Ep. 9: Don’t Chicken Out! (What’s holding you back from success?)

The Wealth Spa Video Show Episode 9: “Don’t Chicken Out!”

Are you doing everything right, implementing all over the place, but success is just not “clicking” for you?  Do you have a huge vision and wonder if it’s even possible to achieve (or if you are setting yourself up for disappointment)?  Learn the one thing that may be holding you back from wealth & success.

 

This episode comes from my comments on stage at Ali Brown’s Online Success Blueprint Workshop in November 2008.

A SINGLE Focus Will Help You Attract More Clients (In More Ways Than One)

Guest post by Fabienne Fredrickson, The Client Attraction Expert

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – Carl Jung

You’ve heard a lot more about the Law of Attraction recently. For nearly 10 years, I’ve been using it consciously to create my ideal business, on a daily basis, in addition to disciplined marketing strategies.

With anything in life, if you don’t KNOW where you’re going, you’ll either eventually get lost or it’ll take you a long time to get there, much longer than necessary. If you’re heading out to drive cross-country and choose to do it without a roadmap, it may not even make sense to head out in the first place. Worse, if you don’t consciously choose what you want, you will continue to attract by default what your unconscious mind wants to attract.

Over the years, I noticed that certain entrepreneurs were really wishy-washy about what they want or wanting it for the wrong reasons. BIG mistake. A single focus will help you market AND manifest what you want, much faster. Not knowing what you really want creates confusion in both your marketing AND your manifesting. Here’s what I mean.

Say one day you decide that you want to attract a full practice of 20 clients, and you set that intention. But the next day, you decide that instead, you’re interested in only 5 private clients and 3 group programs. That same afternoon, you decide you don’t want ANY private clients, but instead, you want to only deal with groups. (This happened to a client just this week.)

If you know that what you focus on is what you bring into your reality, both in terms of manifesting, but also in the Law of Attraction (which I call manifesting) then you’re essentially sending the wrong message over and over again to the Universe (or your subconscious mind, whichever you prefer).

Some may not see this as a big deal, but it actually is. Take this scenario as an example: You’re hungry and decide to have lunch in the “Law of Attraction Diner”. Your waitress is the “asking”, your order is what you’d like to eat, and the short-order cook in the kitchen is the Universe, ready to send you exactly and precisely what you desire and ordered.

You tell the waitress that you’d like to eat a grilled cheese sandwich. She responds, “Your wish is my command” and starts walking over to the short-order cook’s window with your order slip. Before she hands it to him, you stop her, call her back to the table and tell her you’ve changed your mind.

Instead of the grilled cheese sandwich, you’ve decided you now want a tuna salad sandwich. She comes back to your table, crosses off the previous order, and scribbles down the new one. She says, “Your wish is my command” and starts walking over once again to the short-order cook’s window with your revised order slip.

But before she has a chance to place your order for the tuna salad sandwich, you wave her back to your table and tell her you’ve changed your mind once more. You’re now interested in eating a meatball sub, and you send her back with this new order.

As do this over and over again, the waitress never actually reaches the kitchen. If this continues, will you ever get to eat? Probably not for a while. And worse yet, you’d probably complain that your food was late, but in fact, here’s what’s really happened.

YOU are the one and only reason it was late getting to you.

Now imagine that this is exactly what’s happening when you aren’t clear about what you want your practice to look like, how many clients you’d ideally like or the revenue you’d like to make. Many entrepreneurs do this every day. And as you keep changing your mind, your “order” never actually reaches its destination and can never be answered! This may seem like a no-brainer to you, but look deeper and you’re probably making that same mistake (hundreds of my clients have been guilty of this.)

Your indecision is what gets in the way! If you’re not clear about what you want, you’re sabotaging both your marketing AND your manifesting. In terms of marketing, you’ll find yourself waffling, not really knowing where to focus your efforts, where to find your ideal clients, etc. In terms of Manifesting, you’ll wonder why what you want isn’t “arriving” quickly enough. This is why it’s absolutely essential that you get CRYSTAL CLEAR on what you really want, especially as we head into the next year.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

If you realize that you can have anything you want, then the question becomes, what DO you want in this next year? Make a “date” with yourself for some quiet time over the slower holiday season. Turn off your computer, turn the ringer off the phone and put a Do Not Disturb sign on your office door. Get a notebook and a pen and start imagining what you’d like to have for your practice.

A note of caution. What you’re looking for here is to put down what YOU really want, NOT what others are doing, not what others say you SHOULD want and certainly not something you’d be unhappy with. Here’s why.

