When new business owners are struggling to get new business or are not enjoying the financial abundance they desire, they often blame either their own lack of expertise or their lack of marketing savvy. They then seek out more training, believing that more education is going to solve their problems. But in most cases, the lack of business and financial abundance has very little to do with their competency as a coach, healer, trainer, sales professional, etc.
This was my experience. And I’ve seen this same trend in the clients I support.
From my own experience, I’ve noticed that my belief in myself - belief in the value I contribute to others – has a lot to do with how much or how little business I enjoy. When I was overly critical of myself… when I told myself I wasn’t ready… when I was worried that my services and products were not good enough or I was afraid of how I would come across… I did not have many clients and consequently cash flow was slow. It did not matter how much I invested in marketing training or how much marketing I did.
When I did get opportunities to gain additional exposure (i.e. radio interviews, joint ventures), I wasted these opportunities and wasted time. I held myself back, telling myself that I didn’t have it all together yet.
Because I sabotaged my belief in myself, I sabotaged opportunities for growth and abundance. Basically I was telling the Universe that I wasn’t worth it… yet. So the Universe put new opportunities on hold. It patiently waited until I was ready. I’m sure there were clients who wanted to work with me but received the energetic message that I wasn’t ready.
However, once I changed my belief of myself, once I chose to be confident in myself, once I believed in the value I offered others, clients miraculously started to flow in.
How about you?
Do you believe in yourself so much that you are willing to do anything to put yourself “out there”?
Or are you holding yourself back because of fear – fear that you’re not enough, fear of what people will think of you, fear of looking stupid or sounding stupid.
The truth is that you have so much to give. And when you give all that you think you have, you will tap into even more.
If you don’t step out and share YOU and your passions, you are doing a great disservice to the world.
You are uniquely you. You are a gift to this world. It is time that you share who you are. It is time that you put yourself in the spotlight. And when you do, the world will support you with an abundance of clients.
What one thing will you do today to share ‘the gift of you’ with the world?
