How to recognize it’s time to make a change in your business and how I’ve approached my personal growth.
In this episode, I open up and answer your burning questions in another round of Ask Me Anything.
I talk about everything from when to know if it’s time to pivot in your business to staying on track with my health and fitness goals to my thoughts on zodiac signs. Get to know me, Kasey Jo Orvidas, better as I reveal all in this unfiltered episode.
Everything I share in this episode stems from the growth mindset I have carefully and intentionally cultivated for myself, so my approach to things like life’s problems is rooted in a growth mindset.
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Episode Highlights
>>(2:25) How to know when it’s the right time to pivot in your business.
>>(8:25) A recent change I’ve made to improve myself and how that impacted those around me.
>>(12:14) Thoughts on getting back on track with workouts and nutrition.
>>(17:35) What is HMCC L2? Giving you details on my new(ish) offer.
>>(20:02) My thoughts on horoscope readings and zodiac signs, considering I have a PhD. in psychology.
>>(24:04) The biggest factor for the success of my business.
>>(26:12) Sharing my hobbies and my zero-options mentality with hobbies.
>>(28:31) Advice on consistently working toward your goals when you’re surrounded by people who don’t have any goals.
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Episode’s Full Transcript
 Hello my friends, and welcome back to not another Mindset show. I’m your host, Dr. Kasey Jo. My goal with this podcast is to take the science of mindset and behavior change and distill it down into actionable takeaways for you. Together we’re gonna unpack research around motivations, self-sabotage, willpower, and so much more, and we’re going to take all of that and translate it into strategies you can immediately apply to your health fitness.
Relationships, business, marketing clients, all of the things. But just to be clear, it’s not all serious and sciencey around here. We’re gonna have a ton of fun too, and I’m so excited to share all of this with you. All right, let’s go ahead and get into the episode friends, and welcome back to not another mindset show.
Today we’ve got another Ask Me Anything episode, which I had so much fun with this one last time, and I’m happy. That you guys are continuing to submit questions. We can do more episodes like this. I have a handful of questions here that I pulled both from an Instagram story question box that I put up, and also the q and a form for the podcast, which you can find in the show notes in.
I’m pretty sure all of the episodes have it in the show notes, but definitely this episode. So if you listen to this or if you have a burning question for me, please put it into the form. The form that is linked in the show notes of this episode. This can be. Questions on obviously mindset, behavior, change, coaching.
It can be more personal questions for me about my life, my goals, like those are fun for me to answer to. And I love to just be able to share more about myself because then I know you guys are more connected to me When you get to hear more about just like, who is Casey Joe, outside of being a mindset researcher.
So feel free, anything goes. Um, you wanna talk about business girl? I could talk about business all day, all day. So anything that comes up for you, especially after you listen to this episode, please ask, use that question form that is in the show notes of this episode. You’ll see that q and a form where you can submit questions so I can answer yours next time.
Okay, so these are literally copy pasted questions from you guys. Picked a handful of them. The first one is how do I know when it’s the right time to pivot in my business? I wanna say the very first thing that comes up for me with this question is if you’re asking this question, you probably already know the answer.
If you’re thinking about pivoting to the point that you’re asking other people, there’s a reason you’re thinking that. And I think you need to trust yourself probably, and I say this also kind of speaking from experience, which I will share more about in a second, but you have to know too that if you don’t make the decision to pivot, then the decision will probably be made for you.
So either way, a decision’s going to get made. However, if you’re allowing the decision to be made for you, it’s probably going to be done in a less favorable way than you making the decision to do it on your own. Because if you are. If you’re not feeling good about the current offer structure, whatever of your business, the the reason why you might be considering pivoting, it’s not aligned for you anymore.
You’re probably gonna be less excited to be talking about the stuff that you’re selling and the things that you’re doing because it doesn’t feel great to you anymore, and you have these thoughts of pivoting. So if you’re in this place though, how, how do you expect to be super successful if you yourself is not fully bought in to what you’re doing?
