How to Overcome Fear in Your Business

Today, I want to talk to you about the inner game of client attraction. The marketing piece of client attraction is considered the outer game. It is what you do, it is the actions that you take, figuring out who your ideal client is and getting out there in a big way and all that good stuff.

And then there is the inner game.

The inner game of client attraction is about your attitude. It is about what you believe and expect to be true about your business, about clients, about how much you charge and how much you are willing to play a bigger game in your business, in your marketing, in anything you do.

I always talk about playing a bigger game whether it’s in your marketing or in your mindset. Here is what happens when entrepreneurs attempt to go to the next level of their business. Perhaps it’s holding your first workshop or writing a book for the first time or speaking in public or raising your rates–a lot of times fear will come up. Fears like, “Will they criticize me? Will they want it? They won’t pay for that. I’ll flop.”

There is fear of failure. There is fear of success. There is fear of overwhelm and not getting it right. Fear is actually the biggest obstacle that you’ll face when moving toward the next level in your business.

How do you manage the fear? How do you handle it? My three tips will help you move through the fear so you can play a bigger game with your inner game.

1. Shield yourself from any negativity. If there are people in your life who don’t have a belief that you can make it or that you can do it, shield yourself from that. Shield yourself from anything negative, even the news. I know that’s controversial because some people don’t believe that you can live without watching the news but I believe by doing so you can stay in a place of positive expectation.

2. Stay in a place of positive expectation. What is positive expectation? It is believing in something that has not appeared yet. It means to positively expect great results no matter what you see in front of you and just staying in faith that what you want is on its way to you.

3. Take massive action. Once you are able to shield yourself from the negativity and stay positive, you’ll want to always be taking action. You can’t just sit there and say, “Om! Bring it to me.” You’ve got to be in action.

Your Client Attraction Assignment

Identify what big leaps are you are about to take and think about the fears that are currently holding you back. Now work through the three steps—shield yourself from the negative, stay in a place of positive expectation and take massive action—in order to move through those fears and come out on the other side with all the success you desire.