebook, we unpack the psychology behind self-sabotage.
But more importantly, we talk about the antidote: small victories. You’ll hear about money meltdowns, fantasy meal plans, unfinished wardrobes, and why building trust with yourself through micro-changes is the only sustainable way to grow.
If you’ve ever thought, “I should have my life together by now”—this one’s for you.
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| 0:00.0 | This week we are talking about small victories and why the tiny wins matter more than the big changes. |
| 0:05.8 | If you are anything like me and you have ADHD or trauma, and you tend to think in black and |
| 0:11.5 | white terms, you've probably tried to restart your life loads of times, whether it's getting |
| 0:16.0 | on top of finances, finally getting organized, losing weight, starting a new hobby and making |
| 0:20.3 | it a life purpose. |
| 0:22.0 | This episode is going to talk about why we do that and how to actually do something more realistic |
| 0:27.0 | and achievable, which is hitting those small victories. |
| 0:30.8 | This is late blooms where we are getting our lives together. |
| 0:35.9 | Eventually. |
| 0:36.6 | I didn't know whether you're going to say eventually or not. |
| 0:38.4 | I always do. You have to trust that I'm going to do eventually. Oh my God. So this is so much about my life. I feel |
| 0:46.6 | personally attacked by this episode already. Yeah, I can, I can see why you would, to be honest. |
| 0:52.1 | So let's talk about the ways in which we, and when I say we, I mean me. |
| 1:00.0 | I mean, I do get it wrong, but like maybe not as much. |
| 1:05.4 | How we get it wrong. |
| 1:07.5 | So it's about imagining that you're going to do a complete change like zero to 100. |
| 1:17.2 | So it's if you want to, you know, lose weight or start building on your fitness. |
| 1:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:25.1 | Rather than doing a walk three times a week, |
| 1:29.4 | you go to gym every single day, cutting out all calves. |
| 1:34.2 | Well, you do. |
| 1:36.1 | I bet a load of our listeners, do you can't just be me. |
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