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Feb 2024
36m 41s

934: Building Confidence by Facing Fears...

How to be Awesome at Your Job
About this episode

Michelle Poler shares her epic story and strategies for facing fears head-on. 


— YOU’LL LEARN — 

1) How to instantly flip your fear perspective 

2) Why to dare being disliked 

3) The distinction between being brave versus fearless 


Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep934 for clickable versions of the links below. 


— ABOUT MICHELLE — 

As the Founder of Hello Fears, Michelle Poler has created a social movement empowering millions to step outside of their comfort zone and tap into their full potential. She has inspired some of the world’s most influential organizations including Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many more. Poler is also the creator of the project 100 Days Without Fear and her work has been featured on CBS, CNN and Buzzfeed, among many others.

• Book: Hello, Fears: Crush Your Comfort Zone and Become Who You're Meant to Be (Motivational Self-Confidence Book for Women and Men) 

• Instagram: @hellofears 

• Website: 100DaysWithoutFear.com  

• Website: MichellePoler.com 


— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Maybe by Kobi Yamada 

• Book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield 

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