The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is in how you face obstacles.

Your brain is hardwired to seek comfort and avoid growth, which keeps you stuck in mediocrity - in the ordinary.

This wiring, known as the Motivational Triad, is great for survival but terrible for achieving greatness.

In this episode, I’m breaking down the obstacles that stand between you and the badass version of yourself and the key to overcoming them.

What You Will Discover:

• Why your brain's motivational triad (conserving energy, avoiding pain, seeking pleasure) directly sabotages extraordinary achievement.
• How fragility and constant excuse-making weaken your ability to create results.
• The hidden cost of approval-seeking and why you're wasting energy trying to please people you don't even respect.
• What drama and negativity bonding really do to your mental fortitude and creative capacity.
• The difference between self-love and self-coddling, and why one strengthens while the other weakens.
• How to use negative emotions as opportunities to build strength instead of reasons to retreat.
• Why accepting you're both good and bad, right and wrong, frees up massive energy for creation.

Featured on This Episode:

• Ep #533: Be a Badass Part 1

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Success isn’t reserved for a select few. It’s available to anyone willing to become the person who creates it.

In this three-part series, I’m answering the question I get asked over and over: How do you create the success you want in your life?

The answer isn't about being the smartest or having a perfect past.

It’s about developing two key traits: mental strength and a productive work ethic. These aren’t optional. They’re the foundation of extraordinary results.

In this episode, I share my journey to becoming a badass in business and how I built Self Coaching Scholars into a $10M+ program. You’ll learn why simply believing you can achieve success isn’t enough. You have to believe you are the person who creates those results.

What You Will Discover:

• The two identifiable characteristics every badass possesses and why both are essential.
• How mental strength differs from mental weakness and what it actually requires to develop
• Why work ethic isn't about hustling 24/7 but about producing significant results quickly
• The real reason people fail (hint: it's not lack of capability)
• How childhood trauma can actually contribute to developing mental toughness
• Why announcing your badass identity matters more than keeping it private
• The connection between handling criticism and creating extraordinary success

Featured on This Episode:

• Finding Freedom: A Cook's Story; Remaking a Life from Scratch by Erin French
• Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
• You Are a Badass book series by Jen Sincero

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Today, I’m talking about taking a break. A real break.

Not just rest. Not just vacation. But intentional time away from everything you usually do.

Stepping away gives you perspective. You get to see your life clearly - maybe for the first time.

Whether you run a home, have a corporate job, or own your own business, creating space is essential.

I share exactly how I planned my break, what I discovered, and why you need one too.

You’ll learn how to step away to appreciate your journey. You’ll acknowledge your mistakes. And you'll reconnect with what you genuinely want.

Give yourself permission to pause. Reflect. Then redecide your future.

What You Will Discover:

• Why everyone should plan a midlife break - just like retirement.
• The powerful difference between planned breaks and emergency escapes.
• How to prepare financially, emotionally, and practically to take at least three months off.
• Exactly what to do (and not do) during your break to gain clarity.
• The profound impact a true break has on your relationships, identity, and future plans.

Featured on This Episode:

• #531: Potential
• Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck

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Over the last six-months, I took some time to write and hike and be with the family.

In that quiet, potential became my obsession - mine and yours.

Most of us begin life future-focused and then quietly start measuring possibility by yesterday’s résumé.

That mental pivot shrinks what could still be born.

In this episode, I show you how desire points to unused capacity and resilience gets you there. Exploring your potential is the greatest thrill. It’s also your biggest contribution. Let’s find out who you can become.

What You Will Discover:

• The subtle moment we start letting yesterday predict tomorrow and how to reverse it.
• Why past results are the worst predictor of future potential.
• How desire acts as a compass for growth at any age.
• A simple practice to build resilience so you can turn wanting into having.
• The key to separating self-worth from achievement while chasing big goals.

Featured on This Episode:

#485: Increased Experience

#296: Want Match

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We have been on quite a journey together over the past 10 years.

I’ve created an extraordinary amount of content full of concepts and lessons that have helped me in my own life and business.

Thousands of you have taken those lessons, courses, and certifications to create lives you never dreamed possible for yourself.

