Bet On Yourself: 6 Lessons From 19 Episodes of Scrambled Eggs with Richard& Meghan
- megdeford
- Jul 15
- 3 min read
Richard Taliaferro and I recorded the final regularly scheduled episode of Scrambled Eggs with Richard & Meghan this week.
And while endings make me a little sentimental, this one feels less like a goodbye and more like standing at the edge of a trail; looking back at where you've been before heading somewhere new.
When Richard and I started the podcast, we weren't coming in as experts with all the answers. There are too many "gurus" in the coaching industry, and we had no intention of adding to that.
We wanted to ask better questions, and we wanted to explore topics we help our clients with.
Questions about burnout. Purpose. Goals. Identity. Fears and hopes.
Over the course of these conversations, the topics changed, but the lessons kept repeating themselves.
Here are the ones I'll carry with me.
Lesson 1. Success isn't the same as fulfillment.
This might be the biggest lesson of all.
You can build a life that looks incredible on paper and still quietly wonder, "Is this actually the life I want?" The world teaches us to measure success by titles, income, productivity, houses, promotions, and applause.
But fulfillment asks a different question: How does your life actually feel?
Lesson 2. Nobody has it figured out.
Some of the smartest, most successful people I've ever met have admitted to feeling like impostors. They question what's next. They've changed careers. Made expensive mistakes. Questioned themselves.
But their success wasn't because they were fearless or had all the answers. Inversely, it was that they kept moving anyway and gained clarity on the way.
Confidence isn't what comes before action; it's the dividend of taking action.
Lesson 3. Progress is almost never glamorous.
Social media loves before-and-after stories.
Real life looks more like: two steps forward, one step back, a quick nap, a breakthrough, a setback, and trying again.
Progress rarely looks impressive while you're living it. Oftentimes, we can only see and make sense of it when we look backward.
Lesson 4. Community matters more than we think.
One of my favorite conversations with Richard was about community.
Not networking.
Not collecting followers.
Real community.
The people who celebrate your wins, who notice when you've disappeared from your routine or aren't showing up the way you usually do, who remind you who you are when you forget.
The people who uplift you, challenge you, and reflect yourself back to you. Growth cannot happen in a vacuum.
Lesson 5. Curiosity changes everything.
If there is one practice I hope I never lose, it's curiosity.
Curiosity creates possibility where there was once fear or judgment.
Instead of asking, "What if I fail?"
Curiosity asks,"I wonder what would happen if I tried?"
That's a much lighter and more exciting question to carry, with an arc toward self-trust.
Lesson 6. Bet on yourself.
This became one of the recurring themes of the show.
Your life isn't a dress rehearsal.
There isn't a better version waiting somewhere else while you watch from the sidelines.
Whether it's changing careers, ending a relationship, starting a business, signing up for a race, moving across the country, or going for that new hobby...
Bet on yourself.
Again and again.
And again.
As we wrapped up the final episode, I found myself saying yet again...
We need more honesty and courage and curiosity!
We need more conversations that ask whether the life we're living still fits the person we're becoming.
I'll keep asking those questions every week on Wait - What Do You Do Again? and with the women I work with. I'm still endlessly fascinated by how people build meaningful lives and how they see the world, and I hope you'll keep coming along for the conversation.
Thank you for listening.
Thank you for thinking with us.
And if you take one thing from every episode we ever recorded, let it be this:
Bet on yourself. Because If you don't, no one else will.
What lesson have you learned over the past few years that changed the way you live? I'd love to hear it.
And if any of our conversations stirred something, don't just sit with it. Book a call with me.
It's one conversation, 30 minutes, and you'll leave with an actual next step, not just more to think about ❤️
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