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Paul McKenna's positivity podcast.

Welcome to unlocking the lockdown.

In this podcast, we're going to be looking at how you can get motivated to get back out into the world and get back to work.

Motivation and confidence are habits, enabling you to get back to work and also feeling control of your own destiny.

We can't control everything that's ever going to happen to us, but we have a big say in how

we think and feel, and that's the key to success, both at home, at work, and of course, your

new life post-lockdown. In this podcast, not only do I want to help you return confidently to work, but also to pinpoint

and achieve your goals.

In the lockdown, many people haven't been thinking big.

Their world has shrunk and they've been focused on surviving.

Now's the time to step out of that mindset.

You see, confidence is really a simple term for being comfortable

in your own skin and feeling optimistic about life. I know people who are extremely confident,

but they want to be even better, or as athletes call it, they want to be in the zone. Musicians call it

being in the groove, psychologists call it being in the flow, when you're in a peak state of

performance.

And I'd like to teach you that motivated, confident habit.

Before we do that, let's weigh up the risks and the rewards.

Taking risks is an essential part of your journey towards success, but I've learned from my work

with high achievers and top athlete that there's a tremendous difference between confident risk-taking and foolish

acts of self-endagement. Too many people stop themselves from doing something because it seems

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