The Power of Asking Yes Questions

Rick decides to press the pause button on daily episodes of the podcast. In this podcast he reflects on the value of the daily episode experiment, considers what form the podcast will take next and invites you to provide your feedback on the project and sign up to be notified of Rick's next project, experiment

In this episode Rick shares another notable story from his performing career in which an audience member receives a phone call mid-performance and proceeds to carry on an animated and audible conversation during the very presentation Rick was in the middle of delivering at the front of the room. Listen in as Rick describes the most unlikely outcome you can imagine and what it all has to do with the principle of following through.

In this episode Rick interviews Dr Geoffrey Carr, clinical psychologist, about how to work with intrusive feelings and distressing emotions that inevitably accompany any type of change or growth. Even positive life action is bound to create anxiety in the person who is making a life leap and Dr Carr explains how we can become more comfortable and prepared for the onset of these feelings as we go after what we want in our lives.

In this episode Rick tells a story of how improper focus on a goal almost resulted in breaking his hand and why it's important that you experiment with structuring your own goals in new ways to get best results with your follow through. And if you want your goals to fail, you're in luck, as Rick shares the 3 things you can do that will ensure you never develop sufficient motivation to achieve them.

Once again Rick chats with Dr John Souza about how to keep moving forward when you hit the doldrums in the midst of a life leap and lose the wind in your sails. As John explains, the physics and laws of making a life leap are tested and reliable, and he shares a few of those here along with anecdotes from his journey as he transitions from full-time therapist back to a career in music, now much wiser and more mature of course than his touring days as a young man.

Rick has previously shared the lessons from his book "7 Rules You Were Born to Break" which details 7 hidden rules in our culture that we need to break if we want to follow through on who we really are. Rule # 3 is "Be Independent" and in this episode Rick attempts to "walk the talk" of essential rule breaking by asking for help. Survey link: https://www.gamesforconfidence.com/podcast-survey Review link: https://lovethepodcast.com/followthrough

There are two ways we can miss the boat with rest. In this episode Rick talks about two opposite tendencies, both of which can prevent us from serving what matters most. By the time you listen to this Rick will have already wiggled out of the invitation to challenge his own tendency, but it's the effort that counts. (Rick hopes.) Today's episode is a short one so you can double up on another episode and catch up if you're trying to stay current.

We've all sat before a magician who is about to perform a trick as they say, "Now pay attention, because if you're not paying attention you're going to be fooled and you won't know how it happened." But there's a secret about this moment when we are invited to pierce deception that is both good news and bad news. Rick reveals what it is in this episode and shares the work we need to do to escape the illusions that bind us to personal limits.

You may not be aware that you're giving a vote and voice to parts of yourself that have no business making decisions when it comes to follow through. In this episode Rick talks about we can use the power of particular questions to give the vote of whether we or not we take useful action to the right inner forces. This is a confidence Game that comes from Rick's Games for Confidence platform.

In honor of the holiday this was recorded on, Thanksgiving Day 2020, Rick offers a perspective on the role that gratitude plays in the journey to be ourselves and to follow through on the "real you." If you reach this episode outside of the Thanksgiving holiday, you'll still be able to easily apply the principles shared in this podcast to the ongoing celebration of your daily life. For Gratitude Practice Resources see Gratitude Heals: A Journal for Inspiration and Guidance https://www.amazon.com/Gratitude-Heals-Journal-Inspiration-Guidance/dp/0578481529