How do you expect other people to be bought in and actual, and, and literally buy from you? It’s going to be tough, if not impossible. So that’s what I mean by the decision being made for you. So, I mean, that said, you know, I. I understand that this, this is a really big decision and as I mentioned, I have personal experience in this area for sure.
Um, last year I actually made the decision to fully pivot into full focus on the health mindset coaching certification, mentoring coaches, speaking to health and fitness professionals, teaching them how to leverage the science of mindset and behavior change. You know, all this stuff that I love to do so much and pivot away.
From one-on-one coaching, one-on-one health and fitness coaching, which obviously we very much heavily involved. Mindset, behavior, change, psychology, all of that into our coaching model. And it really was my first baby. You know, I, I started off coaching in 2016 and I grew a team in a very successful business and.
Unsurprisingly, it is very difficult to run two businesses and be very successful with both of them. It’s not impossible, and I do think that if I still felt very aligned with that offer, the one-on-one coaching offer that I could have continued to be successful with both of them. But truth be told, my passion and my bread and butter and my favorite thing to do on this planet is mentor teach.
Other health and fitness coaches and the impact that I am able to make is so much greater when I’m working with coaches because one coach could have 50 clients and if I’m having, we have around like a hundred coaches historically in every cohort of the health mindset coaching certification, each of those people even have on average 20 clients, just that that impact is so much larger than.
What I can do with my own coaching team. So I, it was a very, very tough decision to pivot away from one-on-one health and fitness coaching, because I obviously see so much value in that. That’s why, why I do coach other coaches and built a certification to help coaches coach better. But my, my focus just became so much on how do I grow the certification?
I know this is where my impact could be and. Obviously when I have more focus and I feel more aligned with that than the other aspect, the coaching aspect, the one-on-one coaching offer that we had, um, didn’t get as, didn’t get the time and attention that it needed in order the TLC, if you will, to, to grow.
So that pivot was. It was, it was a big one. It was a big one, but it also was a long time coming. So I understand the person who asked this, like, how do you make the decision to pivot? It’s not an easy one. And I, I do think that I would not have made the decision if I didn’t give myself the time, instead of just being like, oh, I have this feeling.
Once that maybe I don’t wanna have that one-on-one health and fitness coaching offer in a coaching team anymore, and I just wanna do the certification. If I just thought that once and was like, okay, screw it. Like I didn’t think that would’ve gone very well. So I do think spending some time with it and unpacking it and talking to people who can be really supportive and help you see different perspectives can be very helpful.
But again, the this, the decision will be made for you if you don’t make it because. If you keep finding yourself lost in being creative and lost, in having interest in growing and, and wanting to do the hard stuff for what you’re currently selling and doing in your business, then it’s, then it’s not going to do well, and then you’re gonna have to make the decision anyway.
So that’s, that’s my thought on that. Um, how to know when it’s right to do it. I’m not sure. There’s ever really going to be a right most perfect time, just like there typically isn’t with any big decision. Right. So yeah, those are my thoughts on that question. Next question. Your perspective is refreshing, doc.
Oh, thank you. What’s one change you’ve made to improve yourself recently? Um. You know, I recently talked about this a lot on another episodes, episode 35, about goal setting avoidance. I’ll make sure that that’s linked down below. If you guys wanna dive into that more. I’ll give like a little bit of the spark notes here, but the full story is over there on episode 35.
Um, the change I made to improve myself, I. I historically, when it came to setting goals for my business, kind of kept those goals to myself, like revenue goals, targets for the year. I would sit down and do some planning, and honestly, the planning was. Minimal. I, I didn’t ever have like a, this is exactly how I’m going to achieve this thing.
It was more of just like a lofty, okay, this is kind of the general plan for the year. I would do it relatively solo. And I am not a solopreneur. I have, I have, I have a team of people who make all of this happen, including this podcast. Um, but I wasn’t always. I really wasn’t sharing a lot of that, and I didn’t involve them in the planning process.
