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How to Feel More Confident & Earn More Money Selling Your Services

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How to Feel More Confident Selling Your Services

The more you can build up your level of confidence the better you’re going be able to present yourself, the more sales you’re going make and, the more money you’re going to make. Confidence is a really important step on the way to success, but if you are feeling a little less confidence at this stage of your business, don’t worry, you will feel better over time with experience but this post is about getting you there faster.

Let’s say you’re in a buying situation and the person that you’re considering making a purchase from is all awkward, and uncomfortable, and not showing much confidence, you sort of start to doubt that they can really offer what they say they can.

Below are four tips that can help you to feel more confident when you’re in sales situations, selling your products, or services so that you can earn more money.

Use a visualization technique to help you connect with success. A lot of people do talk about visualization, and visualizing success, but I’m going to add a little twist here, and suggest that you try and channel a mentor of yours, or somebody who’s already successful and whose work you really enjoy, and who has the enthusiasm that you’d like to be able to convey in your own presentations, or sales situations. Just take a few minutes to imagine how they would react in a situation like that. How they would feel. How they would present themselves.

Try and channel that same energy when you’re in those situations. Really get into it and pretend. Pretend like when you were a kid. Same situation here. When you’re in a selling situation just pretend. Pretend that you’re more confident. Step outside of yourself and try and channel your mentor, or somebody that you respect who’s in your industry.

Recognize that failure can help you to build your confidence. As odd as it may sound, commit to failing your way to success. Why? Because you can learn from failure. Unfortunately, we are programmed from a very young age to feel shame whenever we make a mistake when mistakes are actually very beneficial to us, as long as we take the lesson from them. If we can reflect on what we might’ve done incorrectly, or what we might’ve done wrong, and how we can do better next time then it’s just a learning opportunity.

So start framing failures, or mistakes as opportunities to learn. As long as you do that then there’s no such thing as failure. Again, we are programmed to feel shame from a young age when we make mistakes in school.

My mother was super bright, super intelligent, and she was also a straight A student when she was in school. So when I would come home from school with my report card and I’d have some As, some Bs, some Cs. So being that my mother was a straight A student, she focused a lot of attention, and criticism unfortunately on the Bs and the Cs. It kind of made me anxious as a kid about making a mistake, or anxious about not doing as well as my mother expected me to. As an adult, I had to let go of the fear of making mistakes and my need to be perfect. I learned that it’s persistence that wins the race, not perfection.

Let go of your fear of rejection. Recognize that not everyone is going to say yes, and just keep going. Persistence is key, and sales is a numbers game. The more you put yourself out there, the more you make those offers, the more you hear “no”, the more it will take the sting of rejection away. Think of it this way, “every no leads you closer to a yes”. It does often take seven touches or offers before someone will actually go ahead and make a buying decision with you because you need to build that no like trust factor.

Just being persistent and continuing to put yourself out there without worrying about failure, without worrying about making mistakes, without worrying about rejection, you will win.

In my first corporate sales job, this is going back quite a few years ago, I was an inside sales rep and I was selling financial services to businesses. We (myself and the other members on my team) would make anywhere between 40 and 50 phone calls per day to offer our services.

Not everybody said “yes” and in fact most people said “no” but there were enough people who said “yes” that we were very successful in selling our services. In fact, we were selling more than the outside sales people, because we had a large number of opportunities during the day to make offers.

So, just let go of the worry of rejection because ultimately it’s gonna take you to where you want to be, which is serving your customers with your gifts and talents in the best way you know how.

Use tapping to release any anxious feelings in sales situations. The final tip I want to share with you is about a technique to let go of those anxious feelings during sales situations in mere minutes. It’s a highly effective and proven mind/body tool called tapping. If you haven’t heard of it I encourage you to learn more about it because it is life-changing.

I’m a certified Tapping Into Wealth coach and tapping with my clients is a big part of what I do. I work with female entrepreneurs helping them to let go of their blocks to achieving the money and success that they want, and their blocks to feeling more confident in their business.

