Last week, I shared a simple awareness that most people have a fear of success. I even recalled the journey about myself, which I had to change to have the success I really wanted. See, we get what we DESERVE, NOT what we want.

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And what we deserve is really how we believe, deep inside our hearts. As a small business owner, I see many of my clients do these things to self-sabotage success. Do you recognize yourself in any of them? As you read this checklist, take a moment to really LISTEN with your heart, and answer with a yes, if you do these things.

1.      You know you need to do some blogging…but you just don’t feel like writing today.

2.      You decide it’s time to charge more for what you do, but when asked “how much” you seem to say less than you agreed with yourself to charge.

3.      You try to be everything to everybody, because you don’t want to exclude anyone.

4.      You constantly ask other people what they think…of your logo, your product, your copy, your price, your title…and are overwhelmed by their opinions.

5.      You share what you think online, and someone disagrees, and you silently overthink what you said and why it might be the wrong thing.

6.      You are inconsistent: in showing up, in follow through, in marketing, in networking, with leads and customers.

7.      You have a MILLION great ideas, but struggle with implementing and monetizing them.

8.      You take an AMAZING class and are motived to do different…yet one week later you are back to your “old self”.

9.      You have trouble owning your expertise, so you are continuously taking classes to learn more.

10.  You finally decide and put out to the world “this is what the hell I sell” and everything you see online is EXACTLY that…you step into self-doubt.

11.  You have some success, people start buying and you find yourself worrying, wondering, even having unsettled energy, although you’re not sure why.

12.  You are EXCELLENT at implementing what your coach tells you, but you are so busy doing, you can’t BE for those that need you, even personally.

13.  You have deep exciting highs and then weird lows in your business.

14.  You know you need to implement systems within technology that will make your business run, yet every time you try…it’s just too overwhelming.

15.  You are challenged by stepping fully into your heart, to write, speak, and most importantly decide.

Yes, I guess I could go on and on. This, though, is why “Vision of Self” is the first of the 5 Elements of a Bad-Assery Business™.  I look at my clients and many have at least three of those above, most many more. I love that we change this so HOW happens, and money flows! And if you have at least three, there is a tiny part of you, deep, deep inside, that somewhere silently questions:

“Do you deserve that? No, do you? Really? What makes you think you do?”

You have to start by answering that  tiny, tiny voice. That whisper. Heck, you need to have a conversation with it! Out loud!