And it wasn’t because I was trying to be secretive or sneaky or keep things to myself, or I didn’t want people to be involved, or it wasn’t even like a control thing, which I know a lot of business owners deal with is like relinquishing control and letting other people do things. That wasn’t necessarily the case.
Um, I actually had to take some time to figure out what, what the heck was going on here. And what the heck was going on was I didn’t wanna be a burden. And it felt kind of burdensome for me as the founder, as the CEO to go to my team and say, this is the revenue target that. You’re responsible for this year, which is like how I was playing it out in my head, which is not true.
It’s not like I, by bringing my team in and involving them in the planning process, the goal setting process, that they now were like fully responsible and I was not, but I felt like as the leader, as the CEO, it was my responsibility and I didn’t wanna. Push that off onto other people, even though as we know logically, you know, we don’t always think logically.
The reality is my team is so freaking excited this year because they were so heavily involved in the planning process and they know exactly what we’re shooting for. We have things mapped out quarter by quarter. We have a whole new process where we’re, we have like sprint planning objectives for every seven to 14 days.
I mean, it is, it’s a system and she’s. She’s cute. We love her. But I could not have done that also without my team. And they all feel just so appreciative. I mean, I literally asked them actually how it made them feel differently to be part of it, and just hearing what they even had to say about how they really felt like their thoughts and feelings were being taken into account and that the business isn’t just my business, but they are really, truly part of the business and what they do matters and all of this stuff.
And it was nice to hear too. Because all of them were like, Hey, it’s not like I’ve never felt appreciated or that like my ideas are important, but the fact that we were all together doing this, and it’s obviously just like so good for company culture, we’ll call it, to do that together. So the change I made recently to improve myself is kind of improving myself as a leader and recognizing what I may be.
Had been holding back on and why and changing that to both improve myself and better my team and better the business. Okay. Next question is, have fallen off of workouts over a busy season. What’s your go-to for getting back on track with workouts and eating healthier? Um, see, I’m reading this question and I’m thinking it’s like about me.
Like, what are your go-to tips for getting back on track? And it’s impossible for me to answer because this sounds like ridiculous, but it’s true. I don’t get off track like that just doesn’t, it does not happen anymore. Um. Healthy eating, working out. It’s, it’s just what I do. There are no alternative options.
So, I mean, that’s not to say that I don’t ever have like a week where I don’t eat as healthy or I don’t get all of my gym sessions in, you know? Um, like currently, actually I’m leaving. For a 10 day trip to Australia, and I’m fairly certain I’m not gonna be working out at the same cadence or eating as healthy as I normally do when I’m at home.
That said, like, even even me saying that out loud, I’m like, Casey, but that’s not even, that’s not even entirely true. ’cause like I do plan to work out on this trip. I do plan to eat healthy on this trip, but it’s also, God, she, I, I say these things and I’m like, but again, it’s not really a plan. Because it’s just how I live.
Like there, there, it’s a sort of like a zero options mentality in a way that there, there is no other option besides eating healthy and taking care of myself and moving my body and making that a priority 90% of the time and 10% it’s like. Old fashions and raves and lazy Sundays, you know? Um, so I understand though that everyone listening to this, and however, a lot of you are health and fitness coaches that listen to this too, and you can probably understand where I’m coming from, but I think it’s important here to note that not everyone listening to this podcast, if you’re a health and fitness coach, your clients are not you.
And not everyone is that way. So instead like. What I can give you here is number one, if you’re hearing me and going like, yeah, okay, well, sounds easy for you then It’s not like it. It was always, and I would rather you have a growth mindset and hear this and go, wow, that could be my reality too. Because I wasn’t always that way.