Join my free Facebook community for Female Entrepreneurs where you’ll get more mindset tips and tools as well as opportunities to network with other like minded entrepreneurs, share your business wisdom and promote your own services or products.

To Your Success!

Laura Whitelaw

Certified Tapping Into Wealth Coach

How to Develop Greater Self-Trust as an Woman in Business

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How to Develop Greater Self-Trust as a Woman in Business

As a heart-centered service based female entrepreneur building a business, it can be hard when we don’t feel in control of our business and income. We set goals and strive to achieve them but when the results that we want don’t come, we can get frustrated. It makes it even harder when you don’t have any other income to fall back on and bills need to be paid.

You want to feel empowered and in control of your business, be able to achieve your goals and be able to reliably predict the outcomes of your efforts but when worry and frustration take over, it can seem like a something that’s completely out of reach.

Below are 4 tips for developing great self-trust as a woman in business. Allow the Universe to support you with achieving even your most lofty dreams and trust that the Universe has your best interests at heart.

Release your need to control everything. Taking the time to relax and doing less rather than doing more is vital to developing more trust in yourself and in the universe.

When we relax, we are able to tap into our inner guidance; those intuitive nudges and inspiration that helps us with creative solutions. We automatically raise our vibration and our connection to universal guidance.

Meditate, journal or, go for a walk especially when you feel overwhelmed. It helps you to put things into perspective and helps you to decipher which items on your to do list are priority.

Have you ever had a situation where you were presented with a problem but then rather than having knee jerk reaction, trying to solve it right away, it resolved itself?

It’s likely because you didn’t stress over it and allowed the solution to unfold on it’s own….based on your trust that everything works out for you…eventually. Remind yourself of these instances and let go. “Let go and let God”, as the saying goes.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude to build your trust in the Universe supporting you. Seriously, you’ve heard it over and over again about how much keeping a gratitude journal helps develop trust.

We are hard wired for negativity. We are surrounded by it on the news from friends, colleagues and family members. Keeping a daily gratitude journal helps to re-wire your brain and your thinking to a more positive and optimistic frame of mind.

Inspiration and intuitive nudges come much more easily and frequently when we are in a more positive frame of mind. And, keeping a daily gratitude journal also helps you to keep track of the evidence of being supported by “lucky” circumstances which gradually increases your trust muscle even more over time.

Commit to spending 5-10 minutes per day, writing in a physical journal or an online journal, it doesn’t matter which because both work despite what you may have heard before. What matters is what your preference is.

Let go of resistance with Tapping and develop greater self-trust. Start by developing greater self awareness by listening to those limiting thoughts, beliefs & negative emotions that are running through you mind on a daily or hourly basis and learn how to let it all go and reprogram your beliefs with a mind body tool called Tapping.

Tapping has been scientifically proven to reduce cortisol levels. It disrupts the stress response thereby allowing you to be more resourceful, creative and empowered.

When we ignore those niggling thoughts and negative emotions that are lurking under the surface of our awareness, it’s like trying to run through knee deep snow without snow shoes.

It’s like covering a pile of SH$T with ice cream. After a few licks, it tastes like crap. Daily tapping will help you to feel “in the zone”.

You’ll feel more optimistic, more relaxed, sleep well at night and you’ll begin to attract more money and opportunities your way thereby cultivating greater trust in yourself and the Universe.

Be bold and ask for what you want to develop more self-trust and trust in the Universe. Not only should you be setting written goals, you should be reviewing them daily and asking the Universe for help.

But there’s a way to do it that facilitates a successful outcome. Be open to how your goal is going to manifest. Again, let go of control and allow the Universe to figure out the details.

When you trust that the Universe is actively supporting you, you can relax and be open to hearing when your inner voice is giving you clues about next steps. And when you ask for whatever it is that you want, do it with a knowing that it’s already done.

Visualization is a great way to do this. Close your eyes and imagine the end result of what you want. If it’s a new car, visualize walking around the outside studying the colour, the trim, the shape, the model and sitting inside of it. Allow your joy and grateful feelings to bubble to the surface.

