Get Out of Your Damn Way with Dr. Amy Boyd
Get Out of Your Damn Way is a podcast to help women to silence the inner mean girl and get shit done. Do you have big dreams you are chasing, but when you consider taking action, that inner bitch sits on your shoulder telling you all the reasons why you can’t? Things like, “you don’t have anything meaningful to say”, “you don’t deserve a seat at the table”, or “you aren’t smart enough to do this”, so you just end up complaining to your partner, deciding you’ll just scroll social media instead, or mutter to yourself, “she’s right” as you pour yourself a big-ass glass of wine?
If you have been wishing you could tell your inner mean girl to sit down and shut up, but you can’t seem to keep her quiet, then Dr. Amy Boyd is here to help. This podcast gets to the root of why you can’t seem to get out of your damn way, and it lies in that beautiful brain of yours… your thoughts.Since 2017 her company “Write the Damn Dissertation” has helped over 10,000 women make progress on their doctoral dissertations, and yet we all have "dissertations" that never get written, painted, performed, created, spoken, or shared. Inspired by coaching conversations with high performing women, we talk about what life looks like chasing dreams and reaching goals while preventing the bitchy inner mean girl from flying the plane. To learn more about the show, download the show notes, and to access her free “Silence the Inner Mean Girl” video course, and more, visit getoutofyourdamnway.com.
Get Out of Your Damn Way with Dr. Amy Boyd
Episode 4: Tapping in to future you
In order to create new results, you must create a new identity that matches the results that you want.
So, how do you change your identity?
Step 1: Decide on the type of person you want to be.
What's your goal? You get to decide. But in the first step, you need to know who you need to become in order to change your identity.
Step 2: Visualize the new you.
This is a great example I like to share about Jim Carey. When he was on Oprah, he shared the story that when he was a struggling actor, he wrote a check to himself for 10 million dollars postdated ten years from then. He carried it in his wallet and was being the well paid actor. He was being the well-paid actor while he was struggling to get work. Ten years later, he was signed to "Dumb and Dumber" for 10 million dollars.
BE – think about the type of person you want to be, how you want to be treated like, how you want to treat others and how you approach things like your challenges, relationships, finances, health and personal development.
Think about the type of attitude, values, character and beliefs you need to have to be that person.
When you are clear about who you want to be, you will have little to no issues in finding out what you need to do.
DO – now that you have established the type of person you want to be. Make a list of things and actions that you must take to fulfill the role of the person you are working on becoming.
You can even take it further by changing the way you dress, talk and interact with others. Do the necessary work, in order to have (achieve your goal).
HAVE – once you are being the person you want to be, you will start acting and making decisions that will bring or attract what you want to have. Having is the result of you being and doing.
HAVE, DO, BE (the way we were taught)
Once I have the experience, then I will apply for the promotion I've always wanted... then I will be happy.
BE, DO, HAVE
I am being the person who already has the promotion.. therefore I am going to show up every day as if I already have that promotion, and I'm happy because I know that my getting the promotion is inevitable.
BE the person, that can DO what it takes to reach the HAVE (the goal).
BE: Embody that next level version of YOU. (You.2.0)
Get clear about what this looks like.
- How does she act?
- How does she make her decisions?
- How does she FEEL on a day to day basis?
- What are her DAILY HABITS?
DO: Make decisions and take action as the next level version of you.
Get clear about what this looks like.
- Would she take better care of her health?
- Would she prioritize self care, and schedule it into her calendar?
- Would she be confident in knowing that her success is INEVITABLE?
- Would she invest in her dissertation process by hiring a coach/an editor/in childcare?
- Would she take more risks?
HAVE: Always connect to this version and make decisions as her now.
Feel your feelings and hold the higher vision - learn to trust your inner guidance and your higher self
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Keep chasing those dreams. Sending you love.