What the 90-Year-Old Version of You Already Knows

About this episode

In this episode, Taylor Slango discusses the importance of embracing your true self in business and introduces identity exercises to help listeners overcome self-limiting beliefs.

This is Episode 1 of the Six-Figure Quarter series I did in Telegram the other week. The last couple of weeks handed me a lot. Unexpected grief, a lot of anticipatory emotion, and a fork in the road about whether to show up anyway. I chose to. And I think the reason why is exactly what this episode is about. Playing full out as the truest version of yourself — not the safest version, not the smallest version — even when life is giving you every reason to shrink. That's where the next level of your business actually lives. In this episode I'm getting honest about the humble pie problem: why so many women who've been building for years have quietly settled into a watered-down version of what they actually want. And what it really costs you to stay there. I'm also walking you through two identity exercises I want you to actually do: the 90-year-old letter and the identity gap T-chart. Because the strategy conversation can wait. This one can't. Key Takeaways: The "humble pie" pattern and why playing it safe isn't protecting you from anything What the $100K certainty exercise reveals about the gap between who you're being and who you need to become Why no strategy can outperform a…

People in this episode

Host: Taylor Slango

Topics covered

• identity
• business growth
• self-discovery
• women in entrepreneurship
• personal development

Keywords

• humble pie
• identity gap
• 90-year-old letter
• business behavior
• self-identity
• women entrepreneurs
• personal growth

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