Let the World Catch Up (Part 1 of 2) | Season Two Premiere

In the Season Two premiere of The Rest of Us podcast, host Dana Tenille Weekes makes the case for embracing the affirmation “let the world catch up” when people cannot see what we see or understand what we understand. 

Dana opens this two-part episode by sharing that she struggled over the past few months to remain connected to her agency. She also acknowledges that many of us feel unrest in today’s world from sources that are beyond our inner selves. But, Dana says, this is even more reason for us to adopt the mindset of “let the world catch up,” and she explores two of the five mindset shifts to do so.

What You’ll Settle Into

• Two mindset shifts that are necessary to let the world catch up: (1) pull yourself out of proving mode; and (2) have a vision of what you want that is so real you’re living it consistently.
• A reflection prompt to help us identify default narratives we tell ourselves that keep us in proving mode, and what a narrative could be that defaults to a “let the world catch up” mindset.
• Two other reflection prompts to help us envision and believe in what the world will need to catch up to. 

Key Quotes & Insights

Letting the world catch up must be for something that centers your humanity and values and allows you to feel your feelings instead of thinking or masking them. But, in no way, does it center your ego.

Proving mode stalls being who you are. You’re not letting the world catch up to you, but you’re constantly chasing the world to prove that you deserve to live in it

“When there is something I desire that I know the world will need to catch up to … I envision and believe that what I desire has already happened, it already exists, and it is waiting for me to catch up to it.”

What the world needs to catch up to is not an easy responsibility or opportunity to hold. Meeting your moment is celebratory, yes, but it is a responsibility, which is why I often tell folks that not distinguishing between you and your ego will undermine who you are when you meet your moment and undermine the moment itself.

LENGTH: 30 minutes