Audacity & Access

by Dorna @yourtrustfunddaughter

Audacity & Access is a podcast about becoming the person who gets what she wants. (basically ur bestie shouting at u through voicenotes) Hosted by Dorna, this show explores mindset, ambition, self-concept, discipline, social dynamics, money, relationships and the psychology behind creating opportunity instead of waiting for it. Through solo episodes and conversations with bold thinkers and builders, Audacity & Access breaks down what it really takes to be a go-getter in a world that doesn’t hand out shortcuts. Success isn’t accidental. You MANUFACTURE your luck through audacity.

  1. 15/06

    Episode 16: Stop Disqualifying Yourself - How to Stop Self-Sabotaging and Losing Opportunities

    Before anyone else has the chance to reject you, you have already rejected yourself. You saw the opportunity and decided you were not ready. You wanted to apply but told yourself you were not qualified. You almost reached out but convinced yourself they would never reply. This is self-disqualification, and it is the quietest, most socially acceptable form of self-sabotage there is. Because it does not look like sabotage. It looks like being realistic. It looks like being humble. But it is the thing standing between you and almost everything you want. In this episode of Audacity and Access I am breaking down why we disqualify ourselves before we even try, how it is connected to deeper self-sabotage, and exactly how to stop doing it. Because the truth is, you are saying no to yourself far more often than the world ever will. In this episode we explore: - why you disqualify yourself before anyone else gets the chance to - how self-disqualification is actually a form of self-sabotage in disguise - the specific ways you talk yourself out of things without realising it - the real fears underneath disqualifying yourself - why the people who win are not more qualified, they just disqualify themselves less - how to catch yourself in the act and choose differently - how to become someone who lets herself try New episodes every Friday. Follow me on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠

    23 min
  2. 6/06

    Episode 15: How To Have Audacity and Delusion - Believe in Yourself Before You Have the Evidence

    Everybody who has ever built something remarkable was called delusional first. And I mean that literally. Every single person who bet on themselves before they had proof, who chased something people told them was unrealistic, who refused to shrink their vision to fit other people's comfort levels, they were called delusional. Until they were not. Until they were called visionary. In this episode of Audacity and Access I am making the full case for audacity and delusion. For the kind of unreasonable, unapologetic, slightly embarrassing self-belief that most people are too scared to have. Because I genuinely think that being strategically delusional about yourself, your potential, your goals is one of the most powerful things you can do. This is also a special episode because I am announcing something. The Delulu Challenge is coming July 1st and this episode is your introduction to exactly what that means and how to do it. In this episode we explore: - what strategic delusion actually is and why it works psychologically - the science behind why believing something before it is true helps make it true - why most people are not delusional enough and what it is costing them - 7 specific step-by-step ways to practise having audacity and delusion in your daily life - how to be delusional about your appearance, your money, your career, your relationships - the difference between delusion and denial -- and why it matters - introducing the 14-day Delulu Challenge starting July 1st New episodes every weekend. Follow me on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠

    23 min
  3. 30/05

    Episode 14: How To Be A More Valuable Person - Build Stronger Partnerships

    Last episode we talked about how to build a network that actually opens doors. And the response was incredible so thank you! But here is the question I kept getting after that episode: okay, but how do I make people actually want to know me? How do I become someone worth knowing? That is what today is about. Because networking tactics only get you so far. The real game is the one that nobody talks about and it is becoming genuinely valuable. As a person. As a professional. As someone people think about when an opportunity comes up, someone people want to introduce, someone people want in their corner. This is not about being liked. It is not about being impressive. It is about understanding what real value looks like and building it deliberately. In this episode we explore: - what it actually means to be valuable and why most people misunderstand it - the difference between being impressive and being indispensable - how to develop a reputation that precedes you - specific ways to become more valuable in any room you walk into - how to make people feel something when they interact with you - the professional skills that quietly separate the top 1% from everyone else - how to become the person who gets thought of first - why generosity is the highest leverage thing you can do for your career and life New episodes every weekend. Follow me on Instagram:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠

