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The Intentional Advantage

TWE: Why Investing in Yourself is Hard

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6605 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

After talking to my guest, Marshawn, earlier this week, I wanted to point out something powerful she said. “We have two voices we hear in our heads - little me and future me.” If you’ve ever felt those voices pulling you in different directions, making you wonder if you’re worth the investment and opportunity in front of you, today’s episode will help.

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0:00.0

Hello, hello everyone. This is Tanya Dalton, owner of Inquell Press, and I'm here to give you

0:11.1

another episode of The Weekender, a mini episode to help you end your week on the right note.

0:17.9

This week I shared the first half of my interview with Marshawn Evans-Daniels. In her book,

0:22.8

Believe Bigger, she talks about the way we talk to ourselves. She says we have two voices that we hear

0:28.2

in our heads, little me and future me. Little me is the voice of fear, that devious little voice

0:34.8

that pollutes our inner confidence by whispering doubt, worry,

0:38.7

and hesitation. Future Me is the voice that says, let's try this. So Little Me is there saying,

0:45.5

who in the world do you think you are? And Future Me says, go for it. I actually changed up my

0:53.1

plan this week for the mini episode because I noticed

0:56.6

little me whispering to some of you this week. So I wanted to take some time to talk about it.

1:02.5

As you know, my course has opened for enrollment for a short time. And when this happens,

1:07.4

I get a lot of emails, lots of excitement, lots of questions, and lots of

1:12.7

questioning. How can I possibly spend money on myself for this course? I could never spend money

1:19.0

like this on something for myself. And my favorite? Oh, it's too expensive. You should charge

1:25.4

less. Marshawn says we have to identify when

1:29.2

little me is running wild in the corridors of our minds and meddling with our beliefs.

1:34.9

And I see that thread running through a lot of the emails I get. Questions that at their heart are

1:41.1

saying, am I good enough? Do I deserve this? And the answer is, yes. Now, I'm not saying

1:48.8

you have to say yes to my course. That's a decision that's up to you. But yes, you are good enough.

1:54.3

And heck yes, you deserve to invest in you. Next week on the podcast, we're going to continue

1:59.4

talking with Marchand about how investment is a

2:02.8

catalyst for calling that oftentimes we need to change our perspective and see that investing in

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