Hey there, it's Rohan. Have you ever felt stuck? Like you'd really like to make a change in your career

or your personal life, but you just couldn't move. Most of us feel stuck at one point or another.

And here's the interesting part. We actually already have the ability to get on stuck.

So why don't we do it? Our coaching partner better up, suggest that because we fear change,

we talk ourselves out of it. Maybe even overthink or overcomplicate the steps we need to take

to keep ourselves from taking action. Our internal antibodies to change, that is to say fear,

takes over. As a quick reminder, we're collaborating with Better Up by using meditative story

and the episode themes to coach you through challenges like getting stuck. If you're feeling stuck,

Better Up can help because here's what their coaches know. We like to think of ourselves as

rational beings, but what really motivates us is positively charged emotions that act as feedback

loops when we need to act. After today's meditative story, I'll share a brief exercise from Better Up

to kickstart the change you'd like to make in your life.

It's the first time in my life I've removed even a piece of my carefully constructed armor.

But miraculously, I don't feel weak. I don't feel wounded.

I feel more alive than I have in ever. I start to see how sharing vulnerability

in the right place at the right time with the right people can actually accelerate, can actually

deepen friendships, not drive them away.

Keith Ferazi is the author of a classic book about working relationships, called Never Eat Alone.

At his company Ferazi Greenlight, he coaches organizations on new practices, mindsets and behaviors

to transform them from within. His latest book, Competing in the New World of Work,

explores the workplace innovations that have emerged during the pandemic. But before he became

an expert on working relationships, Keith builds emotional armor around himself, to hide his

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