Growing an online business does require some work — you know, you’ve been there. First there was the learning curve of… wtf is an online business? I need an email list? Social media? Blog? What else?! And then there was actually getting clients or selling your products… how do I send contracts, how do I communicate with them, you remember all that, right?

And then, when it finally seems like that stuff is figured out and you’re in a good place… you get that tingling for more. You know there’s something else, but you aren’t sure what. You’ve maybe gotten to 60...80… or even 100k a year but it’s HARD. It isn’t the freedom and flexibility you wanted, it’s long hours and late nights and it, well, sucks.

You want to grow beyond 6-figures, but how? You’re tapped out on hours you can work, maxed out on raising your prices, and don’t see any possibilities for growth.

I’m going to let you in on a secret.

Growing your business beyond 6-figures is all about your mindset.

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And that’s just all there is to it, honestly.

See, you get to a level — and this level differs for everyone — of things you can accomplish with your current beliefs. For most of us, I’ve noticed, it caps at around 6-figures for one reason or another. We can hustle to that mark, we can shove down our fears and worries and beliefs and straight up grind it out to 100k a year. But beyond that, there’s just NOT an ability to keep that hustle going. 

And then, when we think BEYOND that, it becomes scary. We are filled with fear, doubts, and stories that do not serve us. We can’t depend on sheer willpower anymore, so something has got to change here. And that is… you! Your mindset, how you view the world, what you believe is possible, and more.

But most people will ignore that. They’ll opt for spending tons of money on strategists, Facebook Ads, business programs, and more. Most people choose to do 1000x the work EXTERNALLY to get results than dive into the INTERNAL work that will yield results quicker, better, and more effortlessly. They’ll do that because executing a strategy sounds easier than figuring out why you’re scared of success or think that money always disappears, or whatever other stories are running rampant for you right now. 

So, the question to ask yourself is: do I want to continue to hustle to try and make it beyond 6-figures? Or do I want to align into the next-level version of myself, and LET more things flow to me effortlessly?

That choice is yours! But it IS a choice. And if you’re not happy with what you have around you right now, if you’re not happy with the results in your life and business right now…

Simply make another choice.

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Season 3, Episode 10 is about FAILING. We are all so scared of failing and that has us STUCK in fear-based decisions. What if instead you just decided TO FAIL. To just accept that you will, and move forward? What becomes available then? In this episode we dive into getting comfortable with failing. Listen below or in your favorite podcasting app!

in season 3, episode 10 we’re covering…

• Why your approach to “not failing” won’t work

• What “not failing” is actually stemming from

• The shift to “I WILL fail” and releasing the pressure

• Accepting what you are capable of, always

• What becomes available to you?

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• Watch the 3 M’s of an Effortless Business

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In my experience, you can hustle your way to about 60-80k/year in your business. That’s a great number! But for many entrepreneurs, you hit that mark, and you feel like… well, now what? It’s not enough to retire early or take off days at a time. It’s not enough to never worry about your bills again. It’s not… enough, but you’re working A LOT, so what do you do?

The reason that we get stuck around that mark is that it tends to be the average of the highest we think we can charge hourly with the number of hours we can work without totally becoming a hermit and never seeing our loved ones again. Consciously we want MORE, but unconsciously we don’t want to alienate ourselves even more behind the computer screen and we don’t feel we are “worth” charging more money.

It’s a pickle, huh!?

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So, here’s where the transition happens — you have to move away from focusing on hustling and start to do the inner work, the mindset work, to break past that barrier. Mindset is the thing that gets you from where you are right now to where you want to be in the future. Not hustling more, not finding the perfect strategy, none of those things you think you “have to figure out”... just YOU.

Now, I’m going to assume you’ve heard this idea before. I’m going to assume you’ve heard people talk about mindset and you are… curious but cautious. It feels… weird.

Here’s why: it feels in opposition to what we’ve been taught our entire lives. The education system teaches: there are answers out there, find them. You are doing it the right way or the wrong way. Do it the right way, you succeed; do it the wrong way, you fail. That’s ingrained in our minds (at least in America) for nearly our entire lives. 

Then we get into business, we decide to be an entrepreneur, and suddenly… we exhaust the old strategies of late nights, cramming, hustling, doing “it right”, etc. We try those and it doesn’t seem to be working like we think it should. That’s because those old ways of operating aren’t going to serve you in this new world.

Instead of focusing on “getting it right”, we have to focus on being okay with learning and growing. Instead of “getting the A” we have to focus on taking action, period. Instead of focusing on “I’ll stay up late and cram” we have to focus on making space for creative thought and challenging our beliefs.

It sounds crazy and hard and weird and all the objections you have because it IS different than what you’ve done before. It is different than, perhaps, how you’ve found success before. There’s no “teacher” or “professor” or anyone to tell you YES or NO. It’s just you.

And while that might feel scary right now, you could just as easily decide that it feels exciting. Because now you’re in the driver’s seat. Now you’re in control. Now you’re the one in charge. And you get to make the rules. You get to decide what is “right” or “wrong” — or that right and wrong just don’t exist. It’s all up to you.

When you do that you are taking ownership over your life, over your outcomes, over your success. We tend to default to a victim type mentality of life “happening to us” when in reality, the secret to success is deciding that we are in control and everything is happening for us. 

So, how do you develop a successful mindset for business?

First: decide that you are no longer operating from a place of “effect” or “victim mentality”. Decide that you are in control and taking radical responsibility for your life. You can do this by starting to ask: “how am I at cause for this?” in any and all situations.

Second: decide that you cannot fail. There is no right or wrong, there is just action and inaction. The only failure is inaction (stopping before you reach your goal, or never starting). If you keep moving, you’re not failing. And if you do hit a bump, know that it’s not a failure: you win or you learn, always.

How does that feel? Can you start to do those two simple steps?

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Season 3, Episode 9 is about WORTHINESS. This is a big one, y’all. The work around worthiness runs deep and it’s something a lot of people would rather ignore, AND it’s the single most powerful belief I’ve found for rapid shifts and up-levels. Ready to dive in? Listen below or in your favorite podcasting app!

in season 3, episode 9 we’re covering…

• A powerful shift that will change everything for you

• What we think we “have” to do before we get anything

• What mindset work ACTUALLY does (or doesn’t do)

• How coaching actually works for you

• What can become available to you

Resources + links mentioned in the episode:

• Learn more about working together 1:1

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