The more you do this, the better you’ll get at visualizing your goals. You can start small by visualizing something simple and asking the Universe to show it to you within a certain time frame. For example a visualize a white rabbit and ask to see it in your environment sometime over the next 24 hours and then let it go.

The first time I tried this I was shocked when within a few hours, I was watching t.v. and saw a white cartoon rabbit. Doing an exercise like this one will help you to develop more trust in yourself and the Universe over time. You can find more exercises like this one to help you develop more trust in Pam Grout’s books E-Squared or E-Cubed.

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I’m a mindset coach for female entrepreneurs. I help my clients bust through their invisible glass ceiling to creating more money and joy in their business without stress and overwhelm.

To Your Success!

Laura Whitelaw

Certified Tapping Into Wealth Coach

5 Negative Emotions that Scare Money & Clients Away

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Like or not, emotions play a big role in how successful you are in business. This week’s topic is 5 Negative Emotions that Scare Money & Clients Away. Negative emotions around money or attracting clients to your products and services can have an undesirable impact on your results. The reason being that your emotions fuel your mindset, motivation and creativity.

And, when your emotions are negative, your thoughts are usually on the wrong thing or, on what you don’t want. By managing your emotional state and releasing them along with negative limiting beliefs, you will more naturally come into alignment with the results you want to create.

Below are the 5 most negative emotions that will have undesirable impact on your results:

How FEAR and ANXIETY Impacts your MONEY – If you find that you often have a lot of fear around being able to bring in enough money to pay your bills then you are vibrating in a way that will NOT attract the money or clients to you. You will have a much harder time generating enough confidence to serve your clients and make sales. Your prospective clients will sense the desperation because, it will come through in your language both verbal and non-verbal.

I remember years ago when my hubby and I were drowning in debt. I was in a constant state of anxiety and fear around not having enough money. My focus was in the wrong place and sure enough, the debt just kept climbing. It wasn’t until I really started to take managing my money mindset seriously that our situation began to shift. I decided to be very careful about my thoughts around what I didn’t want (more debt) and focused way more on gratitude around the money we did have. My thinking and EFT Tapping helped me really make that emotional shift so that we could begin to things around.

The Impact of FRUSTRATION on Your BUSINESS – If you are new or newer on your entrepreneurial journey then you are going to make mistakes and have set backs until you find your way with a program or product, your sales conversations or sales copy and with closing sales. It’s just part of the process but when you’re in it and experiencing those road blocks, it can be very frustrating and staying in a state of frustration can have a negative impact on both your health and your business. You are more likely to throw in the towel or burn out.

But entrepreneurs who succeed are those who have tenacity. They persevere and hold a vision in their minds of what they want to create. It fuels their passion and keeps them going when there’s a set back. So, if you let frustration get the best of you, you will be much more likely to give up. Remember that the secret to success is to keep getting back up after each failed attempt.

Winston Churchill said, “success if going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”.

How JEALOUSY Blocks Your INCOME – If you ever find yourself looking at another person’s success and feeling jealous then you have an underlying belief in lack. You believe that you can’t have what you want and that there isn’t enough to go around. That there are limited resources. These beliefs will continue to have a negative impact on your results if you don’t release their emotional charge.

But the good news is that by releasing jealous feelings you can collapse the beliefs that fuel that emotion. The result is more peace of mind, more love and enjoyment of life. In reality, healing this emotional tendency can have a positive affect on all areas of your life.

Let go of the jealousy by accepting that you have your own gifts and talents to share with the world and can create the life you want. And by letting go of those jealous feelings you might then be able to reach out to the person who made you jealous and collaborate!!

The Negative Impact of DISAPPOINTMENT on Your BUSINESS – Feeling disappointed about your results if you’re just starting out in business is normal. We are hypnotised by the promises of instant success promised to us by the marketing gurus. But the truth is that entrepreneurs are very rarely an overnight success.

Even with following the advice of a coach or mentor, you may still experience stumbling blocks but if you persevere, each obstacle is a learning opportunity and you will find your own path to success.

Disappointment is normal on the way to reaching your goals and just a pit stop along the way. Don’t stay there overnight or you might get totally derailed. Take a break, recharge, get a massage, go to a movie and get back on the horse when you are feeling better.

