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Sep 2022
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043 - You Win or You Learn - Overcoming ...

Michelle Grosser - Inspired by Brene Brown, Mel Robbins & Rachel Hollis
About this episode

When was the last time you were face-to-face with failure? In today’s episode, Clarity Coach and host of the top-rated podcast, But First, She Failed, Paola Soares, shares with us how her moments of "failure" propelled her to where she is today. 

Paola invites us to shift our paradigm around failure and overcome the fear of failing that is holding us back from living the life of our dreams.

Once I had that revelation - I'm either winning or I'm learning - it made taking the plunge, taking that step, doing the things that look really scary, a little bit more doable because now I’m thinking I'm either going to win or I'm going to learn.” – Paola Soares

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Three things you’ll learn in this episode:

  1. The steps for overcoming failure
  2. How to find your confidence again after failure
  3. How to get clarity on our calling

 

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