Not Bad Advice

Everyone has thoughts that hold them back and reducing the impact of those thoughts is the most important key to achieving your big goals. If you can't get out of your own way, it won't matter how many opportunities you're offered. Learn about the last two types of grit that you need to maximize your potential, the grit to control your thoughts and the grit to persevere.

Relying on willpower to do hard things to achieve big goals doesn't work. Learn how developing the grit to be your best at your worst makes it easier to do everything, all the time.

We've all got things we're not good at. Identifying the ones you should care about, letting go of the ones that don't matter, and getting better at the ones that do is the secret to big breakthroughs.

When you tackle big goals in your life, you will inevitably be confronted with fear. Learn how to make those fears less daunting and "one weird trick" that can make fear feel good.

There are six types of grit that are essential to achieving big goals. Believe it or not, one of them involves naps.

What you think directly impacts how you behave, and how you behave directly impacts what you get out of life. And that, in turn, influences how you think and the whole cycle starts again.

Get 3 tips for improving your verbal communication and find out what hostage negotiation can teach us about having better conversations.

The most powerful influence in your life isn't a mentor, a parent, a coach, or any one else you look to for guidance. The most powerful influence on you is...you. That voice inside your head is the voice you hear more than any other and it can either be your worst enemy or your biggest ally.

Saying no is hard for most people. It's also one of the most important things you can do. Learn how to say no confidently and feel good doing it (even if you're a people pleaser).

Overcoming unworthiness is simple and difficult at the same time. It's also an ongoing process. Use these 5 strategies to work on your unworthiness patterns.

If you don't feel worthy of achieving the goal you set, it won't matter how hard you work or how much time you put into getting there. You'll always find ways to delay achieving the goal and the worst part is, if you don't see what's happening, you'll think you are failing. You'll think that you aren't capable of achieving your goal because you're flawed, you aren't smart enough, you aren't disciplined enough, but the realty is that subconsciously a part of you is working to undo all of the work you do.

We are constantly getting messages that we aren't good enough or that there is something wrong with us or that we need to behave differently to get what we want. How are those messages affecting you and keeping you from getting what you want?

What does Pam's bum shoulder have to teach us about behavioral change and how we show up in the world?

Can saving $5 every month really make your life less stressful? Find out how to use microbudgets to completely change the way you handle your expenses.

Have you tried and failed at budgeting in the past? Chances are the system is what failed, not you. Listen to discover why most budgets suck and how you can do it better.

Do you wonder where your money goes every month? Do you beat yourself up when you buy things you can't afford or didn't plan to buy? Do you buy things to deal with feelings, like loneliness or stress? You're not alone. The way you spend money is deeply tied to your emotional state, how satisfied you are with your life, your self-confidence, and almost anything else going on in your life. Learn how to be mindful of why you spend money, how to stop feeling guilty about it, and how to plan for the unplanned so you can stop using credit.

What happens when you tell yourself that you're bad with money? Or when you don't believe you're worthy of more? Nothing good! Find out how to identify and overcome the money stories that are holding you back.

What would you do with an extra $1500 every month? Your answer will give you insight into how to be happier with the money you have right now and how to stop should-ing all over your budget.

Money represents more than buying power. Money is emotional. Knowing what money really means to you will uncover how you're sabotaging your own financial goals and tell you what strategies to use to stay on track.

How often do you stress yourself out over something, feeling anxious about what could happen or how other people will react, and then when you finally do the thing it turns out to be no big deal? What if you could stop feeling that way?

It's not the things you think about and consciously decide to do that are eating up your time, sucking your energy, and causing stress. It's the things you do without thinking.

If you choose to do something for someone else without being asked to do it, you made the choice to do it, so you don't get to demand the response that you want from the other person. But you can feel more appreciated without demanding appreciation from others.

Feelings are like the flag people in construction zones. They're there to get you to pay attention to what's happening and adjust your speed accordingly. They don't get in the car and drive for you. Learn how to drive your emotional car.

Do you regularly find yourself wondering what you actually accomplished at the end of the day? Try this simple solution for getting what matters most done first.

Achieve big goals by doing the bare minimum. Really, it's the least you can do.

You can do things the hard way or the easy way. You're probably choosing the hard way.

Trying to control the future is exhausting. It's also impossible. Learn how to feel calm even when things are out of your control.

Social media sucks. It sucks your time and your energy. The people you follow probably suck, too. Find out how you can still use social media but make it suck less.

You have to interact with other people so you might as well make it more pleasant (for you and them).

Most people are okay spending their lives thinking they are in the "Good Place" and staying in their comfort zones. And that's fine for them, but a year from now, or five years from now, do you want to be in the same place you are now? If not, you're going to have to get uncomfortable.

Do that thing you've always wanted to do, that thing that scares you and excites you. Write the book. Start the business. You might fail, you might succeed, but you'll never know if you don't try. I'm doing the thing that scares and excites me by creating this show. Subscribe so we can become better together. In each episode, we'll help you become more mindful, happier, and meaningfully productive.

Can you make your life better in 30 minutes or less? We think so! In each episode of Not Bad Advice, your hosts Pamela Lund and CK Chung will offer you a new perspective that you can use right away to improve one aspect of your life. Listen to a few clips from various episodes.