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2. Identify your belief about the problem by asking, “How do I think this problem is holding me back from growth?” 3. Look at each belief and identify how you might be wrong. Ask yourself, “What if this problem were actually an opportunity for growth?” 4. Create a simple step-by-step plan to attack the problem and move forward. Changing your limiting beliefs isn’t easy and may not happen instantly. But with practice, you’ll become adept at realizing it’s your limiting belief and not the circumstance that is holding you back — and then you’ll destroy your belief before it becomes the real problem.
growth. When we encounter something that seems to impede our progress, we say, “I can’t grow my business because of this saber-tooth-sized problem I’m facing.” What our brains think becomes our reality. A circumstance viewed as a problem becomes a problem! That marketing issue or employee issue becomes THE problem holding you back. And here’s an uglier truth: When confronted with danger, our brains desperately want us to return to our safe cave, away from the unknown. Consequently, those things that we now call problems become excuses for us to play safe, to play at a lower level, and not try as hard as we can or should. THE 4 STEPS TO SHREDDING LIMITATIONS
viewed as a problem becomes a problem, a circumstance viewed as an opportunity becomes an opportunity. Yes, those seemingly insurmountable problems could actually be opportunities to push yourself, to raise the bar on your business, and to get creative to find a different method. The difference is how you view them. How different would that make your day? Instead of allowing your limiting beliefs to be defeated by roadblocks, what if you saw each problem as something exciting that gave you the opportunity to grow?
Here’s a simple exercise to do right now:
1. Identify the top problems or
roadblocks that you feel are holding
But here’s the great news: The reverse is true, as well. While a circumstance
you back from growth.
- Mike Agugliaro
Ask These 2 Questions Every Day if You Want to Grow Your Service Business Service business owners face a challenge when they want to grow their business. They try different things, implement new ideas, dial in new strategies, but struggle to find the time to create a business that performs at a high level, even when it’s scaling up.
To help you address this challenge, here are two questions you should be asking yourself every single day.
filter holder and add the right amount of coffee grounds. Then, you turn it on, and coffee comes out. Without realizing it, you’ve developed a system that allows you to make consistent, predictable coffee whenever you want. Now apply that same thought to your business. I advise business owners to build systems for everything. From the moment you start your day to the moment it ends, many of the activities you do can oporate around a system. The benefits of system-building are amazing. You’ll be able to complete more work in the same amount of time because consistency and repetition build speed, without diminishing accuracy.
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Can I build a system for this? Can I improve this system?
Systems are simple steps, done in the same sequence over and over, that will help you complete a task. When you have a system, you can complete the work almost unconsciously and/or with a great level of consistency. Think about making coffee. You’ve probably developed a system. You fill the water in the carafe and pour it into the back of the coffee maker. You grab the filter and put it into the
You should be building systems every day, and then you should spend your time improving those systems so they run more effectively. That’s the fastest way to grow your business.
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