Top 3 Things That Are Holding You Back From Success

Top 3 Things That Are Holding You Back From Success

1. FEAR

When we focus more on fear we stand still.  Fear can show up in many forms:

– Procrastination:  Delaying starting a project.  We worry things won’t turn out the way you want them to.  I find I stand still when I have too much to do and I don’t know where to start.  I know if I am honest with myself  I know its not procrastination.  It is fearful things will not turn out the way I want them to.

– Lack of Confidence:  This took over my life for decades.

I believed that I was not good enough.

I believed that life was supposed to be hard.

I believed that I would always struggle.

I believe other people knew me better than I did.

And because of those beliefs I did not feel worthy enough to share purpose, the reason I exist.

– Analysis Paralysis:  I see this with clients ALL the time.  We have unlimited access to learning.  We could send every moment of every day learning.   If we spent 24 hours a day learning there still would be tons to learn even on a single issue.  When I see clients not taking action, the most popular excuse is they don’t feel they are prepared.  They say they don’t have the money, they say they need a certification, they say they don’t feel like an expert, they say if they had x they would be successful.

Friends if you are going to be fearful about something or let “what ifs” fill your brain, think about how you feel if you don’t do it.

2. Your Community

This is has simplest solution but maybe not an easy one.  We are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with.  It’s a fact.  If you aren’t where you want to be in life look at the people you spend the most time with.  Where are they?  What do they spend their time doing?  And more importantly where is their mindset.  I am not saying break up with your significant other, or change your friends, cut your parents out of your life but what I am saying is if you want success, you have to find people who are going in the same direction as you.  And you need to find a way to spend more time with them.

3. Your Mindset

You will never have success, if you aren’t confidence.  Success comes when you are confident, it comes when you love life.  And you will NEVER have success if you cannot find the good within the bad.  Your situation is conditional.  Good things or bad things can come and go in a instant.  The people that are the most successful don’t like the things they can’t control change their mindset or their outlook at life.  Once you learn to love life, work with what you have, you will find that things will start to fall into place.

Quick story,

I’ve dated Chris for 9 years.  I’d been dying to get married ever since I was 17 years old.  I wanted a ring when I worked in fine jewelry, I had wanted a dress when I worked in the bridal industry, and I was forever waiting to be a Mrs.  I found myself disappointed as special occasions, holidays and birthdays passed and no proposal.  Working with my coach we had several sessions that touched on my mindset about marriage.  One week after I made the decision that I was going to love my life.  After all I loved my boyfriend, I loved our life, and a ring and piece of paper wouldn’t change any of that.  You know what happen one week (I’m not even sh**ing you)?  This shift in mindset is the reason we got engaged.  I believe you have to be willing to accept your life now as is, learn to love it love it, be truly grateful for it, and then and only then will you gain everything you desire.

Fear, Confidence, and Mindset are three things that are keeping you poor, forcing you to be unhappy, and holding you back from success.

 

If it is your desire to become successful let’s put together an action plan to help you find ultimate success and your own freedom.  Send me an email and we will set up a discovery call to get you closer to success TODAY.  kathrynsogard@gmail.com

(March 13 2018 — It is divine timing that I redo this blog, right now.  I have gotten complacent with the my own success.  The one thing that stands out to me as I read through this blog is “I believe you have to be willing to accept your life now as is, learn to love it love it, be truly grateful for it, and then and only then will you gain everything you desire.”  One tip to follow through with your goals is by making a public declaration.  This declaration helps give you that extra push to stick to your goals.  SO HERE IT IS:  I accept my life as it is now, I love my life, I love the success I have already achieved, I am truly grateful for the success I have had and will continue to have.  I am excited for the future as many successes are headed my way.  (FYI just because you are grateful doesn’t mean you have to settle for what you have).)