Ep #59: Indulgent Emotions

Indulgent emotions are those that you are comfortable with but don’t serve you at all; in other words, they don’t get you the results you want. Doubt is a good example of an indulgent emotion: it feels like it might protect you in some way when it fact it only prevents you from reaching your goals. Doubt is a beta condition that puts you in a place ahead of time, therefore anticipating an outcome based on the past. This outcome more often than not comprises failure, and therefore the doubt makes you fail even before you’ve tried! Comfort is another popular indulgence: we want to avoid the unfamiliar and tend to revert to the known whenever the going gets too tough. But get this, being uncomfortable is an inevitable part of growth. Get full show notes and more information here: https://thealphamalecoach.com/59