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what up everybody it's episode 544 of the genius life let's go the genius life

What's popping, everybody?

I'm your host, Max Lugavere, and welcome back to The Genius Life, a show where we try to get a little healthier, a little sharper, and a lot harder to mentally knock over.

Kind of like one of those inflatable punching bags, you know, like the punching clowns, but with slightly better macros.

Today, I'm joined by Dr. Sadeh Zahrai.

She is a leadership strategist, a behavioral science nerd in the best way, and the author of the brand new book, which just dropped this week, which I can't recommend highly enough.

Big trust.

I love Sade.

She's amazing.

This conversation is 10 out of 10.

And if you're one of those people who've ever waited to feel confident before you take action, well, we're going to ruin that habit for you.

We get into why confidence doesn't usually precede the hard thing.

You often have to do the hard thing first and then your brain updates the story.

We talk about the difference between feeling confident versus looking confident, how to deal with that inner critic without trying to delete it, and a ridiculously practical tool that Sade calls the worry list with an actual worry o'clock because apparently your anxiety responds well to scheduling.

We also unpack the people factor because at the end of the day, you got to look out for the other guy, you know, energy vampires and the like.