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What Does Your Faith Mean To Your Business?

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Self-Employment - It's A Beach!

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The Only Guide to Creating Killer Content You’ll Ever Need, Guaranteed

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51 Online Business Ideas for Female Entrepreneurs

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TheInnerMan_slide1x_365_y_273When I first launched my healthcare marketing firm I made a lot of mistakes. I’m grateful for what they taught me, but I’ve also had to choose not to let those mistakes keep me from reaching my maximum potential as an entrepreneur.

Because if I had listened to my mind, I’d never have made it this far.

They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. I say it’s a terrible thing to listen to.

Here’s why: you are not your mind.

I’m not sure who said this first, but this popular mindset principle is drowning in truth. And it’s one you need to embrace.

But first, let’s identify your mind.  You know, that voice in your head asking you, “Where the heck is she going with this?” Or the voice that shouted, “Truth! Whose truth?” when you read the words “drowning in truth.” Or the voice that said, “I don’t have a voice in my head.”

That! That is your mind.

And just like the Geto Boys sang…your mind is playing tricks on you. Actually they sang, “My mind is playing tricks on me,” but it doesn’t read as well.

You get the point. You can’t totally trust your mind. It has to be renewed.

Mistakes and Missteps

Now, I’m going to share one of my most dreaded memories as a newbie entrepreneur. The memory of this incident literally makes me shudder. In fact, I think I’ve started to block out portions of the event and may not fully recount this as it was, but I’ll try.

It was my first “big” sales presentation. I was meeting with the CEO of a big dental chain. This meeting represented nearly $30K in business for me if I could close the deal. I was terrified.

So to compensate for my terror, I over-prepared.  I say “over-prepared” because I prepared so much that I went far beyond the scope of our intended meeting in terms of why he wanted to hire me. And being that I was so prepared to cover soooo much, I pretty much vomited everything (and the store) on this CEO in our meeting.

I spoke too much, didn’t listen enough, overstepped my boundaries, and miraculously managed to save  little face before it was over walking out with a contract for $5K. But, we never did business again.

It was a major #FAIL.

For weeks afterward, my lovely little mind would replay the horrific sequence of events as though I was stuck in an Edgar Allen Poe story. I walked around my parent’s house sighing with despair, and yelling at myself (out loud) for talking too much. I’d clench my teeth every time I thought about how I asked for the sale.

It was especially bad right before bed. That is when my mind would really kick it up, and keep me from falling asleep for at least an hour, while I was trapped in the confines of my thoughts.

My mind was running in high gear, just reinforcing that this was the beginning of the end for me, and that I better start looking for another legal job pronto. It wanted me to believe that I couldn’t cut it as an entrepreneur. That I didn’t have what it takes.

It was wrong.

But what if I had listened?

This is why you have to learn to identify the difference between you and your mind, and then you need to learn how to renew it.

Your Mind is Mean; It’s a Bully

I’ve rarely met or coached an entrepreneur who doesn’t have a mean mind. They may not be willing to admit it, but deep down they know their mind is asshat.

Cloaking itself with fear, doubt, self-loathing, self-defeat, and anxiety your mind just loves to push you around.

As an entrepreneur you can’t afford to let it.

If you are going to succeed in business you have to put your inner bully in place, or it’ll hold you back forever.

The Bible says we’ve been given sound minds. We have peace, self-control, and power. And to top it all off, it’s chock full of the fact that God loves you beyond measure.

This only bolsters the notion that you are not your mind, because the sound-minded, peaceful, powerful, and loved you would never believe, or talk to you, the way your mind does. This is why your mind must be renewed.

It requires awareness. It requires reprogramming. It requires practice. But, here is a good tip for starters.

The next time your mind tells you: you can’t, you shouldn’t, you won’t, you aren’t, you’ll never, or don’t.

Thank it for its opinion, focus your mind on the presence of God, and tell it: you are more than a conqueror, you will not be condemned, you are bold and confident, you have all you need to succeed, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you, and you are beloved child of God.

And if it tries to talk back, just tell it again. Eventually, it will see things the way they really are.

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Me and My "Spin" Doctor

Me and My “Spin” Doctor

This is my spin instructor, Israel.

And yes, that is me (a hot mess) not looking at the camera. I would have asked him to take another picture, but this was the third time I made him take one. I couldn’t keep punishing him for my photogenic lack.

I LOVE Israel’s spin class.

I’ve taken spin classes with every instructor at my gym, and in my opinion, Israel’s class is the best.

In fact, I LOVE Israel’s class so much, I rearrange my schedule to take it.

Most days Israel’s class is at 8:30 am, which is not a convenient work out time for me, but I’ve changed my workflow so I can make it.  On Wednesday’s he teaches at 9:30 am, which is way too late for me, so I make those days my weight training days to work around his teaching schedule.

And…whenever I have the chance to tell someone about Israel’s spin class, I do.

Israel makes working out fun, so I know people will enjoy the time they invest exercising with him.  I’ve even got my husband (who can’t stand long cardio classes) looking forward to 45 intense minutes on a spin bike, and that is just miraculous.

Now here’s the part where you really want to pay attention, because I’m about to explain what all this yammering about Israel (and his fat melting spin class) has to do with you.

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Let me ask you something. Do you really want your business to succeed?

I’m serious.

Are you really willing to do what it takes to reach the people you’re meant to serve with your gifts, experience, and expertise?

You might think you are, but do your actions reflect your desires?

Are you avoiding networking because you “just don’t have time”? Are you ignoring SEO because that is “techy stuff” you can’t be bothered with? Are you substituting social media marketing for all other marketing tactics because it’s easy?

If you find yourself doing those things, you need to ask yourself, “Do you really want your business to succeed?”

Making excuses for the hard work, for the sacrifice, and for not wanting to step outside of your comfort zone will keep you stuck where you are indefinitely.

If you want your business to be a success, marketing must be a priority. Period.

In today’s video, I want to encourage you to do that. I’ve even created a little goodie to help you make it happen.

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Look, there is no denying that running your own business is challenging.

If you’re a coach, author, speaker or professional service provider, you’re typically a one-person show. You have to manage all the moving parts of your business, and at times it can seem impossible. I mean, you want to have a life too, right?

I get it. I’ve been there. But the only way you get out of being in that place is by marketing your way into a more profitable and leveraged one.

I think you deserve that, don’t you?

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If you truly love what you do it is easy to “forget” that you’re working. And even if you’re not crazy about your work (in which case we really should talk), exterior motivators can cause us to overwork ourselves. But here’s the deal, failing to take a proper break from your business leads to burnout. [...]

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