Like No way. No. How so Instead, since this person is asking specifically about getting back on track, like the first thing I want you to think about is how did you get on track before? Because if you’re getting back on track that. The assumption here is that you were on track at some point in the not so, not so distant past.
So what did it look like then? Because you’ve already done it, you are the proof of concept that it’s possible. So what did you do in that case? Because there’s no reason that can’t work again. Like what did that look like and. Maybe think too, just kind of like, what’s the alternative? Like do you wanna continue getting to the end of your day going like, I really should today should have been the day that I ate healthy.
Today should have been the day that I exercised. Like, do you really play out the script? Right? I love a good play out the script moment. So yourself at the end of the day, tomorrow, at the end of the week, at the end of the month, if you look back and go, why didn’t I do those things? Or do you wanna look back and go like, damn, I did pretty good this month.
And it doesn’t even have to be, wow. I worked out five days a week and I meal prepped every Sunday and like 95% of my foods were like, not processed and blah, blah. It doesn’t have to be that way. It’s just like a, what would make you feel good and then reverse engineer from there, because I know too that like.
That’s, this is part, part of it being a lifestyle, right? If I go like three to four days with not getting a lot of like exercise and movement and not eating very well, which again, it honestly really just doesn’t happen because I just live this way. Like I literally just live this way. I’m not thinking about it.
I’m not planning for it. I just do it. Um, I really feel it though, or days like. When I have really long flights, travel, whatever, it’s, the weather’s really bad outside or I wasn’t able to get the food I needed or something for, it’s usually travel related if we’re being honest. Like I feel not myself, and I think I know so well how taking care of myself and having regular movement and.
Eating well, how good It makes me feel that, like why would I do any different? So I do think it probably takes time to just recognize that contrast and that there, there really isn’t. A trade off that you would rather have. And again, that’s not to say that I don’t, every once in a while have like a really late night and wake up the next morning and I’m kind of like, man, I just, I’m gonna do nothing today.
There’s no way I’m getting to the gym like that does happen, but it’s very far and few between compared to the healthy choices. I hope that was helpful, at least just like some things to think about there. Um, okay, next question. HMCC level two. Didn’t know you had two levels. What’s the difference? Yeah, so level two was introduced a couple years ago, so it is relatively new.
So it’s not surprising to me that you’re like, wait, level two, what’s going on here? Um, so the health mindset coaching certification, the level one, the first program that you would go through. What it does is equip coaches with the basics that you need to leverage the science of mindset and behavior change in psychology to help your clients stop self-sabotage and stick to the plan.
That’s kind of like the basics, and level two is the next level after that. And it’s very, very application heavy. Not to say that there’s no application in level one. I mean, there’s so much application, like we’re we’re talking all the time about like, here’s the science of growth versus fixed mindset, and here’s the strategies that you can use inside your coaching practices.
Like we do do that, but level two is even more on that to the point where you’re actually taking clients through the program with you. So it’s sort of like a apprenticeship. In a way, so we’re working with clients in real time and I’m helping you better understand how to take the strategies and the knowledge that you learned in level one of HMCC and.
Really take all of that and figure out like, okay, well how do I make a behavior change game plan for this client? And how do I like quote unquote, like diagnose or assess a behavior change issue in a client to know which strategies to use. And of course there’s like additional, I. Advanced tools and strategies that we go through and like specialized areas like emotional eating and body image.
So we’re getting into some even more like kind of complex topics. And level two in general is really, really, really for the coaches that want to make mindset and behavior change coaching like the, the cornerstone. Of what they do and want to feel like an expert in this stuff. HMCC level one will get you to a really good place, and so many students just take that program and stop there.
But if you really feel like I wanna be an expert in this stuff, I, I want this to be, again, like a, a cornerstone of my coaching. Then level two is where you need to be, and it’s a really good time. It’s a small cohort and we have great discussions. I love, love, love, love level two. So I hope that helps to kind of like explain what Level two is in a little bit more context with level one as well.
