Hi there!
This past weekend I was the featured trainer at the annual conference for a direct selling company. I love working with direct sellers in person so - needless to say - I had a great time.
In the process, I also reconnected with one of the most debilitating scarcity patterns or habits direct sellers have - and it sabotages their success (and yours!) all the time. It goes right back to what I wrote about in my last blog, i.e., that your internals create your externals.
Let me give you an experience of what I’m talking about right now.
What do you see below?
IAMNOWHERE
Did you FIRST see the words “I am nowhere” or “I am now here”?
Let’s explore and learn from this a little more…
When you see the words “I am nowhere” – what happens to your energy? How powerful do you feel? How motivated are you to take action?
Now – contrast that with your response when you see the words “I am now here”.
When you see the words “I am now here” – what happens to your energy? How powerful do you feel? How motivated are you to take action?
That being said, did anything on your computer screen change? Did the IAMNOWHERE letters magically move around or change color so as to produce the shift in your energy, power and ability to act?
Of course not!
The ONLY thing that changed was how you SAW them! The EXTERNALS didn’t change in the least!
What changed - and what made a difference in terms of your sense of empowerment (or disempowerment) - was how you SAW the externals! The thought you had - your perception - changed and that made all the difference in the world!
Here’s my point - and it’s the same point I emphasized repeatedly in my training this past weekend.
If you’ve been thinking (even subconsciously) that when you are making $$$$ money in your business, THEN you’ll feel confident, empowered and abundant - you’ve got it backwards.
If you’re thinking that making the next level in your compensation plan, getting out of debt, quitting the job you hate, moving into your dream house, etc. etc. is what’s going to have you feel confident, empowered and abundant - you’re saying that the Externals Create the Internals! Not only is that the EXACT OPPOSITE of how things work - it’s a SET-UP for scarcity.
Changing the externals is not what’s going to make the biggest difference in terms of you experiencing scarcity and/or abundance. What WILL make the difference is how you PERCEIVE those externals (current and future) and what you THINK about them.
One of the oldest and most powerful principles of success and abundance tells us this…
What you FOCUS on the most is where your energy will flow and is what will show up and grow in your life.
So, my friend, my question for you today is this…
What are you FOCUSING on in your business and your life? Are you focusing on scarcity, not enough and “I am nowhere”?
Or are you SEEING things differently… focusing on the progress, success and abundance you’ve already experienced?
Are you judging your current actions, progress, and results as “not enough” and “nowhere” - or are you able to drop your judgment and see your “reality” in a way that empowers you to take action, i.e., “I am now here”?
This one shift (which you can consciously train yourself to make) will have a huge impact in your business and all areas of your life.
So much so that I’m going to continue focusing on it (no pun intended!) in my next blog.
Until then, begin paying attention to your FOCUS and how you are SEEING yourself and your results, i.e., “I Am Nowhere” or “I Am Now Here”?
The choice is yours. Your external results do not have to change for you to feel more empowered and motivated - your internals do.
“Talk” to you soon!
Teresa
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