It’s been reported that the average person has 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day, 80% are negative thoughts every day. How many negative thoughts have run through your mind so far today? It’s easy to come across critics, naysayers, and haters with opinions about what you’re doing or saying and what you should be doing better. Whether the hate is coming from someone you love and respect, or people you’ll never meet, like internet trolls and gangsters, knowing how to maintain your confidence and identity through it all is super important. Evy and Lisa are exposing all the ways you can better face the haters in your life while taking aim on your most ambitious goals today.

Questions to Ask Yourself
Can I live with NOT following my dream?
Who is this person?
Why should I listen to them?
What’s more important at this moment? My goal or my identity?

SHOW NOTES:

Negative Comments | Evy and Lisa react to negative comments and reviews [0:00]
Tune Out Other Opinions | Deciding against strong opinions and culture for yourself [1:52]
Stand Alone | Evy on choosing the police academy against her parent’s support [6:03]
To Listen Or Not | How to decipher if a person is worth listening to about your dream [11:05]
Cruel Hate | Tactics Evy uses to deal with people that have expressed hatred and cruelty [16:54]
Screw What They Think | Showing up in spite of the hate being thrown your way [21:15]
Goal Vs. Identity | Lisa reveals not being willing to sacrifice identity for your goals [24:03]
Coping With Critics | Evy shares how she deals with haters and critics that don’t matter [29:20]
Don’t Play Victim | Evy’s advice to not allow anyone to make you a victim [36:06]
Ditch Your Inner Critic | Evy shares a time she allowed her inner critic to play small [38:17]
When to Hear Your Inner Critic | How to discern when to listen to your inner critic [43:59]
Negative Comments II | [55:02]

QUOTES:

“Just because somebody thinks something doesn’t mean I have to follow it.” Evy Poumpouras [8:53]

“There’s an expiration date for how long you can blame somebody else for the dreams you didn’t achieve.” Evy Poumpouras [9:47]

“I am not here to make choices to make the rest of the world happy. Do no harm, but live your life.” Evy Poumpouras [10:33]

“Just because somebody is your family member [...] that does not mean that is in harmony with who you are and your value system, and it does not mean that you’re supposed to listen” Evy Poumpouras [15:03]

“At the end of the day, if I betray who I am, who I feel like I want to show up every day to be, who I try to be every day. If I betray that, why am I doing a show to empower women? I would feel like a liar…” Lisa Bilyeu [26:21]

“People self-select… so those people who have doubt, who don’t think they can, they’ve already self selected out.” Evy Poumpouras [46:26]

“Focus on where you want to go because you don’t have the bandwidth to waste it on anything else.” Evy Poumpouras [54:54]

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