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Hey beautiful women. This is Dawn Damon, the brave heart mentor and you're listening to the brave hearted woman. This is a podcast designed to help you find your brave so you can live out your beautiful vision. I have been working with women for years. And now I want to help you too. I'm here to awaken the brave heart inside of you so you can ignite the flame of your vision you can reach your goals and achieve your dreams. Come on lets get brave.

Hey you brave hearted women, how are you doing today? You know who this is? Dawn Damon, your brave heart mentor. Have you been living brave? Have you taken steps of courageous action? What have you done lately that strengthens your mental muscle that causes you to have some courageous tenacity, you I want to talk to you about that today. In fact, I just really want to encourage your heart. And I feel that there are some women out there today, some brave women, you might be wavering just a little bit. So I want you to say these affirmations with me as we get started today. I am strengthened with power. I am prepared to endure. I persevere with joy. I am diligent. I finished what I start.

She just decided, you know what, I think I'm just gonna stay a couple days later, even though she was packed and even on our way to the airport. She said, I'm just gonna stay a couple days later and cure my team on I'm, you know, so yeah, I'm going to stay so she decided to do and that's when you know what happens Simone Biles now started dropping out of individual events. And suddenly the phone rings and they said Michaela, we need you. Step up. suit up. You're going on? Oh, my goodness. Well, Michaela, she performed in the vaults. And not only did she perform a near flawless, flawless performance, but she was one of the first ones to gal it might even been the first and then she had to watch as person after person after person competed, would they outdo her with one after another after another after another scored less than her? One more? One more opponent went and she did end up getting the gold medal. But mckaela Skinner stood on the platform receiving the silver medal. She said I anticipated going home and the Olympian, but not a medal winning Olympian and now I will forever have the fulfillment of my dream. I am a silver medalist. Well, one comment from Florida and one of the coaches said this is not a woman who backs down on big goals. And this has been her ambition since she was little and she's never shied away from it. And so what about you? Do you know how to keep the dream alive? Yes, you're going to hit obstacles. Yes, you're going to hit setbacks and bumps along the way. It's part of it. But if you can remove yourself from the shameless voices that the not the shameless voices, the shame filled voices that tell you, you're never going to do this, you're a failure. Why believe anyway, see, look at you, you're an idiot. It never turns out for you and instead say, I am going to have a growth mindset that says, I can change I can morph, I can modify. I can grow, I can learn and I am not going to quit. So crawling is acceptable. Falling is acceptable, sweat and blood and puking. All acceptable. But quitting? No. Webster says that courage and resolve are strength of character. And grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. That's what the writer and author Angela Duckworth, who wrote the New York best selling book called grit. She said that in important studies in seeing how the role of grit plays in success, she said grit is having stamina and it's one of the number one characteristics of success. Stick to itiveness. Sticking with your future, day in and day out, not just for a week, not just for a month, but for years, and working really hard to make that future a reality.

Don't let someone else's opinion define you. You want transformation. You want to reach your goals. You want to see your dream come to pass, then keep your mind and your heart focused, determined perseverance. Because you've got this. This is an emotion that you can create. Yeah, it's an emotion. It's a quality. It's a state of mind that you can create. You can become determined and persistent and steadfast. When you decide to turn obstacles into opportunities, stepping stones, the work of perseverance starts, when any trial starts. Any testing any situation that requires emotional muscle, you know, oh, yep, I'm developing perseverance right now I have to stand firm. So in other words, like when when adversity strikes, and again, when How long can you endure before you cry on goal, perseverance or in different says, I will stand? Now I might call for help. But I will stand. And I will, my my people, my support system, the help that I get, will help me stand up under trial. And I know that my faith is being perfected. And here's the good news. When you choose perseverance, you not only grow in depth of character, but you also get the results that you desire. You get that thing. Resilience carves away weakness, and the weakness in our soul that makes us quitters. It teaches us how to redirect our focus on the reward and not the problem. Visualize the reward, and not the problem, visualize the answer, and see yourself making your way towards it, and modify and adjust and reframe your challenge is to stick to it and recognize that this has the potential for making me better, stronger and more mature. I'm not negating that it hurts like crazy. I'm not saying that it doesn't. But resilience doesn't let us give up. So let me give you a quick few pointers on how to cultivate and develop this resilience. And then I think you know what, let's make this a two parter. We'll go into it even in more depth in more depth in our next podcast, but you're going to have to respond to adversity and I want you to consider the next five steps and we'll go into them next week. Listen to your inner dialogue. Analyze your situation. Recognize that you are not powerless. Set your mind unfocus Set your mind and focus on the win. And then endure and be grateful. Remember to be joyful in your trial. So strength will will come grit will come your mind will feel fortified. Don't become weary in well doing. grit gives you drive to reach your God given potential. Don't you want to offer your full potential to the world? I do. I think you do too. Capanna Sharla American astronaut who say that again? I didn't even pronounce it right. Let me say it again. Kalpana Sharla, an American astronaut said this, the path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it. Good words. That's what I have for you today. I hope it's helpful. Hey, if it has been helpful, make sure you like this, share it subscribe. And it would be so helpful if you download this podcast and then write a review for me It helps my algorithms go up. And that helps me reach more listeners and help more people. Ultimately, that's my goal and vision to help strengthen the hearts of anyone that God puts in my pathway. So I look forward to seeing you again. visit me at dawn damond.com or the brave hearted woman. And until then, don't forget, find you're brave and live your vision.

Thanks for hanging out with me today and becoming brave. If this has helped you, be sure to share it with someone and subscribe so you never have to miss another episode. For more about me my books, my coaching or online courses, visit Dawndamon.com. And as always be brave and live your vision.