All right. My next question is how do you feel about horoscope readings and Zodiac signs considering your academic background in psych? Um, how do I feel about them? I think they’re so fun. Like, that’s what I think. Uh, I don’t take it super seriously, but I think it can be really fun. Um, I am a Sagittarius sun, so that’s like my main sign, and I am a Scorpio moon in a Scorpio rising.
For those of you who know what that means at all. There you have it. Those are my big three, as they say. Uh, it is actually very funny. When I was in college, I had a girlfriend, my roommate Alyssa, if you’re listening, miss Your Girl. Uh, she is a Scorpio and I actually like didn’t really ever even pay attention to Zodiac sign horoscope stuff at all until her and her being my friend and.
A lot of the characteristics and qualities that she would describe as being like her Scorpio characteristics. I was always like, I don’t believe in the zodiac shit because that sounds a lot like me, but I’m a Sagittarius, so like what of it? And then later I found out then I am a Scorpio moon and a Scorpio rising.
So that part I’m kind of like, Hmm, interesting. But with that said. I think all of this stuff and like personality tests included Enneagram. I’m an Enneagram five. For those of you, it’s like, I’m like the analytical, which is funny. It’s like people who are type fives with the Enneagram are often seeking higher knowledge and education and want to be an expert in a very specific subject.
Many of these people are PhDs, like I’m literally telling you like that’s what the description is, so like. Funny, um, but perhaps just a coincidence. Right. So with that said, I think all of this stuff can be great for self-reflection so you can read about what you are supposed to be and then reflect on whether or not that’s true and.
Especially with maybe like more negative aspects, like how you react to things or how you show up in situations. If you’re like, Hmm, yeah, you’re right. I do kind of tend to be more emotional than logical, and that does get in the way of my relationships. Maybe I should pay attention to that. I’m not sure Most people are using horoscopes this way, but.
If they should be. I don’t what? That’s what they’re great for. Self-reflection. Have fun. Check your compatibility with your partner and have a chat about your personalities and how they jive with each other and what bothers you about each other and, and just have fun with it. What they’re not great for is a lot of people put themselves into boxes, and I think it can be a slippery slope to a fixed mindset of like.
Well, Sagittarius are supposed to be like blunt and independent and like non-committal. Um, I, I wish those of you on YouTube are like watching my facial exp express expressions with this. ’cause I’m, I am, I am a Sagittarius. Um, I am blunt for sure non-committal. I don’t believe. Um. Independent. Yes. They’re also supposed to be like big travelers and adventurous, which I mean, I definitely am, as I’m like mentioning my random trip to Australia.
But anyway, anyway, anyway, um, people will then say like, okay, well I’m a Sagittarius so I’m blunt in that you just have to deal with that. Like, no, can we not do that part? So I do think people then are. And I do hear people literally speaking this way of like, well, that’s just the way I am because I’m a Aquarius Rising or whatever.
Like, no, no. You still have a lot of power to change how you react in situations and go about your life and assign meaning to things. So. Yeah, just don’t let the, the zodiac tell you how you’re supposed to be, and I think we’ll be okay. Um, okay. Next question. What is the biggest, what is one of the biggest factors you consider for your ongoing business success?
I. Um, well, I can’t not say my mindset. I know that’s such a typical response. You’re like, big surprise, Casey. I’m gonna fast forward through this part, but please don’t, please don’t. I love challenge, I love trial and error. I love testing things. I love the game of business. And the game of business is uncertain and it’s hard and.
There’s a lot of heaviness to it. There’s a lot of fricking responsibility. I’m not only responsible for like my livelihood, but other people’s livelihood. I feel a really strong responsibility to take care of the people who have invested in my programs and make sure that they’re successful. Obviously when you’re owning your own business, your business can sometimes feel like it is you, like there’s no separation, so it can often feel personal and having to like navigate that.
