THE ONE THING EVEN SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH

Light at the End of the Funnel Podcast

The one thing even the most successful people struggle with?

Confidence…

Yes, you heard that right – confidence is something that many people don’t have, especially when they’re doing something new and innovative.

As entrepreneurs and small business owners, there are moments where you’re stepping into a new situation or a new methodology or doing something that requires something of you that you don’t have all the steps for.

For many, they find it makes them anxious.

For many, they find it makes them scared…

For most, they find they can lose their confidence easily and feel ungrounded and unstable.

And here’s what I’ve found this to really be.

We’re not necessarily losing confidence in the situation as much as we’re losing confidence in ourselves and our ability to move through whatever comes our way.

If we are to look at this in terms of transformation, what does it really mean.

The unlayering process brings this down to feelings (or lack thereof) of security. Which means we don’t feel safe in ourselves.

Another way of putting that is we don’t trust ourselves.

The way out of this isn’t around, it’s through. So we have to almost go back in time for a moment and remember the last time we felt not secure.

Every time I’ve done this I’ve found the same situation.

I didn’t feel safe.

I didn’t feel secure.

I blamed it on outside influences.

When really it was me not doing this one thing.

Trusting myself.

And how that presented was wishy-washy actions and inconsistency with my decisions.

Not trusting myself showed up as not fully committing to what I wanted.

And I let to many other factors dictate my choices.

It wasn’t the outside influences that were wrong…it was my inner influence and it’s wavering that kept me scared, fearful, and not confident.

So when my client’s come to me with these feelings, we focus on something completely different then what they are feeling in that moment.

We focus on those times that they do feel confident.

We focus on those times where they did trust themselves and how it felt.

We focus on those times that the outcomes they wanted matched how they felt about themselves.

We tap back into those feelings surrounding achievements.

And we always find a way to discover just how powerful we can be when we decide, and take action.

So with that in mind, how powerful our you?

First step, bring yourself to this very moment. Be present.

A quick exercise to do when you’re becoming present is to focus on a single object. Pick it up, touch it, and realize that in this moment, this object is real and is here in front of you.

Once you’ve done that the next step is to start journaling.

Journal those times that you achieved something you didn’t think was possible.

Journal about those times you felt stressed or anxious or scared and what you did to move through it.

Journal about all the skillsets you have developed over the years with your education, with your experiences, and with simple just growing older and wiser.

“Success leaves breadcrumbs. Whatever you are tackling now, there has been a point in your past where you have found a solution. Backtrack and rediscover just how powerful you are.”