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E32 [Success Habit #7] Awakening Your Potential: Confidence through Self-Reflection
- S1E32
- 13:00
- January 9th 2025
Unlock the secret to unshakable confidence—even when you feel imperfect. In this episode of Building Success Habits, discover how embracing your quirks and digging deep into your learned patterns can help you thrive both personally and professionally.
We all cruise through parts of our day on autopilot, shaped by habits and beliefs we might not even remember forming. But what happens when those patterns quietly sabotage your goals?
If you’ve ever said you’d do something and skipped it or found yourself quitting before you started, this session is a must-listen.
What You Need to Know
An important part of building confidence is recognizing that much of your behavior is programmed. Simple things like how you tie your shoes or which hand you use to cut food were once things you had to learn—and struggle through.
Over time, you also learned to quit or take the easy path in certain situations, not because you were born that way, but because it became a learned model. Recognizing this conditioning is the first step in changing it.
Confidence flourishes when you identify these patterns and realize you can rewrite them.
What You Need to Do
Slow down—way, way down. Observe your everyday habits with fresh eyes. Notice the routines you follow without thought, then ask yourself when and how you learned them. Reflect on when you started defaulting to giving up or avoiding something hard, and, just as importantly, who supported or encouraged that behavior.
Use these moments to pause, reflect, and track back to the origin of your beliefs and habits.
Next time you catch yourself hesitating or quitting on something you said you’d do, be present enough to override that impulse—even if it’s just choosing to exercise when the gym is closed or picking up the phone to call a prospect.
Your Next Step
Take on the two-week experiment offered in this episode: Observe, question, and reflect on your autopilot habits and moments when you quit on yourself. Use the reflection prompts from the show notes to guide your journaling or quiet thinking.
Confidence isn’t about perfection—it’s about growing through self-awareness and trying new models that serve the thriving version of yourself.
00:00 Introduction
00:56 Join the Conversation
01:50 The Two-Week Experiment
02:28 Autopilot Observations
03:35 Reflecting on Learning Models
05:21 Overriding Old Beliefs
06:26 The Power of Reflection
07:44 Identifying and Changing Beliefs
11:02 Final Thoughts and Sign Off
Building Success Habits
“The more tranquil a person becomes, the greater is their success, their influence, their power for good.” James Allen
"Building Success Habits" is a podcast hosted by Donna Kunde (Business Coach) and Londina Cruz (Life Strategist). The show is all about sharing practical tips, strategies, and insights for building success habits in all areas of life.
This show was originally produced as hour-long radio content, later adapted into 4-episode Signature Season themes for podcast listeners.
The podcast explores a variety of success habits, including goal-setting, resilience, focus, and productivity. Each episode provides insights into how these habits can be developed and maintained, along with tips for staying motivated and on track.
In addition to success habits, the show covers personal development and mindset topics, such as overcoming limiting beliefs and cultivating a growth mindset. Donna and Londina share their own experiences and challenges in these areas, providing listeners with relatable examples and actionable advice.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner, or simply someone who wants to achieve more success in your personal and professional life, "Building Success Habits" offers inspiration and tools to help you achieve your goals and live a more fulfilling life.
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Donna Kunde is one of IBGR's founders and started her career in radio at WNTW on it's Sales 2020 Show. In her role as EVP Supply Management she is responsible for day-to-day station operations and the quality of programming - both show topics and OnAir Talent.
She is an internationally recognized Business Coach and Trainer bringing 20+ years’ experience in military leadership. Donna has been a serial entrepreneur for the last 25 years owning a range of businesses experiencing the unique challenges solopreneurs face with small business growth.
In addition to her entrepreneurial background, Donna brings 35 years of academic and applied cognitive and behavioral science experience to the IBGR Network. Her specialty is helping organizations navigate through change, challenge and tragedy. The combination of her intensive study of the mind, plus practical applications in human potential, Donna provides a unique perspective on leadership, personal growth, sales, communication, and team building.
A high point of Donna's training career happened when she accompanied Dr. John C. Maxwell and his team on a country transformation mission. At the request of the Costa Rican government, the Maxwell team successfully trained 15,000 Round Table facilitators in three days, resulting in a 2% transformation of that nation and projected to reach another 60,000 Costa Ricans the following week. Her trademark energetic communication style and teaching skills have earned her a reputation as a highly effective speaker and respected facilitator.
Londina Cruz is an International Trainer, Executive Coach, and Keynote Speaker with the John Maxwell Team and a Strategic Coach with Anthony Robbins. Londina is a part of Global Transformation with the John Maxwell Foundation, training thousands of leaders in Paraguay and Costa Rica to help transform the values and culture of these nations.
She has spent more than 25 years studying, coaching and consulting in personal mastery and human performance techniques. These techniques include emotional and social intelligence trainings that elevate individuals, leaders and their organizations to excel well beyond current standards – offering a dynamic competitive advantage.
Londina has taken a situation that would devastate most individuals, being hit by a drunk driver, and has turned it into her life force. In this accident, Londina sustained a traumatic head injury, broken back and broken neck. The doctors gave her little hope of a normal life. She has now turned this challenge into an extraordinary life of empowering others to turn their fears into freedom and reach their potential.
Mastering her limiting beliefs and overcoming all that doctors had told her, Londina has thrived physically as well.
She has become a Triathlete (competing in a Half-Ironman and medaling in numerous other triathlons), a two-time marathon runner (Nike Women’s in San Francisco and the Marine Corps in Washington), and a cyclist.
She has released 100 lbs. by taking control of her thoughts instead of allowing thoughts to control her.
She knows what it takes to take you and your team from where you are to where you want to be.
As a Certified Coach, Teacher and Speaker, I can offer you workshops, seminars, keynote speaking, and coaching, aiding your personal and professional growth through study and practical application of John’s proven leadership methods. Working together, I will move you and/or your team or organization in the desired direction to reach your goals.
Contact me. I am looking forward to assisting you on your journey to becoming a success in your life and/or business.