It’s hard, but I love it and I love the hard stuff a lot and that showcases. My mindset and I think is a really, really big part of why I’ve seen the success that I have seen. I also like with that I, going back to like the idea of like a zero options mentality. I definitely have a zero options mentality with my business.
It’s, this is the thing that I so badly want to be doing. I don’t want to be doing anything else. So if things are not going well, not going to plan. We can’t figure something out. It, it just will though, like we will figure it out. It doesn’t matter how hard it is because there’s nothing else on the planet earth that I want to be doing.
So there’s no option but to figure it out. So I think also there comes with like a, a confidence in that too, that it will get figured out because that’s the only option. So that is a hundred percent attributed that that perspective is attri is attributed to my mindset. So. Yeah, I feel like I got like pretty fiery and passionate right there.
Um, so, well this next question is like not fiery or passionate. I mean, I guess it could be, but any new hobbies you’ve recently picked up or want to pick up? I take Spanish lessons. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that in the pod before. Um, yeah, I took two years of Spanish in high school, two years in college.
I actually studied abroad in Mexico. I kind of stopped using my Spanish pretty much after that. And obviously if you’re not practicing it, you can lose it. And I really do have like a Before I die goal of being fluent in Spanish. So right now I take lessons like one or two times per week with my travel schedule and stuff.
Like, it probably ends up being like. Yeah, probably four times per month, which is really not a lot in the grand scheme of things, but we’re just gonna keep trucking along and hopefully eventually we’ll get there. And it’s kind of, I guess this kind of plays with the last question a little bit that like, I know this is something that I wanna do, so I don’t care how long it takes.
Like sure, I could like go on sabbatical for my business and like do a fully immersive thing and like come out fluent in a few months if I wanted to, but. Because I wanna keep operating my life the way I do. I can only make so much time for it. So I don’t care if it takes me six years to get fluent at this pace, I will get fluent.
So that’s, I guess another like zero options mentality type of thing. Not that that was even part of the question. Like the answer is Spanish is the hobby. That’s the answer. That’s the answer to the whole question. Um, I do, um, I do have a piano. It’s a keyboard, it’s a fancy keyboard that I got. A year and a half ago and have touched it a whole of probably four times.
It’s embarrassing. Uh, I played piano for a long time when I was younger, and I’ve totally forgotten how to read music. Which is so sad. So it’s like these two things, Spanish and piano, are both things that I could do fairly well at some point in my life. And then I stopped and now I’m like pissed at myself.
So I’m going back and trying to do it again. So I’m like, I’m basically like, I’m not allowed to have a husband or children or anything else until I can speak Spanish and play the piano again. This was not part of the question at all. The answer to the hobbies is Spanish and piano. Okay. Moving along. Any advice for keeping eyes on the prize when surrounded by people all day, coworkers, family, friends they wrote who don’t really have goals.
It’s so interesting how powerful other people’s energy is. Hmm. Okay, so it’s basically like a, I’m surrounded by people who don’t really have goals, but I have goals. What do I do because their energy is impacting me. Well, first and foremost, you have to remember that it makes sense that the energy of other people around you are impacting you.
We as humans kind of have this like pack mentality and. That’s because of a survival mechanism. Truly, like back in the, back in the day when we had our like caveman, cavewoman tribes communities, if something didn’t go well in that community and you were like exiled, you would die. Like you could not be alone.
We survived because we had each other. And I mean it’s, it’s the same thing for like so many animals too, right? And. Our social groups are so important for a variety of reasons, right? It’s not just like a life or death situation, but I mean, and anymore. It’s not like you could, you could totally survive for the rest of your life without having community.
But we also know that that does actually very much impact your life expectancy if you don’t have friendships and close relationships. So it makes sense to me that you care. About the people around you and that the energy of them is impacting you. Because if you’re going against the grain of your quote unquote tribe, then it can, your survival mechanism can kind of like kick on and say like, no, we can’t do that because what if we get kicked out and then eaten by saber tooth tigers?