If you put down something that’s inauthentic for you or doesn’t ultimately get you excited, then that “negative” energy will prevent you from feeling good each time you think about what you’d like to attract. And when you don’t “feel good” about what you’d like to attract, you won’t be in alignment with it and simply won’t get it. So, get busy with the following:

• How many clients would be ideal for you in this year?
• How much revenue would you like each month this year?
• What kind of clients would you be really happy with?
• If anything could be possible, how much time off do you dream of, per week, per month or per year?
• How easily would clients come to you?
• Would they pay you easily and eagerly?
• Would they receive massive value from your work and tell everyone about you?
• Where will you work?
• How would you describe (in detail) your ideal and typical day if you were to have all of these things?
• How will you feel having already achieved this?

I’ve been using this technique to nearly double my revenues each year. It works. So, set an intention statement (or two pages’ worth, as I do) and read it daily. Carve it into your both your conscious and subconscious. You’ll be amazed by the results, both in a marketing sense, AND in a Manifesting sense.

Got your vision laid out but having a difficult time marketing it? Then it’s time to take action and invest in a step-by-step marketing system that will feel easy and authentic to you. The Client Attraction Home Study System™ avoids all the unnecessary stuff and instead gives you the most important things to do to find your niche, get out there in a big way, set up simple, solid systems, so you consistently fill your pipeline and continually get new clients. It’s all step-by-step, not a big mishmash of things. So, you do step one of the system, and when you’re done with that, you move on to step two, and so on. So easy. All the tools, scripts, templates, and examples are handed to you on a silver platter. You can get it at http://TheClientAttractionSystem.com

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About the Author:  Fabienne Fredrickson, The Client Attraction Expert, is founder of the Client Attraction System™, the proven step-by-step program to attract more clients, in record time…guaranteed. To receive your freebie audio CD by mail and sign up for her weekly how-to articles on attracting more clients, visit http://www.ClientAttraction.com

 

Blog Action Day: Teach a woman to run a fishing info product business, and she eats forever

Today is Blog Action Day, an annual non-profit event to bring together bloggers around the world to post about one issue, all on the same day, in an effort to bring awareness and change. The topic for 2008 is Poverty. 

Let’s remember the bible verse, “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish and he eats for a lifetime.”  While the idea of teaching a self-sustaining skill instead of just giving short-term handouts is admirable, it’s just a first step.  

• How about “teach a woman how to fish and give her a micro-loan to buy a boat and fishing equipment, and she’ll employ half the village, help build a school, and eat forever.”  
• How about “teach a woman how to fish and give her loan to buy a computer, and she can create an info product business teaching other to fish, thereby creating passive revenue for herself (buying all the fish she wants) and teaching fishing to thousands of others around the world.”
• How about “teach a woman how to fish and give her a loan to buy a boat, fishing equipment, and a computer, and she’ll start a fishing cooperative with dozens, then thousands of other fishing businesses, secure major VC, get a book deal and give speeches all over the world sharing her story.”

Here at The Wealth Spa and Potts Weinstein LLC we support Kiva.org, a non-profit person-to-person micro-lending website, enabling individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.  So far I’ve made loans to 24 peoplearound the world to help them start or grow their businesses — and I get to learn about those businesses and follow their progress.  I can’t explain how cool it feels to know how much a bit of cash has changed the lives of people on the other side of the world.    

Get started today changing the life of not just a fellow business owner, but every person who comes in contact with that business owner (in many cases, these loans change the history of an entire village or community). 

Learn about the businesses I support & how to get started by going to:

http://www.kiva.org/lender/elizabethpw

Photo by Lucas Jans via Flickr.

 

Taking Financial Action: Yes, it is you.

What’s holding you back from taking the next step on your finances?  

Simply, you are.  

Perhaps you have some technical issues that need to be addressed – finding the right person at the pension administrator to give you the projections, figuring out how to fill out the forms, allocate those accounts, find time to schedule the appointment.  But you can deal with all of those issues, with minimal, if any help.  Why haven’t you done it?  

The Real Reason is likely some issue you have about money, finances, or success.  We are all walking around with personal issues from our past experiences, in childhood, our teenage years, our prior relationships, or from our friends and community.  Rules such as – people like us can never be rich, money is the root of all evil, corporations are evil, women are not good with money, I don’t know anything about money, I’m just going to get into debt again, what’s the point?

Until we figure out what these issues are, you will continue to subconsciously hold yourself back from taking the next Action Step you know you need to take.

So how do you discover those rules?  

One way is to keep track of your Roadblocks.  Where do you get stuck?  When do you stop Taking Action on your finances?  Do you see a pattern?  When did you start doing this behavior?  Do you know anyone else who does this?  

The Wealth Spa Minute:  Start a log of your roadblocks.  Brainstorm a list of action items you currently know you need to take on your money, but have not yet done so.  List your excuses.   See a pattern?   Do you see a Real Reason emerging?  If not yet, don’t be discouraged, it may take some time tracking your roadblocks for your Reason to emerge.  

Photo courtesy of strochka via Flickr.

