A Wake Up Call

Lose the yeah buts

A Wake Up Call

Show Notes

If you have ever wondered:

“Why does a ‘yeah, but’ show up the second I say what I really want?”

“How do I know whose idea of success I am actually living?”

“What does enough look like when I still want more?”

- this episode is for you.

In part five of their solo series, Layne Beachley and Tess Brouwer take on the limiting beliefs that come attached to success: the definition you inherited, the audience you are still performing for, and the “yeah, but” that turns up the moment you say what you really want.

Layne goes back to earning $35,000 a year in the season she won her first world title, and the “not worth it yet” she heard from the outside while she built her own yes, and barometer on the inside. Tess works live through her own belief that success has to be a struggle, and the two land on a simple test for enough: how does your Sunday afternoon feel?

They finish on the tool they use in their workshops. Every yeah, but needs a yes, and. This week, catch one and answer it.

You will hear about: Why your definition of success is a belief too, and why leaving it unset means running on someone else's The audience you are still performing for, long after the room has gone What it takes to set your own value when the outside world says “not worth it yet” The Sunday test: no Sunday scaries as a metric for enough How to answer every yeah, but with a yes, and, live, with Tess's own belief as the example

Links Get Awake's transformative book: Know Yourself Grow Yourself to live a happier more purposeful life. https://www.penguin.com.au/books/awake-academy-9781761345869 Follow Layne on Instagram @Laynebeachley Follow Tess on Instagram @tesscbrouwer Follow AWAKE on Instagram @awake_academy Awakes TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@awakeacademy_ Sponsor our podcast https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact Book us for a workshop https://www.awakeacademy.com.au/contact

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