    28 min
  4. 24/05

    Episode 13: How to Build a Network - Breaking Outdated Networking Methods

    Nobody gets to where they want to go alone. But nobody tells you how the game actually works. Not the awkward business card version of networking. Not the fake smile at a conference version. The real version where the right conversation in the right room changes the entire trajectory of what you are building. In this episode of Audacity & Access, I break down how to actually build a network that opens doors with specific, out of the box strategies that go way beyond go to events and introduce yourself. Because access is not about luck. It is about knowing how to position yourself, how to show up, and how to make people want to bring you into their world. This is the episode I wish someone had given me earlier. Save it. Share it. Come back to it. In this episode we explore: - why traditional networking does not work and what does instead - how to get into rooms you have not been invited to yet - the art of the warm cold outreach and exactly how to do it - how to make yourself memorable so people think of you first - using social media as a networking tool in a way most people miss - how to network up and connect with people way ahead of where you are - the follow-up strategy that actually builds relationships - how to give value before you ever ask for anything New episodes every Thursday. Follow me on Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠

    27 min
  5. 16/05

    Episode 12: The Psychology of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs & Jeff Bezos - What They Have in Common

    Three of the most powerful builders in modern history. One question: what do they actually have in common? Not the money. Not the luck. Not the right place at the right time. The way they think. The decisions they made. The psychology behind how they operate and why most people, given the exact same opportunities, would not have done what they did. In this episode of Audacity & Access, I break down the mindset, psychology and key decisions of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos not as a history lesson, but as a blueprint. Because I genuinely believe the way these people think is learnable. And understanding it changes how you approach your own ambitions, your own business, your own life. In this episode we explore: - the one psychological trait all three share that most people are too scared to develop - how Elon, Jobs and Bezos each thought about failure differently to everyone around them - first principles thinking: what it is and how to apply it to your own life - the role of obsession and when it becomes a superpower vs a liability - the decisions that defined each of them and what they reveal about how they think - what all three sacrificed that most people are not willing to - what you can actually take from their mindset and apply starting today New episodes every Saturday. Follow me on Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠

    22 min
  6. 8/05

    Episode 11: Fear, Execution & the Inner War: - Inside the Mind of a Founder with Esmae Carr

    What does it actually take to build something from nothing and then sell it? In this episode of Audacity & Access, I sit down with my best friend Esmae Carr founder, entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of a healthcare company she built and sold - for one of the most honest conversations I've ever had on this podcast.   We're not here to give you a highlight reel. We're here to talk about the real stuff: the fear before you start, the inner demons you fight every single day, the moments you wanted to quit, and what it actually takes to keep going when nobody is watching and nothing is working yet. Because entrepreneurship is sold to us as freedom and passion and building your dream. And it is all of those things. But it's also the hardest inner work you will ever do. And most people aren't ready for that part.   This episode is for anyone who is just starting out, in the messy middle, or trying to find the courage to begin.   In this episode we explore: - the fear that lives before you start anything and how to move through it - what execution actually looks like when motivation is gone - how to stay consistent in the quiet moments when no one sees you - why entrepreneurship is mostly an inner war — and how to win it - why you don't have to do it alone (and why asking for help is strength) - the psychotic belief you need to have that it's going to work - how working out every day became a science experiment in execution - goal setting, creating discomfort, and why you need new challenges after you win   New episodes every week. Follow me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠

    47 min
  7. 2/05

    Episode 10: 5 Ways to Build Confidence (& The Psychology Behind It!)

    Everyone wants confidence. But almost nobody understands what it actually is. We've been sold a version of confidence that looks like never doubting yourself, always knowing what to say, walking into every room like you own it. And because most of us don't feel that way we assume we're just not confident people. That it's something other people have and we don't. In this episode of Audacity & Access, I break down the real psychology of confidence: where it actually comes from, why the way most people try to build it completely backfires, and what genuinely confident people do differently that has nothing to do with faking it until you make it. Because confidence is not a personality trait. It is a skill. And like any skill, it can be built by anyone once you understand how it actually works. In this episode we explore: - what confidence actually is and what it is not - why affirmations and positive thinking often make insecurity worse - the neuroscience of self-belief and how your brain builds confidence - the difference between arrogance, self-esteem, and true confidence - why confident people are not fearless they just have a different relationship with fear - how social comparison destroys confidence and what to do instead - 5 evidence-based ways to genuinely build confidence from the inside out New episodes every Saturday. Follow me on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@yourtrustfunddaughter⁠⁠

    18 min

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Audacity & Access is a podcast about becoming the person who gets what she wants. (basically ur bestie shouting at u through voicenotes) Hosted by Dorna, this show explores mindset, ambition, self-concept, discipline, social dynamics, money, relationships and the psychology behind creating opportunity instead of waiting for it. Through solo episodes and conversations with bold thinkers and builders, Audacity & Access breaks down what it really takes to be a go-getter in a world that doesn’t hand out shortcuts. Success isn’t accidental. You MANUFACTURE your luck through audacity.