#567: Reverse Inspiration: How to Know What You Want

Podcast #567 REVERSE INSPIRATION: HOW TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANTWhen you know what you want, like, really know, it's easy to stay consistent. Most people don't achieve their goals, not because they aren't trying, but rather because they don't have a clear idea of what they really, really want in life. Sometimes in order to know what you do want, you have to first get clarity of what you don't want. We call this process "Reverse Inspiration" and I'll teach you exactly how to go about it in this week's episode. In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, we're talking about:* How to use your past to design your future* The secret to having unwavering confidence in what you want in life* 5 ways to have more fun creating the life of your dreamsANNOUNCEMENT:Squeeze the Day - Get More Done, Get more out of life.Happening on Tuesday, 10/10 at 6PM ESTSign up for free at www.trishblackwell.com/squeezeREVIEW OF THE WEEK:HOW TO USE YOUR PAST TO DESIGN YOUR FUTUREInstead of regretting your past, take from it.Even the things that you feel "took" from you - you can take back from. You're always winning when you're growing or learning.You have to date the wrong people to know who the right people are.You have to have jobs you don't love to know what jobs you do love.You have to try things to know what you like and what you don't like.Categorically label each decade of your life.-Assign 2-3 words to it.-Describing your past tells you want worked and what didn't.WLWB-Great tool to really reflect on what you do when life works best.HOW TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT:The secret to having unwavering confidence in what you want in life: Reverse InspirationAsk yourself:What do I want my life to look like?How do I want my life to feel?What do I not want my life to look like?What do I not want it to feel like?What makes my soul sing?WHAT IS REVERSE INSPIRATION?Being inspired by what you don't want.-In your own life-In the lives of others-In the behaviors of others5 WAYS TO HAVE MORE FUN IN LIFE:* Take it less seriously. Truly ask yourself what you want to create.* Decide that you make life happen; life doesn't happen to you. (Victim vs. Creator)* Be proactive instead of reactive.* Make and assign time for what matters to you.* Put yourself around others going after life too - who will build you up along the wayOTHER EPISODES YOU WILL LOVE:#473: How to Know Exactly What You Want #418: How to Figure Out What You Want#453: Why You're Not Doing What You Want to DoTranscriptEmailDownloadNew TabSpeaker 1 0:01 You're listening to the confidence podcast, your favorite coaching podcast oozing with motivation, inspiration, and confidence to help you boldly take action on your dreams. I'm your host, Trish Blackwell, internationally recognized Confidence Coach, Best Selling Author and founder of the College of Confidence, the most encouraging place on the internet. I teach go getters in life, how to take your thoughts captive, how to step out of the shadows of self doubt, and how to courageously step into their purpose. With competence. It's time to pump our competence muscles and train our thoughts, y'all. Let's get started. Hey, guys, it's Trish Blackwell, and you're listening to the confidence podcast. This is episode number 567. Today, it's a great simple approach to know what you want in life because here's the reality. So often, we don't know what we want, we think we do. But often we are just regurgitating and reliving that which has been passed on to us that what culture tells us the environment in which we were raised the expectations what our family thinks is prestigious or not. And we are a product of our environment, for better or for worse. And so we're gonna do something new today, we're gonna just get curious,