Your journey doesn’t have to be an emotional roller coaster however. By working on your money mindset, you will experience disappointment far less often. There are different things you can do such as adopt a regular meditation practice, get out in nature and go for a walk or my most favourite thing of all, you can tap away the disappointment with EFT. I have noticed that I experience negative emotions far less in the last few years from using this tool.

How GUILT can Prevent SUCCESS – This is an emotion that I was very familiar with growing up. My mother used guilt as a way to manipulate us kids when she got frustrated and needed help or support rather than simply making a request for it. So for a long time, I felt guilty a lot of the time. I felt guilty when I had to go back to work after my son was born, I felt guilty when I was working on my business after work or on the weekends, I felt guilty about spending the money on tools or coaching to support me in my entrepreneurial journey.

I’ve seen guilt plague many female entrepreneurs because we are used to putting others first but, becoming a successful entrepreneur demands that you become the best version of yourself that you can be in order to achieve your vision. A person who is confidently abundant! And, you can’t become the best version of yourself when you feel guilty about putting time into your business or into your self care and mindset practice. By becoming the best version of yourself, you give so much more to others around you. They will follow your lead and strive to become the best they can be also and lead happy and fulfilled lives.

There is a reason why airlines tell you that if there is an emergency and the oxygen masks are dropped from above that you need to put yours on first. You can’t expect others to be better without setting the example yourself.

If any of this resonates with you then let’s have a chat! Reach out to me for a complimentary MONEY BREAKTHROUGH SESSION at this link.

If you want help in releasing these limiting beliefs on an energetic level, download the Top 7 Limiting Beliefs that Sabotage Your Financial Success. This free guide will help you to tap into your natural talent and ability to succeed.

Certified Tapping Into Wealth Coach

3 Tips to Overcome Procrastination in Your Business

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You know in working with Female Entrepreneurs, I find that a common problem is procrastination. My clients wind up frustrated because they seem to spend a lot of time spinning their wheels. So today I’m sharing my 3 tips for overcoming procrastination. Make sure you to join my Facebook group the Female Entrepreneurs Success Club where you can participate in a highly effective exercise to overcome procrastination for good.

Now back to my 3 tips for overcoming procrastination in your business.

1. Get clear on your goals & don’t try to do too many things at once. While we live in an awesome time with access to so much information on how to do virtually anything from roasting the best chicken ever to the best vacation spots for families to starting an online business, there is also an overload of information that causes us to become overwhelmed.

I mean there are so many great ideas and programs out there. How do you know where to start? Well my advice to you is get some coaching to help you find that clarity. And if that’s not in the cards for you right now, then pick just one thing to focus on for the next 30-60-90 days. Sometimes things need time to work.

So if you’re plan is to attend live networking meetings for clients, you might have to attend 2 or 3 meetings per week for several weeks so give people time to know like and trust you. Or, maybe you want to focus on networking on social media. If so, then give it your full attention and focus for 30-60-90 days to decide if it’s the path you want to continue following before getting distracted by the next shiny object and changing your strategy again.

2. Just do it! Nike said it best with their logo Just do it! over 20 years ago. In working with Female Entrepreneurs I find that often, entrepreneurs will spend a lot of time getting ready but never actually get around to taking that leap.

For example, tweaking and changing your website. Getting caught up in fixing the details but never getting around to putting yourself out there at networking meetings or on social media and connecting with clients which are the types of activities that will bring in the moolah.

I find that when people have trouble leaving the starting gate, it’s usually because they have all this mind chatter around not feeling not good enough. So you need to know right now that you are good enough. Everyone feels insecure when they are starting something new.

The absolute best way to learn what your target audience wants is to get out there and start talking to people, start connecting with people. Then you can design products and programs that are what your audience wants and your confidence will grow from there. So just go out there and do it, focus on activities that have you either physically belly to belly with your prospects or virtually.

