🎙️Ep 57. Are You Sabotaging Your Entrepreneurial Progress? 4 Common Pitfalls to Avoid

In this episode of Fearless Thinking, Michael Devous explores four common pitfalls that can derail entrepreneurial progress: procrastination, fear of failure, perfectionism, and tunnel vision. He shares his own experiences with these challenges and offers actionable advice on how to overcome them. Michael emphasizes the importance of building a support system, leveraging resources like The Ascend Hub, and adopting a fearless mindset to navigate the entrepreneurial journey and achieve success.

Key Highlights:

• The Procrastination Paradox: Michael discusses how procrastination can hinder motivation, momentum, and progress, and how to overcome it through time management strategies, accountability, and breaking tasks into smaller steps.
• The Fear of Failure Trap: He acknowledges the universal fear of failure and encourages entrepreneurs to reframe failure as feedback and a learning opportunity. The Ascend Hub offers workshops and coaching to help build resilience and overcome this fear.
• The Perfectionism Pitfall: Michael addresses the trap of perfectionism, which can lead to missed deadlines and opportunities. He advocates for prioritizing action over endless tinkering and offers strategies for shifting your mindset from perfectionism to progress.
• The Tunnel Vision Trap: The episode explores the dangers of losing sight of the bigger picture and the importance of broadening your horizons, challenging assumptions, and seeking diverse perspectives.
• The Ascend Hub: Michael introduces The Ascend Hub as a valuable resource for entrepreneurs, offering a supportive community, expert-led workshops, and personalized coaching to help navigate these common pitfalls and achieve success.

Impactful Quotes:

• "Procrastination is like a slow-acting poison, eating away at our motivation and momentum."
• "Failure is not the opposite of success. It is a part of the journey."
• "Done is better than perfect."
• "The Ascend Hub will empower you to achieve your launch with clarity."
• "If you're ready to ditch your sabotages and unlock your potential, join The Ascend Hub."

Key Takeaways:

• Recognize and address common pitfalls that can hinder your entrepreneurial progress.
• Develop strategies for overcoming procrastination, fear of failure, perfectionism, and tunnel vision.
• Build a strong support system and leverage resources like The Ascend Hub to navigate challenges.
• Embrace a growth mindset and view setbacks as learning opportunities.
• Focus on taking action, building momentum, and celebrating your wins, no matter how small.

Important Links:

• The Ascend Hub: https://theascendhub.com/
• Shark Theory Podcast: https://baylorbarbee.com/shark-theory-podcast/
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808
• 1 Million Cups: https://www.1millioncups.com/

Transcript

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Hey there everybody. 

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And welcome to Fearless Thinking, a 

podcast designed to help you navigate

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authentic leadership and the 

entrepreneurial journey. 

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I'm your host, Michael Devous.

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And these are my thoughts, lessons and 

insights from my entrepreneurial 

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journey into coaching workshops, 

motivational speaking. 

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And of course, what I picked up from 

interviews with inspiring leaders and 

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entrepreneurs along the way.

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My mission is to help people unlock 

their untapped potential by using fear 

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as a catalyst for powerful change and 

growth,

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so they can step into the greatest 

version of their most authentic selves.

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All right, let's get in to some Fearless 

Thinking.

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Hey, fearless thinkers, welcome back

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to Fearless Thinking.

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I'm your host, Michael Devous

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This is episode 57.

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This week we're talking about dreams. 

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We're talking about the entrepreneurial 

journey and dreams. 

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And today's episode is, are you 

sabotaging your entrepreneurial progress

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for common pitfalls to avoid?

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Um, I think it's good. 

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You know, I think it's good that we 

need, we need to look at this. 

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We need to ask ourselves.

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I think it's important to take time

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at different junctures during your 

entrepreneurial journey, to see if 

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there are things you're doing that are 

sabotaging your success, or getting in 

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the way of it, right?

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It's important to look at these things. 

