Episode Details

Your life may look impressive on paper, yet something quieter runs underneath. This episode is for high achievers driven by fear, self-doubt, guilt, or shame.

Sana and Steve Barton explore the Game Often Played, the reactive loop of conditioning, and the Game of Ten, a path back to awareness. You will leave with gentle ways to forgive yourself and ease overthinking.

About the Guest:

Steve Barton is a high-performance executive coach, author, and creator of the Game of Ten, a US-registered coaching process. He grew his family floral business from $200,000 to $2 million.

Key Takeaways:

• Fear and shame can push you, but they keep you driven rather than driving.
• You can think your way to nine, never to ten. Awareness, not more thinking, is the shift.
• Awareness is a starting point, not an excuse. Ask what triggers you.
• Perfectionism is a quiet form of self-punishment. Mistakes mean you are learning.
• When overthinking starts, name something you are grateful for, even one breath.
• Forgive the story behind the hurt, for your own freedom.

Connect With Steve Barton:

Website: https://www.stevebartoncoaching.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coach-steve-barton/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevebartoncoaching/

Free book: The Father, the Son, the Aha Moment (on his website)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] The Quiet Patterns Beneath a Successful Life: Why what holds high achievers back is rarely laziness or poor strategy.

[03:22] Conditioned Before Seven: How childhood patterns become the lens we carry into adult life.

[05:57] The Game Often Played: Fear, self-doubt, guilt, and shame, and why you cannot think your way to ten.

[12:00] Is Fear the Engine of Success?: Sana challenges the idea, and Steve answers with the driver versus the driven.

[15:56] Perfectionism and the Gift of Mistakes: A story from the flower shop about how hard we are on ourselves.

[19:30] When Awareness Becomes an Excuse: Triggers, overthinking, and the gentle power of gratitude.

[25:34] You Have Always Been Ten: Letting go, forgiving the story, and coming home to yourself.

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