Like that’s basically what’s going on in your brain. So this makes sense to me, but, so because of this, it is hard if you are pursuing goals, if you’re super driven. But other people around you are not. ’cause again, it just feels like you’re going against the grain of your community. So it’s hard to do this, but you have to remember that what other people do or don’t do has nothing to do with what you want to do or not do.
If you wanna go after something or make a change in your life, but others don’t have the same drive as you, you can’t force them to have that drive. And if you try, you will see very quickly that it will backfire and likely only make things worse for you. So again, it’s hard, but you have to remember just because you wanna do something.
Or stop doing something or go after something or whatever. That does not mean the people around. You have to do that also. And you have to be okay with still going after it anyway. And that is the hard truth, my friend. That said, it obviously makes it easier if you have a group of people that are also.
Open. Open-minded. They want to change things in their life. They have a really strong drive for something they’re passionate about. Something. If you have those people surrounding you, just like the energy from this person that they’re describing, that the people around them aren’t that way. The opposite is true.
So if you have those people like that, energy’s also going to impact you in likely a very good way. It can really propel you forward and make you want to strive for even more than you thought that you wanted in the first place. If you’re surrounded by other people who are constantly working on themselves and wanting to get better and improve and have a growth mindset, right?
Um. This reminds me a lot of my move from Minnesota to North Carolina. I grew up in Minnesota. I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Minnesota. I was gonna say go gophers, but like I, I’m, don’t pay attention to sports, so it’s, anyway, I said it anyway. Um, and in college when I really started to fall in love with health and fitness and.
Obviously decided to pursue PhD programs and stuff. I didn’t have a lot of people around me that were also driven and caring about improving themselves the way that I did. So when I left the state to go pursue my PhD at NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina. The, there was such a heavy focus of mine to find more people like me, especially with health and fitness too.
’cause like that was tough when you’re surrounded by a lot of people that just like wanna go out and binge drink every weekend and you’re like, wait, I actually kind of wanna go to bed early and take care of myself. And you know, sometimes cocktail bars are fun, but like I don’t need to like rip shots anymore.
So. I made a point to find community like me in Raleigh. Like I, I literally like went to the gym Instagram page, there’s plenty to go to, and looked at the people who were tagging the gym and like reached out to some girls. And that’s like honestly how I, how I started to build my community. And I’ve continued to do that honestly.
And I’m so proud to say that my community of people now living in Austin, Texas at this point, my community of people here in Austin and honestly. Across the United States, honestly, in, in across the world really. Um, are all these people, like I don’t really have people in my life who don’t care to improve themselves, who aren’t growth oriented, don’t see themselves as capable.
Like obviously we all have our days, but what’s beautiful then is that we support each other and kind of like bring each other back to like reminding each other what we’re capable of and what life can look like and. Staying positive generally. Um, and it does make a big difference. I mean, I would go so far to say that the best part of my life right now is my community.
So I, I really feel for people who, like the person in this question potentially feels this way, that you don’t have that ’cause it can feel, make things a lot harder. Maybe sometimes even make you feel like you’re doing something wrong, that by you wanting to improve yourself and have this drive, and have all of this like desire to, to grow and develop and be successful, that it feels like, oh, am I asking for too much?
Am I doing too much? Is there something wrong with me? Because all these people around me aren’t doing that and they’re like talking about how I work all the time or whatever. Like I, I know what that can feel like. Just know that there are other people out there and, and ultimately, like if you are in a position where you can’t find more people or different people to surround yourself with, like first and foremost you can, you can definitely do that and doesn’t mean you have to like ditch your other friends, but there you can connect with more people that will give you that outlet and give you the support that you’re looking for.
But again. The people around you have do not need to change because you’re changing. They do not need to do things that you’re doing because you are, and they don’t even really need to understand it, and you can still do it anyway. So I will leave you with that. Okay. Those are the questions I have for this episode.
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