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I'd be honest with yourself about 

whether or not it's happening, and what 

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you can do to mitigate that. 

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If you ever feel like your your own 

worst enemy. 

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And gosh do, I know,

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I don't think anybody out there's 

better at it. 

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For me,

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you know, because I know me, and I've 

trained real well, and knowing what my 

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my hiccups are and my

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ways to get in my own way, if you will. 

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We all have those moments,

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you know, where we trip over ourselves 

and we chip ourselves up, you know,

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especially on our entrepreneurial path. 

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I mean nothing,

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nothing, nothing invites that 

opportunity more than telling the

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universe I want to do, have, or become 

something Greater than I am today.

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Nothing invites it more than saying, 

I'm going to start a new business and 

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the universe goes. 

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Ha, really. 

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Ok. 

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Here you go.

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here's some really great rocks.

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You gotta climb over the really big 

hurdles. 

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You gotta jump.

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So, you know,

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if you're not well trained at that 

stuff, if you're not prepared for it. 

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You could kind of get in your own way 

and make it even harder. 

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By the way, then it's necessary, right?

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And to day, we're going to shine a 

little bit of light

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on the four common pitfalls that can 

derail progress,

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but more importantly, how to avoid them.

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Pitfall number one, the 

procrastination

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paradox. 

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Now, we talked about procrastination

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in the last episode, in episode six,

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um. 

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And I mean, I will even admit that I am 

a master procrastinate procrastinator.

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In my day, I could set aside things

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like nobody's business. 

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If it was an Olympic sport, I think I 

might have qualified. 

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But as an entrepreneur, procrastination 

is a luxury that we just cannot afford.

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Especially want every action that we 

take to be meaningful and valuable and 

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progressing our business and our dreams

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forward. 

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It's like,

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you know,  

procrastinations, like a slow acting poison,

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and it's eating away at our motivation 

and momentum.

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So remember that when you have that 

urge and the desire that need to hit

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the snooze button on your activities

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and mind you, if it's to take 

care of yourself and be good to

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yourself and that's self care that's ok.

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But if it's really just distracting you 

from progress.

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Take that moment to realize that that 

small little moment of distraction and 

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procrastination that you're embracing,

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is you telling the universe that this 

is more important than your dream?

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It's you opening up the universe to 

deliver those goods and those

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opportunities and those experiences to 

somebody else? 

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Because you're closing the door, you're 

saying, I'm not ready forward, or I 

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don't want it to day.

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And you're

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taking a small

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poison,

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derailing momentum in your motivation.

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So don't do that. 

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One of the solutions that we have is, 

at the Ascend Hub, we will be trying to create

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time management strategies and tools, 

building those resources and stuff 

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inside the ascent hub with coaching 

mechanisms, brainstorming workshops,

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accountability, partnership workshops,

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strategy sessions to look at what your 

strategy and your time line look like.

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But more importantly, we are going to 

be providing you with accountability

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and support that you need to break free 

from your procrastination cycle.

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If it's really bad and you find 

yourself in one of those situations 

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where you get stuck in that cycle. 

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Constantly, if you're like me, where I 

have, I vacillate, I have like

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six to eight week cycles

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where I'm like, just I'm on fire for 

this window. 

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And then all of a sudden things just 

sort of slide off,

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and I get distracted by something some 

been in life typically

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winds up

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distracting me. 

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Then having those accountability 

partners and those individuals and 

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things to be responsible for inside the 

ascent up it's very helpful

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and keeping me,

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you know, off the procrastination,

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you know, circuit, or whatever it's 

called cycle,

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I think we call it. Pitfall number two,

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the fear of failure

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trap. 

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You know me, I talk about fear. Fear's

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Your Friend.

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Fear of failure is a universal

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human experience.

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It's just,

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it can be especially paralyzing for 

entrepreneurs because you're not just

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taking action on

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a small dream,

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if I can put it that way,

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you're taking action on a big dream. 

