(#154) Failure to $100,000 Months

All of us have stumbled across obstacles that made us question whether to quit or keep going. These experiences formed those limiting beliefs that we carry throughout our life which could potentially affect our personal or business growth. Whether you failed a licensure exam or facing roadblocks in your career, there are actually ways you can learn and use them to your advantage. In this episode, Doctor TK goes back to a period of when she was faced with adversity towards becoming a licensed psychologist. She talks about how she leveraged her transformative experience to run a profitable, effective mental health business and how you can also apply it to yours. --- Level up your business and mindset using Doctor TK’s personally hand-picked tools. Get access to the Freebie Library today: https://doctortk.lpages.co/dtcfreebielibrary. Be informed of the latest updates for the Elite Coaching Mastermind 2022 by joining the notification list at https://doctortk.lpages.co/ecm-waitlist Take the first step to Manifest A Profitable Private Practice! Join the waitlist for the Dope Therapist Academy at https://www.dopetherapistacademy.com/dta-waitlist Podcast Goals: Capture Doctor TK’s moments of internal failure to resiliency Episode Timeline: Having developed a negative mindset and limiting belief during the EPPP licensing exam (01:34) Behind the scenes of the third test retake (07:10) Explaining the fight or flight response— one of the factors for passing the exam with an exceptional score (16:19) On passing the Ethics exam: How did she utilize her job at the county to practice her skills to make better ethical decisions? (19:58) What was Doctor TK’s biggest monetary win for getting licensed? (22:59) What is the relevance of the story to running a profitable biz? (24:07) Episode recap (31:28) Standout Quotes from Doctor TK: "Anytime that I was exposed to community violence, I would bounce back and go about my day like nothing ever happened. Am I saying that that's healthy? Hell no. But it's also a defense mechanism that has protected my life, my mindset, and honestly my sanity for a very long time." (18:53) "Are you actually learning from your experience or are you just looking at this experience as a failure because it did not come easy to you?" (25:56) "It wasn't the school's job to train you as a biz owner. You went to school to become a life change agent, aka become an employee. It's not the school's fault that you were not trained to have a profitable practice." (26:31) "The more you wait on something to change without you making any moves (meaning moving toward the solution), the more you remain stagnant in your business. And that may equal where you are now in your biz, you have plateaued. You may be making a lot of money in your private practice... but can you truly say that you see all of your ideal clients? ...you get paid your true value with all of your clients? ...your caseload is your ideal schedule (meaning you see your clients only on days and times that you want to) ...and you're actually living life abundantly even outside of your practice by doing what you want even if that includes other streams of income?" (29:02) Resources Mentioned: JOIN THE INHER COLLECTIVE WATCH PODCAST ON YOUTUBE GUSTO SIMPLE PRACTICE EHR KIT FOR EMAIL MARKETING STANSTORE