Now we want to share the ten biggest mistakes heart-centered professionals make, so you’ll know how to avoid them. These critical mistakes stop many heart-centered professionals dead in their tracks. Fortunately, they don’t have to stop you.
1. Waiting for that perfect time to create your business and your life. Most people talk about all the wonderful things they are going to do at some abstract time in the future. The fact is, the future never comes. The time is now… You’re reading this for a reason. Opportunity is knocking.
If this isn’t your time, when will it be? Opportunity only knocks on rare occasions and if you miss this one, who knows if and when it will knock again…2. Following the herd. The fact is, we were duped in school. We weren’t taught how to create the most fantastic life imaginable; we were taught to get a steady job with health insurance and to save for retirement. And we were taught to work harder, not smarter. When people are not getting the results they want, they just do more of the same, like working two jobs or even more.
You know that this is not the answer. If it was, why do so many people call it the rat race? The fact is, you have to step out of the rat race (or herd) and do things differently to produce different results. You need to work smarter, not harder. In fact, if you work smarter, you can learn to work less and earn more.
3. Confused, unclear, and unfocused. Most people don’t know how to become their personal best and this is a big key. When you are your best, you come alive, do your best work, create happy clients and customers, and make more money.
4. Going blind, with no picture of the life you want to create. A fabulous life doesn’t just happen by accident. You create it. You need to have goals and a plan to create an amazing life.
5. Avoiding marketing. This is a big one for heart-centered professionals who don’t want to rock the boat or offend anyone. The truth is that marketing is your vehicle for getting your message about who you are and what you have to offer out to the world. It should be the most exciting thing imaginable and it can be!
Successful people are enthusiastic self-promoters. This is a learned skill and it is essential.6. Unwilling to invest in success and out of balance with money. Financial success requires a balanced ability to give and receive. Successful people invest in becoming the people they want to be.
Think about the balance. How can you hold onto money for dear life on the one hand and with the other hand, expect potential clients/customers to freely invest in what you’re offering? It’s out of alignment and just doesn’t make sense.
7. Accepting fears and perceived limitations as old friends. There’s a certain comfort in the status quo. You may have been restricted by perceived limitations from the past. Fortunately, your history is not your destiny, but you have to be willing to expand and grow. If you are interested in personal and spiritual development, this should be good news. Reaching for success provides transformational opportunities for growth. You must become what you want to attract – your brightest possible future.
8. Going it alone and living in a vacuum. The Lone Ranger approach is a thing of the past. Successful people eagerly learn from people who have done what they want to do. They also value input from other professionals as ways of achieving more than they could possibly achieve alone.We will share a golden opportunity for learning from one of the best mentors in the world at the end of this ebook.
9. Not treating your business like a business: Many small business owners treat their businesses more like hobbies. You need to look and act like a professional. If your business looks like a hobby, people won’t take you seriously.
10. Giving up. If you’re following your dream and your reason for being, giving up is not an option. Perseverance is essential. Never give up and continue to take action to move forward. It’s your life, your future, and your purpose that you are creating.
The book and video of The Secret have become phenomenons and the thought of simply asking for what you want and having it appear without any participation on your part is alluring. This book contains some amazing truths, but many well-intended people get stuck because there are also a lot of missing pieces.