You created businesses. You fell in love. You worked hard and created tremendous success for yourself.

I am so proud of you and of us.

While the episode you hear today might feel sad, I want you to know this isn’t goodbye.

In this episode, I share what you can expect from me and The Life Coach School over the next year, and why I need you to get ready for what I’m going to unleash and bring to you in 2026. It’s going to be more epic than anything I’ve ever created, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

What You Will Discover:

• The two books that have impacted me the most in the past couple of years.
• How you can experience my work in 2025 if you never have before.
• What’s in store for 2026 and why you don’t want to miss it.
  

Featured on This Episode:

• #526: Student to Leader
• From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur Brooks
• Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life by Bill Perkins

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What if I told you satisfaction wasn't about getting more stuff?

Or achieving more goals.

I know... it sounds counterintuitive.

And yet, as I've been watching the incredible transformations happening in this final year of Scholars, I've noticed something fascinating about satisfaction.

It's about three specific things that most people never put together: deciding again, wanting what you already have, and the way you cultivate your goals.

In this episode, I share how to feel deeply satisfied right now (without settling), why your past decisions might be secretly sabotaging you, and how to want things from a place that feels amazing instead of desperate. This is going to change everything about how you think about satisfaction.

What You Will Discover:

• Why deciding everything again each year keeps you growing and evolving
• The difference between gratitude and wanting what you already have
• How to discover what you truly want versus what others expect
• Why satisfaction doesn't conflict with setting ambitious goals
• The power of conscious living versus defaulting to past patterns
• How to cultivate anticipation instead of scarcity
• Why letting go of past identities opens doors to new possibilities

Featured on This Episode:

• The Last Word on Power by Tracy Goss

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Have you been trying your very best to achieve a goal… and keep coming up short?

This can feel so disheartening that your brain might tell you to just throw in the towel.

Don’t. Give. Up.

Whether you’re trying to reach a new income level in your business, go pro in your sport, or any other endeavor, there will always be a period of not being good enough yet.

It’s what you make this period mean that makes all the difference.

If you’re ready to close the gap between your very best right now and the very best you’re going to be, listen in. Understanding why your best isn’t good enough and creating a plan to propel you forward are key to closing the gap, and I’m sharing how to do both in this episode.

What You Will Discover:

• 4 questions to ask yourself when your best isn’t good enough.
• How to know when it’s time to quit.
• 4 areas you can work on to improve your best.
• The difference between change and transformation.
• How to close the gap between your best right now and the best you’ll be.

Featured on This Episode:

• Full Swing - Netflix movie
• The Last Word on Power by Tracy Goss

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The Model has helped thousands of people transform their lives. For some, it helped them create the business of their dreams, and for others, it has helped them change their habits and their health.

The guest host of this bonus episode is one of those people.

Nan Saysana has been a coach at the School for the last five years, coaching 50 scholars five days a week.

Using the Model, she went from binge eater to bodybuilder, and she’s here to share that journey with you.

Nan specializes in helping clients overcome cravings, stick to their diets, and achieve their health and fitness goals with a logical and kind approach. She also coaches in French, her native language, and has some important insights on why receiving coaching in your native language is vital to your journey.

Tune in to hear one example of what’s possible when you learn the Model and use it to supervise your brain. No matter the language you speak or the goals you have, you can create a life you love, and Nan is proof of it.

Get Nan’s free download from this episode, 5 Powerful Insights That Have Transformed Over 50 Clients a Week—For More than 5 Years: https://nadege-saysana-coaching.ck.page/ec8cdf7bb2

What You Will Discover:

• The benefits of being coached in your own language.
• 5 insights Nan gained from her time at the School.
• How using the Model has changed Nan’s health, finances, relationships, and business.
• Why everyone can benefit from coaching, even master coaches!

Connect with Nan:

• Website: https://www.thecravingscoach.fr/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nan.saysana.coaching/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nadegesaysanacoaching7196
• Email: nscoaching@outlook.fr
• Book a consultation: https://calendly.com/nadege-saysana/consultation
• Photo credit: Julie Reggiani

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