For many of us, taking action can feel like an uphill battle, even if we’re motivated or inspired. The weight of uncertainty, fear of failure, and the allure of procrastination often paralyzes our best intentions.

It’s a common struggle to transform a thought into some sort of tangible action.

In my own life, I have found simple steps to take that help me actually get started.

What I am sharing with you today:

• How to take action (it’s not just about creating an attainable first step)

• The three steps that help us make things happen

• How to keep going!

• Momentum: How to Find It (and keep it!)

The Raise Your Hand Say Yes Podcast is on YouTube now! Head over there and subscribe and follow and like this episode and click the notifications button so you get a fancy little alert every time a new episode goes live.

Got questions? Or ideas you would like me to maybe talk about here?

Send me an Instagram DM. Or, you can always find me at tiffanyhan.com.

See you next time!

Tweets/Quotes:

• Getting prepared is actually its own starting action. If we haven't done that step, then we're trying to jump forward, and it's harder. It takes more - more strength, more initial force, more power to overcome that inertia, and then nobody wins.

• There are two deep breaths that are most important. Number one is the one that you take right before you do the thing, right before you take action. The second one is the one that you take after you've started because it lets you know that you survived.

• Envision taking the action. Seeing it is going to help you believe that it's possible.

Something that I hear so, so often goes like this:

There are so many things happening all the time and all I can do is just keep reacting.

Ack. We don’t want to live like that, right?

We want to work toward goals and have direction - we want lives that feel good. So how can we do that amongst all the adulting stuff that keeps popping up?

Today, we’re going to talk about momentum.

I’m sharing:

• 3 keys to momentum (and a side order of science)

• How boundaries and bumpers keep us moving forward

• Why fun and easy momentum actually works

• What to Do About Your Fear (and how to move beyond it)

The Raise Your Hand Say Yes Podcast is on YouTube now! Head over there and subscribe and follow and like this episode and click the notifications button so you get a fancy little alert every time a new episode goes live.

We are opening the doors to Gentle Productivity Club very soon! Yay! 🌟

Gentle Productivity Club is one of my favorite things that I do. I love it and I would love to have you join us.

Gentle Productivity Club helps you put a new kind of focus on your goals and how you're living, while remaining gentle with yourself and how you're moving through things.

Got questions? Or ideas you would like me to maybe talk about here?

Send me an Instagram DM. Or, you can always find me at tiffanyhan.com.

See you next time!

Tweets/Quotes:

• The beautiful thing about being on a journey is that every step of the journey teaches you more about what you need to know for the next step of the journey.

• One thing that you can do to prepare yourself better for potential friction is as you're thinking about momentum, as you're thinking about starting, and how to protect yourself from the outside forces, is to say when the friction shows up, here are some different things I can do.

• All or nothing thinking is never going to be satisfied because we can always try to have more and the opposite of more in all or nothing thinking is nothing. Not helpful.

• It’s an adjustment to start reshaping your goals so that they actually fit into the life that you currently have. And it's a gift.

We’ve all heard it a million times:

“Work smarter, not harder.”

But guess, what? If that worked, we’d all be doing it already, right?

And if like me, you have ADHD or an otherwise neurodivergent brain, this advice wasn’t created for you.

But not to worry - I've got you!

There absolutely is a way to get things done, without trying to cram your magical brain into the “work-smarter” box. So listen in as we discuss:

• Why “work smarter” isn’t a sustainable strategy

• What balance actually looks (and feels) like

• How to find your Thrive Zone

Links and Resources:

We are opening the doors to Gentle Productivity Club very soon! Yay! 🌟

Gentle Productivity Club is one of my favorite things that I do. I love it and I would love to have you join us.

Gentle Productivity Club helps you put a new kind of focus on your goals and how you're living, while remaining gentle with yourself and how you're moving through things.

And I promise you, it is like the biggest, most beautiful, glorious win.

If you want to get on the waiting list and be the first to know when registration opens up, be sure to head right here. (Right now, today. 😉)

Watch the video on youtube: https://youtu.be/_q1CMpydDYI

Tiffany's Website: tiffanyhan.com

Gentle Productivity Club: gentleproductivity.club

Tiffany's Instagram: instagram.com/thetiffanyhan

This Episode In Timestamps:

05:47 The pressure of the word "smart.”

09:28 Embrace gentle living to focus on what matters.

12:08 Thrive zone: optimal conditions for human life.

16:19 Identify your needs and priorities today.

18:15 Prioritize what matters most and find joy.

#raiseyourhandsayyeswithtiffanyhan #tiffanyhanpodcast #gentleproductivity #cozyentreprenuer #burnout #productivityhacks #mindfulness #lifecoach #motivation #adhdproductivity #adhdinwomen #neurodiversity #worklifebalance #smarternotharder