Being ghosted hurts even more than a straight up rejection, because it leaves us asking: “What happened?” “What did I do wrong?” “Why would they treat me like this?”

In this episode:

‣ Why people really ghost

‣ How to stop torturing ourselves

‣ How to finally let it go, without waiting for a text that may never come

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:47 Why ghosting hurts more than rejection

04:12 Why we can't let it go

06:21 Why we blame ourselves

09:00 Why people ghost

11:05 How to get over it

13:36 Move on without closure

17:17 What if I messed it up?

18:47 What if I really like them?

20:48 What if they text back?

22:45 How to not feel like this again

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Faking confidence isn't magnetic, it just feels needy. True confidence can't be faked, it has to be developed. In this episode: ‣ What we get wrong about confidence ‣ What people actually find confident and magnetic ‣ How to build confidence from zero ‣ Confidence vs. self-esteem

Video Essay Mentioned: https://youtu.be/MGzByqgaky4

Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 Why we're obsessed with confidence 01:37 Performative confidence/Bravado 03:04 Extroversion and confidence 04:36 Skill/competence as confidence 06:11 Faking confidence 09:13 Bragging about money 10:27 Why we fake confidence 12:24 Steve's examples of faking confidence 14:15 What is "True Confidence"? 16:24 Morgan Freeman example 18:08 Sensitive vs Confident 20:06 How to handle embarrassment 22:18 Where true confidence comes from 24:37 How to build confidence

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Not sure what to do with your life? Hector Garcia — author of the multi-million copy bestseller, Ikigai — talks with Steve about:• How to find your purpose• How to discover your path in life • How money and purpose intersect• How to enter flow states, and more.—————(00:00) Intro(00:24) What keeps us stuck(07:27) What is “ikigai”?(07:56) How to find your purpose(12:33) Money and purpose(15:31) Quality Content vs Attention Hijack(20:05) Self-Promotion vs Providing Value(23:43) How Hector found his path(26:15) Flow States - How to enter flow consistently(30:15) Stop shaming yourself needlessly(32:42) How Steve enters the flow state(35:39) Japanese wisdom for finding meaning in life(38:17) What Hector is up to now—————Connect with Steve:https://www.instagram.com/stvsima