Let’s look at how people – you included – might block success. We once met a realtor named Joyce, who’d been working in real estate for 10 years and was a middle-of-the-pack producer. Joyce had long felt that something was holding her back, but she couldn’t quite identify what it was. We discovered, after spending […]
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Money and the Fear of Success
Conscious mental blocks cause you to have a misaligned mind, or a mind that is out of control resulting in thoughts and actions that don’t match your intentions. Here, I’d like to walk you through the conscious and subconscious conflict, particularly as it applies to money and success. To begin, conscious and subconscious beliefs and […]
Dealing with Fear of Success
If you don’t control your thoughts and emotions, or your mindset, then you may be victimizing yourself by reducing or eliminating your opportunities to be successful in the most important moments of your life. Misalignment of your conscious and subconscious mind is often a form of fear of success. This is one of the most […]
Aligned Minds
“Your mindset is your attitude!” – Kimberly Reed What gets you off to a great start? Whether you’re about to close on a big sale or interview for a new job, your mindset in approaching any goal-oriented situation can absolutely make or break you. Our experience in working closely with professional athletes and military Special […]
Optimize Success Through Preparation
If you don’t become a master of what I call: Show up! Ready!, you will miss many opportunities to improve your personal and business relationships, your work and the amount of stress you feel. To a fearless leader, every situation requires a slightly different mindset to optimize success. There are two aspects of this: Having […]
Three Steps to Owning It
Here is a three-step process to learning how to own it, that is, to be responsible and accept blame. Step 1 – Develop awareness Choose something in or about your life that is working well. Write it down on a piece of paper or your tablet. List at least 10 thoughts, actions, beliefs and emotions […]
Portrait of a Fearless Leader: Leymah Gbowee
Even if you generally don’t blame, complain or make excuses, spending too much of your time around people who do will have an undue influence on you. The classic sitcom Seinfeld is a great example of the ripple effect of negativity. Emotionally crippled by their own insecurities, Seinfeld and his friends preferred to spend their […]
Cathy’s Fearless Nosedive, Part 2
In my last blog, I started recounting my efforts to get an a license in skydiving. Despite several injuries, I was still at it. In one particularly notorious jump, I’d just come to a few hundred feet off the ground during one jump. And then I passed out again. Fortunately, during my dogleg turn, I […]
My Fearless Nosedive (and Accepting Blame)
One of my fearless goals was to get an A license in skydiving. To qualify for the license I needed several things: To have taken a number of jumps at various heights, To be tested in my positioning upon jumping from the plane and opening my chute, To be tested in my ability to flare […]
Exploring the Blame Game
“Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. Don’t believe everything that is written about you. Don’t pick up too many checks.” – Babe Ruth Let’s look at some of the pathologies of blaming, complaining and making excuses. This will help us understand the negative aspects of these things What do you sound […]