Why can’t we just ramp up sales, find new clients
and customers and get to one million in revenues that way? Do we really have to deal with confidence issues, limiting beliefs and unconscious thoughts? Sorry, but yes, we do. Because the unconscious drives the show. When only three percent of women are getting to one million in revenues, it’s obvious something isn’t working. Mindset is actually the big mama elephant in the room for most of the women I’ve coached, mentored and swapped entrepreneurial war stories with. I like to say for women looking to go big it’s not a question of competence; it’s a question of confidence. It’s not that we can’t overcome mindset challenges, but we struggle to figure out how. Very few women are mastering mindset, and it’s the critical driver of success.
WHAT MINDSET MEANS TO ME
When obstacles come up, successful entrepreneurs adopt a “water around rocks” attitude. There is always a way around the boulders, no matter how big they are. That’s about mindset. When you become aware of what’s happening in your mind, you can actually change your thought patterns, which means you can: • Resolve inner conflicts that could be sabotaging your success • Have an abundance mentality instead of a
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scarcity mentality • Own your ability to prevail in every situation • Think big and achieve your full personal and professional potential
THE MIND IS LIKE A COMPUTER
Think of it this way, on your computer, you have programs running that you can actually see—your email, word processer, Facebook, or music player. These applications are like what’s going on in your conscious mind—the conversations you have, the decisions you make, the actions you take. But you also have programs running that you can’t see— your operating system, your virus protection software, the programs that make your mouse and speakers work. These are like your unconscious mind, driving the show from behind the scenes. Your operating system determines the conversations, the decisions, the actions you take. Our unconscious thoughts can also prevent us from taking the next step in becoming the biggest, boldest versions of ourselves. They can cause us to lose documents, behave in glitchy ways and generally muck things up. So how do we access these old “programs” and replace them with new ones?