Betting on yourself and winning
Working for yourself is incredible. It’s total freedom.
But with that freedom comes a sense of fear – what if I can’t do this?
What if this doesn’t work out?
How long can I keep the lights on?
Although it’s smart to plan ahead and protect yourself against future threats, I notice that a lot of independent professionals spend more time preparing for defeat than they do success.
You’ll know this is you if
You’re constantly wondering where your next gig will come from
You’re often thinking of contingency plans
You’re nervous that it will all fall apart if one or two clients don’t renew
Your pipeline feels like an accident or like it’s out of your control
You’re telling yourself that people don’t have money or don’t want to buy
When you’re thinking like this, it’s harder to set financial goals and achieve them. It drains your energy. It also becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
You set small goals, so small goals are what you achieve.
And it takes the EXACT same energy and effort as if you’d set a bigger goal.
So you mistakenly start to believe that making great money and having consistent revenue will require you to work even harder.
But in reality it just requires you to set your sights on a different destination and then align your action toward it.
This all comes down to learning how to bet on yourself.
My brain creates A LOT of drama when I set big goals: Is this the right goal? Do I even want this? Can I get it? Do I have what it takes? What happens if I fail?
But when I dial down the voice in my head, I can see that betting on myself is extremely straight forward.
It’s 3 no-nonsense steps:
Set a big goal
Determine the plan to get there
Learn the skills needed to execute the steps
That last part is so important!
I used to think that only extremely special people could do extraordinary things. But It’s not about being special / unique
It’s about the willingness to learn the skills required to get where you’re trying to go.
This is great news because it means that growing your business is NEVER about your worthiness. It’s never about whether or not you “have what it takes.”
There’s no requirement for you to be superhuman or extraordinary.
But there is a requirement that you be willing to learn new skills.
As adults, we forget how uncomfortable it is to learn new skills.
Remember how scary it is to post your first video online talking about your business?
Yeah it’s like that. But when you do, the payoff is massive:
You become incredibly skilled.
You’re always relevant because you’re always learning
You master the skill of selling yourself and your services
You’ll learn that revenue is more in your control than it often feels.
This is all learnable! And it’s worth your time to learn it, because it will keep you in business working for yourself, FOREVER.
I feel so passionately about helping consultant masters the art of betting on themselves.
Which is why I spent the past 6 months documenting everything I’ve ever learned about growing an independent business from $0 to your first $150K.
I started with the intention to revamp the content in my Online Member Portal.
But I ended – not just with a new Portal – but with an entire book!
I call it the Independence Code, and it's a game changer.
It’s 15+ years of experience captured as a step by step guide.
So that you always have a place to turn when you’re not sure what to do.
This is some of my greatest work.
TODAY at 12pm ET I’m offering a FREE live event called Make Money as a Consultant in 3 Simple Steps.
I’ll be teaching one of my favorite tools from the Independence Code.
So that you can turn your business into a money-making machine.
If you’re a consultant from any industry or functional area, this training is for you.
It’s the difference between betting on yourself and WINNING BIG, or feeling like it’s all dangling by a thread.
You can sign up at my website, www.chrisdonohoecoaching.com/workshops
Can’t wait to see you there!
PS: For more about this topic, check out my most recent podcast episode!
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