Celebrate Your Financial Success (even if it’s tiny)

Are you a frustrated financial perfectionist?  

Do you feel that your tasks are always unfinished?  Have the thoughts that there is always one more thing, you have never really done that much, you always have more to truly reach your goal, etc.?

If so, you are probably not acknowledging your accomplishments – and this lack of finality, of celebration of a job well done, may be holding you back from success.  

We all have taken some steps on our finances.  You’ve opened a savings account, paid off a credit card, bought a house, opened up a 401(k), raised your retirement contributions, saved money each month, met with an advisor, opened up a life insurance policy.  

So you say, no, not me, I haven’t done anything yet?  You are reading this financial blog post!  A major accomplishment!  

So, did you celebrate?  Did you take the time to rejoice in a job well done?  

Designing and implementing your new financial plan is a long process, which may take you months to complete.  To maintain your positive attitude, you need to acknowledge each step along the way – regardless of how far you are from your ultimate goals.

The Wealth Spa Minute:  Make a list of everything good you have done about your finances – the tiny to the huge.  Celebrate Each and Every One of Them.  Buy a package of gold stars to paste in front of each item, eat a m’n’m for each task, spend five minutes getting a massage per each completed event, or drink a martini for each accomplishment.  

Financial Freedom: What does it mean to you?

When we are planning for our finances, we must decide how we will measure our success.  One measure is achieving Financial Freedom – but what does financial freedom really mean?

The term “financial freedom” is thrown around both by traditional financial planners and investment advisors, as well as every infomercial get-rich-quick scheme.  Typically, most of the schemes are using the term to mean being so rich you never have to work again.  But really financial freedom means being released from uncertainty and being able to confidentially know that you will be able to meet your life goals – that your finances (or lack thereof) are no longer holding you back from achievement.  Read more

Visualization: How to Visualize Your Perfect Life and Business

Guest post by Bonnie Hutchinson of Soul Power Wisdom Inc.

So what is “visualization” and why should you care?

A classic visualization technique is to relax into a calm state, and then consciously imagine sights, sounds or experiences. Visualization taps into your imagination and the power of your creative mind and soul. 

Athletes often use visualization to amplify the power of their training regime. Many entrepreneurs I know use visualization as one of their manifesting or Law of Attraction tools. 

In a guided visualization, someone’s voice “guides” you as you move into a relaxed state, and then suggests what sights, sounds or experiences to imagine.

Why you should care is that visualizations in general, and guided visualizations specifically, are proven to greatly increase your ability to magnetize what you want into your life.

Three reasons guided visualizations are so powerful   Read more

Ep #57 Put the Law of Attraction Into Action in Your Life & Business

Elizabeth welcomes Patti Keating, Professional Speaker, Coach and Mindset Mentor to explore the different applications of the Law of Attraction. Patti explains the key principles needed to experience the LOA as well as her top tips for implementation that leads to transformation. Elizabeth explains the basics you need to know to comply with the CAN Spam Act and shares her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of The Week: Balancing Planning with Going with the Flow.

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Click here for more information about Patti and her Mindset Makeover System or to join on her three free preview calls to Creating a 6 Figure Business that Makes a Difference in the World.

Grow Up! Strategies: The 7 Legal and Financial Strategies to Up-Level Your Small Business has arrived. To order your copy and receive a bundle of bonuses, visit Grow Up! Strategies.

Are You Pregnant?

Guest post by Sandy Grason, Rock Star Author, International Speaker & Hot Mogul (yes, that really is her title).

Did my subject line get your attention?

I was referring to the consistent, exciting and yet sometimes frustrating state of feeling ‘pregnant with possibility’. Have you been laboring for a long time? Or are you just stopping by the drugstore to pick up the pregnancy test? Are you in your 1st trimester? Or are you long over due? No matter where you are in your process, today’s blog will help you out by giving you 5 Tips to Get Through the Labor and Give Birth to Your Possibilities.

• Do you feel like you’re juggling an insanely high number of projects at the same time? Including trying to have a personal life that’s meaningful and makes a difference in the world? Read more
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  Ep #54 The Power of Celebration

  August 20, 2008 by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein · Leave a Comment 

  Elizabeth speaks with Christine Lewicki of OCoaching.com about using the Power of Celebration to create more wealth in your life and get more results. Christine is a Master Certified Career and Business Coach to Success Minded Women and Mothers who will share her 7 Secrets to create fulfillment, better results and more wealth. Elizabeth answers a listener question on where you can get a $5K small business loan and shares her Entrepreneur’s Success Tip of the Week: Living in the Now - What’s Missing from “The Secret”

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  Christine has offered a Free Audio download for listeners - Visit The Power of Celebration to grab your copy.

  Filed Under: Mindset, Radio Show
  Tagged: Business Strategy

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