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What Do You Have to Believe to Prosper
as an Entrepreneur?
by Molly Gordon, MCC
What do you have to believe in order to show up, serve,
and prosper as an entrepreneur?
Your beliefs, assumptions, and opinions give shape to
the world, ordering the vast quantities of information and overwhelming
amount of stimulation you receive every moment. As many self-mastery gurus
have advised us over the years, negative or limiting beliefs tend to close
down possibilities, narrow the future, put a lid on progress. Much has
been written (and fortunes built) on how to identify and dissolve limiting
beliefs.
But what about positive beliefs? While it is important
to be able to notice and work through limiting beliefs, it is also
important to know and take a stand for what you "have to believe," to
be proactive about what gets you out of bed in the morning, sparks
your vision, fuels your choices, and instills the spirit of entrepreneurship.
A "have to belief" is a way of understanding that resonates
so deeply with your sense of purpose, meaning, and service that you willingly
embrace it and subordinate your choices to it. A "have to belief" is
one that you hold with conscious commitment and self-reflective awareness,
knowing that it is a belief (not a fact) and being responsible for
the ways this belief endows your life with meaning, purpose, and
focus.
There is no absolute, verifiable, objective third-party
system that can prove a "have to belief." Instead you learn to hold
these beliefs as a skilled fencer holds a sword or a tournament tennis
player a racquet: with a loose-and-tight grip that responds to both
inner promptings and encounters with the physical world.
It's important to hold a "have to belief" loosely enough
to remember that you do not have the right to impose your belief on anyone
else. And in this loose-enough grip, there is room to question, challenge,
and evolve what you "have to believe" as your learn and grow.
At the same time, it is important to hold a "have to
belief" tightly or firmly enough that it can order your experience
(without closing down awareness of other possibilities) and provide
emotional and spiritual sustenance.
So what does this have to do with being open for business
and your prosperity as an entrepreneur? In my view, everything. Every
day I encounter in myself or in my clients situations that we cannot rise
to without an adequate belief system. It is not enough to deconstruct
limiting beliefs. In order to continuously craft a meaningful and functional
definition of success and to chart or re-chart your course, you must become
responsible for what you have to believe and how you are about believing
it.
Here are some other "have to beliefs" that show up in
my work with entrepreneurs, business owners, independent professionals,
and artists. Try them on for size. Notice that what a "have to belief"
does not need to quarrel with reality.
- I have to believe that people can take care of themselves, and
I know that sometimes they cannot.
- I have to believe that my thriving and prosperity will not necessitate
someone else's suffering, and I know that sometimes it might.
- I have to believe that being a good steward for my business
will help me show up and serve.
- I have to believe that I can afford to act in my client's best
interests, even when that means that I will earn less (or no) income.
- I have to believe that prosperity is attractive to the people
I want to work with.
- I have to believe that there are plenty of people for whom my
work is a perfect match who can and will value my services enough
to pay for them.
- I have to believe that mistakes are the compost for future success,
and I know that this includes picking up after myself and making
amends for my errors.
"Have to believes" are beliefs you choose because they
make you stronger, wiser, smarter, kinder, more resilient. They challenge
you to be bigger, more creative, bolder. And for every "have to belief"
a new world of action is revealed.
What do you have to believe in order to show up, serve,
and prosper as an entrepreneur?
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In particular, the pricing strategies you learn to apply will build the
solid foundation for your authentic prosperity as an entrepreneur.
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Contact an acknowledged expert
on small business marketing Molly Gordon at:
Shaboom Inc. Life could be a dream…
PO Box 195
Suquamish, WA 98392-0195
mgordon@authenticpromotion.com
As a business coach and small
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