3. Kick Fear to the curb with Tapping. Usually if you are procrastinating on something in your business it’s due to fear around doing something that’s out of your comfort zone. Don’t let your fear paralyze you because everyone feels fear the first time they do something. The best way I know how to kick fear to the curb and find the courage to just do it is Tapping.

I’m a Certified Tapping Into Wealth coach and tapping is a key component of my coaching. If you’ve never heard of Tapping then you are missing out on a great tool that is literally at your fingertips. It’s a life changing, transformational tool that’s been used by hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the planet not only for dealing with fear but tons of other things like overcoming trauma, weight loss, dealing with physical pain and much, much more.

To Your Success!

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Surrender The Belief That You Have to Be Lucky to Be Successful

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Surrender the belief that you need to be lucky to be successful eft tappingIn today’s post I wanted to address the belief that you have to be lucky in order to become rich or successful or both. And that’s simply not true. You create your own luck.

If you take the Beatles as an example, they seemingly came out of nowhere and became a hit band, way back in the 60’s, but the truth of the matter is, if you’re familiar with Beatles history at all, they spent approximately three or four years practicing in pubs in Hamburg. I guess at the time that was the thing to do if you were a British band. And so they had perfected their craft by the time they became huge success. Nobody saw what was going on in the background, they just all of a sudden seemingly came out of nowhere and became super successful. But there was a lot preparation that went on well before that.

That’s the case for anything. If you hope to become rich or successful, you need to let go of this belief that you have to be lucky. It often takes a lot of preparation and hard work. But hopefully, in your chosen profession it’s fun work for you, okay?

So let’s just work on this belief. Starting at the karate chop point.

Even though I have this belief, this deep seeded belief, that you have to be lucky in order to be successful and rich, I deeply and completely accept myself and all my feelings.

Even though I have this belief, that in order to be rich and successful, you have to be lucky and on an intellectual level, I don’t actually believe this, but it’s how I feel inside. And I’m choosing to let it go because it’s holding me back. I’m choosing to adopt a new belief, that persistence and consistency is the key to success and riches.

Even though I have this belief, that in order to be successful I need to have a lot of luck, and sometimes luck is a factor, being in the right place at the right time, but often success is a product of hard work, dedication, and persistence. So I’m choosing to let go of this belief.

This belief that you can only become successful with luck.  I’m choosing to release this belief, that you have to be lucky in order to be successful. I’m letting go of this belief. Because on an intellectual level, I do believe, and I’ve seen plenty of examples, and read about plenty of examples of people who just never gave up. They just refuse to quit and they eventually became successful.

They may have looked like an overnight success, but the truth is they were preparing for that success maybe for a long time beforehand. Take Alexander Graham Bell for example, he attempted to create the telephone, or invent the telephone, 999 times. I might have that number wrong, but it was something like that.

So you can look at that as 998 failures or 998 tries before he finally found success. And he changed the world, he changed the world. Look at how prevalent phones are today in our society.  So I’m choosing to be open to success not having anything to do with luck. I’m open to that.

Because if I believe that you need to be lucky in order to be successful, then I’ll never work for it. And the key to success is persistence, it’s constant persistence and refusing to give up. So I’m choosing a new attitude. The attitude that I will never give up, because it’s not about luck, it’s about persistence and it’s about passion. I’m choosing to allow my passion to come through and enjoy the journey. I’m choosing to enjoy this journey towards success.

It’s an opportunity to learn and become better and better. And so luck has nothing to do with it or maybe very little to do with it. There is such a thing as being in the right place at the right time but more often than not it has to do with persistence and belief in oneself, so I’m choosing to believe in myself and my ability to make my dreams come true.

I have what it takes. I am worthy of success. I may not know the exact path to take right now, but I’m choosing to be open to the idea that the path will reveal itself to me as I go and that if I stay on the path, that I will eventually reach the success I desire. I’m choosing to let go of this old belief. This old belief that it takes luck in order to succeed. I’m choosing instead to be persistent and to put myself out there and to have faith that I’ll reach my destination. I’m choosing to feel confident about that outcome.

Take a deep breath.

Hopefully you’ve found this helpful. Thank you very much for visiting and I wish you all the best of luck, have a wonderful day!

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