T.G.I.TED - Programming Your Mind for Success with Carrie Green #141

Have you ever felt that nagging self-doubt creep in just as you're about to pursue your dreams? That moment when you ask yourself, "Who am I to do this?" 

In this episode, I dive into the remarkable TEDx talk, "Programming your Mind for Success," delivered by the inspiring entrepreneur Carrie Green.

To watch Carrie's talk on YouTube, CLICK HERE.

As I mentioned, you can watch MY TEDx talk here:

https://www.thorchallgren.com/tedx

The key takeaway for me in this talk is understanding the power of self-belief and its pivotal role in transforming your life.

Carrie Green's story, recounted in her TEDx talk, encapsulates the essence of self-discovery and empowerment. She shows us that recognizing our true values and aligning our actions with them can lead to remarkable personal and professional growth. Carrie's journey from a successful yet unfulfilled entrepreneur to creating a global community of women entrepreneurs is a testament to the extraordinary things we can achieve when we silence our inner critics.

By listening to this episode, you'll gain the invaluable insight that self-belief is the key to unlocking your full potential. You'll discover the strategies to reprogram your mind, replace self-limiting thoughts with empowering ones, and take confident steps towards your dreams. Tune in now and start your journey towards a more confident, empowered, and fulfilled life.

As always, thanks for listening!

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Transcript

Thor Challgren 0:00

Have you ever had an idea to do something and then you say to yourself , ah , who are you to fill in the blank , who are you to do this thing ? In today's show , I share the story of someone who asked that question , then shared her results in a great TEDx talk I just watched . If you're at a point in your life where you're starting something new a new job , a second career , a life beyond being a parent , say , and you faced any of those self-doubts this show today is for you . Welcome to . Every Day , a New Thought . I'm Thor Challgren . Every weekday I share a new thought , a new perspective . Today it's Friday and it's TGI TED , a feature in the series where every Friday , I look at a TED talk that inspired me . This is to celebrate the launch of my own TED talk , which is now available to watch . I'll put the link in the description below . Also , the show that I'm going to talk , that I'm going to feature today , will also be in the description below , so you can find that the talk that I want to share with you today is a TEDx talk called Programming your Mind for Success . It was given by an entrepreneur named Carrie Green . This is a talk given at TEDx Manchester . So Carrie is British . This talk is from nine years ago and she talks about her journey as a college student who started several businesses and then became hugely successful .

Thor Challgren 1:39

There are three things that I want to share and talk about in this particular episode today . The first thing is this is a very engaging talk and opens in a great way . She makes the point with the audience in a way that everyone immediately understands why don't I take action ? What stopped you ? She says Bottom line . As she says , people miss out on opportunities all the time because of what's going on in their head . She demonstrates that in a very engaging way . I'm not going to give it away , but it's a great open . I think you'll really , as you see it , you'll see yourself and everybody in the audience in the way that they react to her question at the open of the talk . Great opening really gets in your mind and plants the idea of , okay , this is what we're going to talk about . The second point that I really enjoyed in her talk is it's a great example of knowing your own values , the importance of knowing what matters to you .

Thor Challgren 2:43

She talks about in her talk that she needed money . She was around 20 years old . She was in law school and she needed money to continue law school . She knew that she had to start some kind of business or get some kind of job . She ended up starting a business where she unlocked mobile phones . This was 2007 and I vaguely remember that that was a thing Maybe it was more of a thing in England where people got phones that were tied to a carrier but they wanted to unlock them because they wanted to travel or whatever .

Thor Challgren 3:12

Her business was unlocking mobile phones and she was really successful at it and became quite a good entrepreneur . But she realized at a certain point she was really successful . She was miserable . This was not a job that lit her up and she , as she thought about expanding , she started to ask questions of like is this really what I want to do ? She says that , rather than feel bad about having that job , she said what can I do about it ? It's a great question . Instead of feeling bad , what can I do about it ? And she realized , as she said , that mobile phone unlocking was not my dream . This is an important point .

Thor Challgren 3:57

She asked and looked at her own life and looked at her own values and what mattered to her . I'm reading a book now by John Dem artini called the Values Factor , and he talks about the importance of knowing what you value , then building your life , building the things that you do around what matters to you . So I think Carrie's example here is a great way to look at asking the questions of what matters to you . The third point that I want to share is she asked those questions , and she realized that she did like being an entrepreneur , but she realized that her journey , her experience , is one where she felt very lonely and isolated , and so what she wanted to do was help other people cope with something that she felt , which was that loneliness . So she imagined creating this worldwide community of women entrepreneurs who could help and support each other , and as she thought about this and dreamed of what it would be like , all of these negative thoughts started to flood in , the thoughts that are like well , who am I to do this ?

Thor Challgren 5:05

Why would anyone believe me ? Why would I be the person to do this ? If you've ever thought about starting something new , I'm guessing you've probably had exactly those thoughts , and maybe they sounded exactly like what Carrie Greens describes her thoughts . As she said , though , that she needed to reprogram her mind , that she had to ignore all of those thoughts and focus on the positive things , and there's a great quote in there that she said that . When talking about that , she said I knew that I could stop myself from thinking those things , and I did . I replaced the negative , annoying , rubbish thoughts . I love this . She's British , so she says rubbish . I replaced those annoying , rubbish thoughts and told them to shut up and I replaced them with positive thoughts that were empowering me , thoughts that were actually empowering me to move toward my goal . That's a quote from her talk . Well , how did this work out ? She built one of the largest online networking groups of women entrepreneurs , with over 100,000 women involved at the time that she recorded the talk . I'm sure it's even bigger now . She makes clear that the reason that she was successful was that she got unbelievably clear about what she wanted to do .

Thor Challgren 6:27

If you're looking for inspiration about what you have going on next , this talk by Carrie Green is a great place to start . She talks about all of her crazy goals which is her term that she set for herself and then she made happen . And when you hear them in the talk , you'll be like , really , she did that , she did it . So I have a question for you what are you doing this weekend ? I suggest watching this talk Super inspiring about what could be next for you . That's the show for today . If you like this episode , please hit like . If you're watching on YouTube , if you're listening to the podcast , please subscribe or follow the show on your favorite podcast app . Until next time , thanks for listening .