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You're taking your dream, you're 

putting that out into the world, and 

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you're asking people to look at it, 

examine it and tell you whether it's 

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good or right, or bad or wrong.

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And

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you're leaving yourself up to 

vulnerable judgment and ridicule and opinions.

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And

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it takes a certain kind of individual 

to step out into the world bravely like 

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that and say, hey, I have this idea, I 

have this thing I want to do,

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you know.

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And fear of failing at it,

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is legitimate. And it can be 

paralyzing.

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That's understandable. 

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What we're asking for, as entrepreneurs 

is far more than what most other people 

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ask. 

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We're inviting

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these new opportunities and challenges 

to come our way that's so that we can 

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step fully into who we're meant to be 

that's, so that we can get stronger 

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better and we can grow into the person 

we're supposed to become, so that we 

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can make this dream come true. 

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So remember, failure is not the 

opposite of success. 

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It is just a part of that journey.

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And one of the things that we're going 

to do

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in the Ascend Hub is embrace this sort of 

culture of learning and grow I as your

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fearless leader

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and

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the bringer of fun and engagement,

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my area of expertise, which is the area 

in the Ascend Hub is called Mindset and

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Motivation. I'm coordinating and 

partnering with a lot of other coaches

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and people who specialize in this area 

to help us

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find new ways, draft and craft new 

workshops and coaching sessions and

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things like that. 

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For us to reframe

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failure as a feedback mechanism, so 

that it can provide you with tools and

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support to learn from those mistakes 

and bounce back stronger.

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The workshops that I do and the 

motivational speaking that I do on 

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making for your friend will do just 

that. 

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But I'm also interested in finding out,

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by working with other coaches and 

people who are similar to me, their 

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ways of their perspectives of offering 

you new skill sets, or new ways to look 

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at those skill sets, so that you can 

take that fear and you put it in your 

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pocket and it's now on a tool and a 

fuel and a catalyst for growth and 

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change, rather than something that gets 

in your way.

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Fear of failure

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is a real thing. 

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But remember, if you're afraid to fail,

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that means it's something valuable is 

in front of you. 

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Something important is right in front 

of you.

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The third pitfall is the perfectionism

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pitfall. 

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Now

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there are people out there who use 

perfectionism as an excuse not to 

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actually get anything done. 

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It's a form of procrastination.

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Striving for excellence is admirable, 

of course, but perfectionism

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it can be a trap. 

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And we all know that perfection doesn't 

exist.

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I mean, not in it's, not in the sense 

that humans try to apply to it. 

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What god created, what the universe 

created here on this planet's perfect, 

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beautiful.

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We don't need to improve on it at all. 

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We know it doesn't even need us

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let's

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be honest.

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It doesn't need humans.

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Humans aren't part of an ecosystem that 

improved this planet.

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We can be, of course, but we're not. 

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And this planet would thrive

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without us. 

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Think about that.

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So if we want to be

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searching for perfectionism,

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are we the ones to really be doing 

that? 

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I think we should be searching for good 

and excellent

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excellence. 

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And I think that's something we can 

strive for.

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but perfectionism is...

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striving for it,

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turning to new a trap for you can be an 

endless

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road of tweaking, missed deadlines,

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missed opportunities.

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And by the way, just utter 

distraction from actually getting the

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thing done right. 

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Done is better than perfect.

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Done is better than I have a hard time. 

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I get it.

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I get it.

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I'm like, I should not ready. 

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It needs to be better. 

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I don't want to put this out into the 

world if it's not perfect for me.The way

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that I want it to be. If it's not on 

brand.

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I'm working with this new brand 

manager, and,

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you know,

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delivering just versions of me

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that are just raw, you know, not set up.

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Not that I don't mind doing it, I just 

don't, I guess my brain is kind of 

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like...

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That's not what people want to hear and 

see, you know. 

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But that's what's weird about it, you 

know? 

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I mean, you don't really know. 

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And that sense of being vulnerable, you 

might actually tap into something that 

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is genuinely perfect for your journey 

at that time where you are headed.

