Hey all you women's hoops fans and folks who just don't know yet that they're women's hoops fans.

We've got a big week over at Good Game with Sarah Spain as we near the end of one of the most exciting women's college basketball seasons ever.

The most parody we've seen in years with games coming down to the wire and everyone wondering which team will be crowned national champions

this weekend in Tampa.

Listen to Good Game with Sarah Spain on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

get your podcasts.

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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is that if you are prone to sweeping negative self-talk, as in, I'm incompetent, I'm a failure.

Try substituting the word banana for those weighted words, and see what happens.

While this might sound ridiculous, you just might be surprised at the outcome.

Today's tip comes from Mora Arons-Mele's new book, The Anxious Achiever.

Turn your biggest fears into your leadership superpower.

Many people suffer from some form of anxiety, and some of those folks are going to wind up in leadership roles.

Mora asserts that it is possible to manage anxiety and leadership,

and turn the care and concern that are sometimes at the root of anxiety,

into good things for your team.

While climbing through the ranks of anything, feedback is inevitable.

Indeed, it's critical. None of us is born perfect, and we all need to improve. Nonetheless,

negative feedback can be hard to hear. As Mora puts it, we make mistakes, don't hit sales

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