Greetings, beautiful souls. Welcome, welcome back to the sweet spot here. You have reached Trust Yourself Thursday, and I'm so proud of you. You've done it, you've done it, you've done it. You are in Trust Yourself Thursday here on the Sweet Spot. We love Trust Yourself Thursday because sometimes during the week it's super important to remember that you can trust you. I'm Dr. Derek Sweet, I'm the host of The Sweet Spot, and I trust you're having a great time with me here as we tackle the seven blocks to breakthroughs. We're up to block number four, believe it or not, on our seven-day journey, and we've really had some great insights. If you haven't listened to the other three blocks that we've been listening to, I'd like you to go back and really just spend some time if you have a moment to just get a grasp on what we've talked about. I'll just tell you briefly on Monday, we talked about block number one, which was the lie that we can be living or the lie that we've been told. On Tuesday, Take Action Tuesday, we talked about the broken place where we settled and how that can become a block. Go listen to that one, it's very clear. And then on Win and All Wednesday, yesterday, we reclaimed ourselves and we reclaimed our goals by saying, hey, what do we actually want? Go back and listen. So today on Trust Yourself Thursday, my friends, we move into one of the bravest questions of the week. What will I try next? Not what you will perfect, not what you'll master, just what will you try? Because trust isn't built in your thoughts. Some people think that. They think that that's where trust is built. They're partially right. Trust is built when you take a step. So trust is built in your steps. And today's block is around the fear of trying. That's why we asked the question. That's why we asked the question, what will I try next? And it's not just the fear of trying, it's the fear of trying again. People aren't really afraid of starting, in my view, having talked to so many people and counseled so many people. They're not really afraid of starting. They're afraid of starting while being scared. They're afraid of trying while they're doubting. They're afraid of moving before they feel ready. That's what the deeper fear usually is, and that's what I tend to work with when we do coaching and counseling. But here's the quiet truth. Your confidence doesn't grow from success. You know where it grows? From the attempts you make to be successful. The attempt itself is what gives the confidence, and many of us miss that. One small step taken with even the shakiest hand builds more trust than a thousand hours of talking about it and thinking about it. Trying is where your transformation begins, my friend. So wherever it is, you've got to try. You've got to make the step. And in neuroscience, you know, here on the sweet spot, that's what we do, okay? In neuroscience, trying may matter even more than getting it right. There I said it. Let me break that down for you in a way that feels more human, okay? There's a learning circuit in your brain, and it's centered around a structure we've talked about before, the ACC, I don't know if you remember it, it's the anterior cingular cortex and the dopamine system. These two systems create this kind of learning circuit, okay? And they light up every time you attempt something new. Not when you succeed. It lights up more when you're attempting to do something new, not when things are perfect, but when you're trying. Keep trying, keep going at it. And that's the truth. Your brain doesn't activate your growth circuits through perfection, it activates them through participation. It loves to participate. Every attempt, even if it's a messy one, even if you've messed up, it didn't work, it gives your brain new data. Your fear signals, they get quieter. Your confidence circuitry, it strengthens, and your sense of agency defense. You watch your athlete prepare and practice, they go at it again and again. By the time we see them, they are so good at it that it looks so easy and effortless to make that shot. It's so easy and effortless to dive off this diving board and do all these flips to score the goal, to get the ball into the net. All of that. To catch the ball in the end zone, to make the perfect tackle, all of that, all of that is through attempting things and trying it over and over again. We don't see the practice how hard they work. We don't see how hard that surgeon works on tying knots and making things uh perfect in their practice so that they can get out there and really be flawless. Yeah, every attempt, even messy ones, gives your brain information and data and it makes the brain more efficient. And your story will shift from I'm not ready to I can handle this if you practice, if you make movement. Your story will shift to I can trust myself. Trying, not succeeding, trying is what rewires your system for courage. You've got to try. I don't care if you make it or you don't make it, try. And here's the deeper psychological layer. We talked about it yesterday. Motivation isn't created by the finish line, motivation is created by what? Movement and meaning. Remember that from yesterday? Meaningful movement. When you take a step forward, anything that you're trying to do in life, you take a step forward, and that step points you towards something that matters to you. Your brain says, aha, we're gonna go in this direction, this is what we're gonna do. It's a secret of the most skilled masters to take action and movement and make it work for you before you're even ready. Sometimes movement without meaning is draining, it's just activity. But movement tied into meaning, that's when your spirit and your brain say together, hmm, this is us. This is who we are. Ha! Let's go. Trying something aligned with what you want is what signals your entire nervous system to work with you. We're becoming who we said we're gonna become, is what the brain hears and sees and feels. And you can't trick this brain too much. It knows. It knows if you're just sitting there talking and just talking in circles and ain't really doing anything. And the ancient wisdom frames it like this in Psalms 37-23. Take the first step. If you walk with me, I'll show you the next one. Psalm 3723. Take the first step. If you walk with me, I'll show you the next one. Hmm. That matters. You know why it matters? Because in the ancient wisdom, the Most High God really hands out the entire blueprint. Some of us wish he would, but he doesn't. He hands out a step. Moses got a step. Remember him? Abraham got a step, Ruth got a step. You gotta take a step, a step of faith. Get it? Oh man, I love it, I love it. This is the sweet spot. Science, soul, and success. Every story, my friend, of transformation begins with a simple, imperfect movement. A simple step. And the step is what activates the path, not what you're thinking, not what you're dreaming. That's important. But the step, you gotta take the step. Is it going to the doctor? Is it calling that person that you're mad at? What is it? Trying is what activates your transformation. So let me ask you gently: what is one small thing you can try next that moves you closer to the life you want? Not the whole plan. Not the whole lead. Just one step. One email, one boundary, one new habit, one act of belief, one attempt, even if it's messy. Because you now understand that trying is the is the whole thing. Trying is courageous. You gotta try. Trying is spiritual, trying is courage, trying is neurological. Trying is how you teach yourself that you're trustworthy. So finish this sentence and we're done. The next small thing I'm willing to try is, and then you fill that out. What is the next small thing you're willing to try today? What fear rises in the moment when I tell you that? What's gonna hold you back? What's the story you're gonna tell yourself, right? So, and when you try, let's say you're trying, no matter how it goes, I want you to pause and honor the fact that you try. Trying is proof of your growth. This is Dr. Derek Sweet. You've been listening to The Sweet Spot. Thank you so much for going on this journey with me around the seven blocks to breakthroughs. If this episode touched you, share it with someone who keeps waiting for the perfect timing. Share it with them and subscribe. Listen, tomorrow, tomorrow, hmm, wow, tomorrow is uh finish strong Friday. And we're gonna ask another question for the block. What am I avoiding? Because the thing you avoid the longest is often the thing that frees you the fastest. See you tomorrow, beautiful soul.