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And so we'll

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build

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mindset

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and motivation, right? 

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Ah, practices and workshops and 

brainstorming sessions and coaching

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sessions and things at the Ascend Hub

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to help you shift your mindset from 

perfectionism to progress,

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learning to take action on certain 

steps, whether they're perfect or not,

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feeling empowered

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to do so before it's perfect.

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Dot is better than perfect. 

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We will help teach you how to 

prioritize your action over endless tinkering

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and get something accomplished and get 

something done. 

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Pitfall number four, the tunnel vision 

trap.

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When you are laser focused on your 

business, it easy to lose sight of the 

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bigger picture,

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which can lead to missed opportunities and 

the inability to adapt to change.

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I admire people that can be laser 

focused.

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I think that's important.

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But

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your idea is going to become a business 

one day. 

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And a business needs many things to get 

it off the ground and running. 

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And you

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can stay laser focused in one specific 

area, but you better have a team is 

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working on all the other things. 

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Because if you don't, and you stay 

stuck on that one tree in the middle of 

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the forest, you've missed the rest of 

the forest.

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I'm sorry.

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And that

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can really derail your opportunities 

for success and progress.

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So

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one of the things we can do is, with 

our expert led workshops, has help you

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broaden your horizons,

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challenging your assumptions

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and having you see

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new possibilities

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for your business. 

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And that includes all the different 

perspectives you can hear. 

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And you can

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network with

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an experience at the Ascend Hub,

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working together with other individuals 

who are on the same journey that you are,

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sharing your ideas and your thoughts 

about where you are and what that looks 

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like for you, gives you additional 

resources, tools and

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perspectives lenses

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on how to view the challenges. 

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So that you can make a better educated 

decision and choice when it comes to that.

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There's nothing more valuable, really. 

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I mean, and eventually you're going to 

have to surround yourself with really 

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talented people to get your business 

off the ground, that's employee staff 

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and what have you. 

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They all have their own perspectives 

and their own feedback, and their own 

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input and their experiences. 

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And that's super, super valuable. 

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And if you can begin now, create a 

keystone part of your foundation where 

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you appreciate and value that because 

it helps you learn and help you adapt,

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then you can create an environment for 

your own company and your organization 

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and your staff as well.

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So

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if you're ready to just ditch,

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you know,

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sabotaging these, your sabotages 

and habits, and unlock your potential,

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join the Ascend Hub, or reach out to me, 

you know, at the Fearless Road or at

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Fearless Thinking podcast.

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I'm Michael Devous.

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You can find me

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pretty much anywhere, you know, on 

LinkedIn and

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on YouTube.

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I'm happy to help you examine those 

sabotaging habits and unlock your 

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potential by Making Fear Your Friend, 

by giving you the help and the

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resources that you need at the Ascend 

Hub

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by doing motivational speaking, coming to 

your organization, coming to your

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group, your conference, whatever it is. 

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If you need it, let me know, and I'll 

see if I can.

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If I can't deliver it, I'll find 

somebody the hand, and I'll help you

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get there. 

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So thank you for joining me on this 

journey this week, looking at dreams, 

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looking at our dream journey, you 

know, entrepreneurial journey.

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And these pitfalls that can get in our 

way and sabotage us. 

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Remember

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the procrastination paradox,

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the fear of failure, 

perfectionism pitfall, and the

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tunnel vision

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trap.

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These are pitfalls, people, they 

happen, they will occur. 

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They can come up. 

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But if you have a support system around 

you to help you navigate these things 

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on your fearless journey. And you know 

what?

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You're going to be fine. You're going to 

be good.

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And if you have some tips, trip tricks 

and advice about what that looks like

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on, to reach out to us and let us know, 

at Fearless Thinking, I'm here.

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Michael Devous, thanks again for joining 

me today on episode 57 of Fearless

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Thinking.

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You have an incredible week. 

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And while you're at it, remember you 

some fearless thinking, ok,