Brian Keane

I knew Sunday evening I was going back to work on Monday. And that didn't happen when I went into working in fitness. And it was such an interesting thing because at every stage, I always think of it, and the analogy I use is it's like legs on a table for confidence.

I knew Sunday evening I was going back to work on Monday. And that didn't happen when I went into working in fitness. And it was such an interesting thing because at every stage, I always think of it, and the analogy I use is it's like legs on a table for confidence.

If you're setting up and doing a new journey, you know this, Alana, that at the beginning, you don't really have any legs to your confidence table. So it's very easy to knock it over.

If you're setting up and doing a new journey, you know this, Alana, that at the beginning, you don't really have any legs to your confidence table. So it's very easy to knock it over.

But every time you set a small goal and you hit it, you add another leg to your table, or you set a big goal, a big, massive financial target or a marketing target, and you hit it and you're like, oh, big leg to the table. So if people

But every time you set a small goal and you hit it, you add another leg to your table, or you set a big goal, a big, massive financial target or a marketing target, and you hit it and you're like, oh, big leg to the table. So if people

people question you then you're like well it's fine my confidence table is pretty sturdy I'm fine I can take these knocks from the outside but in the beginning you should be very careful of that and I think when people are trying to make that leap you have to be so mindful that in the early stages you don't have a lot of confidence or competence probably in the craft that you're choosing to do or the career you're choosing to go into you have to be really careful about who you spend time with my mother used to always tell me that if you lie down with dogs you get fleas

people question you then you're like well it's fine my confidence table is pretty sturdy I'm fine I can take these knocks from the outside but in the beginning you should be very careful of that and I think when people are trying to make that leap you have to be so mindful that in the early stages you don't have a lot of confidence or competence probably in the craft that you're choosing to do or the career you're choosing to go into you have to be really careful about who you spend time with my mother used to always tell me that if you lie down with dogs you get fleas

And you should be very careful that if there's people around you who are constantly chucking negativity at you, that's going to feed into you. That can't bounce off in the beginning. And that's something I know now that I definitely wish I had known 15 years ago.

And you should be very careful that if there's people around you who are constantly chucking negativity at you, that's going to feed into you. That can't bounce off in the beginning. And that's something I know now that I definitely wish I had known 15 years ago.

What's so interesting about what you just said too, Ilana, is that everybody will feel the fear, but after a certain point, you just get conditioned to feel the fear and do it anyways. It's a cliche, but it's true. But what I did in the early stages was a thought experiment, which is just basic risk assessment 101. What's the upside of the decision I'm making?

What's so interesting about what you just said too, Ilana, is that everybody will feel the fear, but after a certain point, you just get conditioned to feel the fear and do it anyways. It's a cliche, but it's true. But what I did in the early stages was a thought experiment, which is just basic risk assessment 101. What's the upside of the decision I'm making?

What's the downside of the decisions I'm making? And can I handle the downside? It's risk management 101. The upside for me for leaving teaching and doing this job that didn't feel like a job to me was I'm doing something that I'm getting paid for that I would do for free, that I feel a massive calling to, a massive passion to. I'm like, that's a big upside.

What's the downside of the decisions I'm making? And can I handle the downside? It's risk management 101. The upside for me for leaving teaching and doing this job that didn't feel like a job to me was I'm doing something that I'm getting paid for that I would do for free, that I feel a massive calling to, a massive passion to. I'm like, that's a big upside.

The downside for me was I can go back teaching. I have a qualification. I have four years of experience. I will be in the exact same position that I'm in now And then I ask, can I handle that downside? I'm like, of course I can handle that downside. It's a disproportionate benefit on the upside.

The downside for me was I can go back teaching. I have a qualification. I have four years of experience. I will be in the exact same position that I'm in now And then I ask, can I handle that downside? I'm like, of course I can handle that downside. It's a disproportionate benefit on the upside.

That's perceived fear though. I think what's interesting is separating fear into its two categories, just categories. One is real fear, identified about threat of something bad happening and the others are perceived fear. Humiliation, what would people say? What would people think? That's a perceived fear.

That's perceived fear though. I think what's interesting is separating fear into its two categories, just categories. One is real fear, identified about threat of something bad happening and the others are perceived fear. Humiliation, what would people say? What would people think? That's a perceived fear.

And when you think about your perceived fears, and I went through all of those things, I had them said to me, there was probably way more people that didn't say it to me. But what's really interesting, I swear to you, Alana, I put this into the last book, Rewriting Your Story,

And when you think about your perceived fears, and I went through all of those things, I had them said to me, there was probably way more people that didn't say it to me. But what's really interesting, I swear to you, Alana, I put this into the last book, Rewriting Your Story,