E13: Life's Greatest Distraction: Worrying About What Others Think

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“This isn’t about ignoring what others think. It’s about understanding it and choosing how it impacts us,” declares Zovig Garboushian as she unpacks the fear of judgment and learns to embrace humility. This humility, she argues, is the key to overcoming the worry about others’ opinions and finding more freedom to be oneself.

In this episode, Zovig addresses the anxiety of worrying about others’ opinions, especially for those in leadership and high-visibility roles. She shares her experience growing up in a traditional Armenian family, highlighting how cultural conditioning affects self-worth and the need for external validation.

Zovig discusses the dangers of people-pleasing and the fear of rejection, offering advice on distinguishing constructive feedback from noise. She emphasizes self-acceptance and humility as keys to overcoming self-doubt, proposing that recognizing our inherent worth can liberate us from judgment.

This episode is a call to embrace humility and self-acceptance, not just as concepts but as practical pathways to overcoming self-doubt and achieving a more authentic existence. Join Zovig to learn how to break free from societal approval constraints and find genuine contentment in your own skin.

Quotes

• “I wish there was a trick to eradicate this behavior entirely. I don't think that there is, even after a lifetime of meditation. I don’t know if it’s entirely possible to remove that behavior entirely. But what I do know is that we can learn to pull ourselves out of those moments faster and have them not affect us as much. But it is a practice.” (02:47 | Zovig Garboushian)
• “The secret to letting go of what other people think is humility. It’s the understanding that no one person is any better or any worse than you.” (15:59 | Zovig Garboushian)
• “When I am humble, I don’t need someone else’s approval. If we are humble, we can spend less time proving ourselves and more time being ourselves. Humility takes work. You gotta take your ego out of the game. You gotta cut through the zero-sum thinking. You have to drop the perfectionism and allow yourself to be flawed and know that it means nothing about the quality of who you are. To be humble, we have to know that we are not what we do.” (20:07 | Zovig Garboushian)

Links

Connect with Zovig Garboushian:

Website: www.boldnessablazecoaching.com

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