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In my audio program Book Yourself Solid, The 7 Keys To Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even If You Hate Marketing And Selling, I focus on the nitty gritty of what to do to get loads of clients but the real key and what I try to deep into is what you need to do for yourself to take action.
I think there are only two reasons for most any business problem:
- You don’t know what to do
- You know what to do but you’re not doing it
And, I also think that 90% of all business problems stem from number two. When I say business problems I mean why we don t achieve what we say we want to achieve or why we don t do what we say we want to do.
So, of course, the next question you might ask is why don’t we do what we know how to do? And the answer is . we haven’t built up the self-confidence needed for the goal at hand.
Related article: 5 Simple Yet Powerful Things Entrepreneurs can Do to Boost Confidence and Motivation
Look, learning is easy. Accumulating knowledge is easy. There are lots of people who know what you need to know and are willing to share the information with you. So, again why aren’t you doing what you say you want to do? Again, I say, not enough self-confidence.
We’re born with high levels of confidence in certain areas and not in others. And it’s different for all of us. But we’ll need different levels of confidence depending on what we want to do with our lives. It takes one level of confidence to give a speech in front of 5 people and another level of confidence to give a speech in front of 500 and again, another level of confidence to speak in front of 5000. So, if you re not working on developing your confidence and thinking bigger about who you are and what you offer the world, you very well may not put yourself in situations where you d have an opportunity to present in front of 5000 people.
There are two very simple things I recommend to solve this profoundly important problem:
- Learn in action
- Develop a self-confidence plan
Learn in Action
Learning in action is the key to success when venturing into uncharted territory. You can t wait to have all the answers. You certainly don t want to go out in the world half-baked but you don t need a Doctorate in marketing to create awareness for the solutions that you provide or a Masters in public speaking to give a speech.
This is a big problem for many people waiting until they are sure that they have all the info they could possibly have about how to do something before they’ll try it. It s just not effective and stems from a lack of self-confidence.
I feel that if you do nothing else as a personal and business building strategy, work on building up your self confidence so you’ll be able to do everything that you say you want to do.
Develop a Self-Confidence Plan
I do affirmations every day. In the morning when I wake up and at night before I go to sleep. Well, actually, I only do them Monday through Friday but that should cover you.
Read Napoleon Hill s inspirational classic Think and Grow Rich
And in closing don’t forget to have a mad passionate love affair with yourself. Love, embrace and believe in yourself. I know how realistic it is to become wildly successful. You can totally create an abundant, joyful and prosperous business life if you re willing to do the work.
Related Article: How to Overcome Fear and Heed Your Confidence Voice
Recommended Books on Building Your Self-Confidence:
- The Confidence Plan: How to Build a Stronger You
- The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life
- Self Esteem Secrets: 12 Steps to Success
- 100 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence: Believe In Yourself and Others Will Too
- The Impostor Syndrome: How to Replace Self-Doubt with Self-Confidence and Train Your Brain for Success
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