164. Shift Your Mindset To Enjoy Your Business

Welcome to Coaches on a Mission and thank you so much for tuning in.  We spend a lot of time on this show diving into strategy. And while some mindset work sneaks in here and there, it’s not a major focus of this show.  Yet, a self supportive mindset is crucial as you build your business.  Putting yourself out there every day, pouring so much care and time into serving your clients, and taking on the risks that come with business building are really big deals.  So, today’s episode will dive deeper into mindset work.   My guest today is Lauren Litt who is the founder of Lil Shameless Plug.  Lauren is on a mission to help coaches who don't like social media but know they need it for their biz to build a thriving community online.  And over the last few years, her business has really grown.  But Lauren feels stretched too thin without a ton of time to devote to things other than work.  She came into the episode feeling aware that something inside her needs to shift so she can show up for herself the was she needs to.  But neither of us were exactly sure what it might take to make that happen.  But after some coaching and exploration, we discovered that it’s time for Lauren to drop her hard worker badge of honor and allow herself to receive more easily.  With this discovery, we created a 3 step plan for Lauren to shift from the inside out.  Here’s what that looks like:  1. Understand that no matter how deeply ingrained our self image might be, we can consciously redesign it.  2. Practice daily free form writing to uncover and release the deeply rooted beliefs that keep you stuck in a self image that may not serve you.  3. Forgive yourself for the judgments you’ve held about yourself and others.  So, if you feel like the missing link between you and the next level just might be a different mindset, get ready to take some notes and explore your own self image.  TIMESTAMPS: 03:15 Lauren shares her goals for this podcast conversation 05:20 Lauren describes what she wants the next layer of her business to feel like  06:10 Dallas ask Lauren what a “lean and lazy” business looks like 07:07 Dallas asks Lauren to describe what is stopping her from having a “lean and lazy” business 09:14 Lauren shares more about why she has this hard worker mentality 12:35  Dallas discusses a book written by Dr. Maxwell Maltz on Psycho-Cybernetics and how this applies to Lauren 16:30 Dallas recommends determining how to reprogram Lauren’s self image 18:05 Dallas shares another story to illustrate reprogramming someone’s self image 20:15 Dallas and Lauren work on a process to reprogram Lauren’s self image 23:56 Dallas and Lauren discuss a technique to help build a new mindset for Lauren 27:54 Dallas suggests Lauren challenges herself every day to act on a desire 29:45 Dallas summarizes the practice they have developed thus far 30:55 Dallas and Lauren discuss the competing intentions that are happening for Lauren 40:00 Dallas suggests the next step could be the use of free form writing to uncover and release the beliefs that keep you stuck in your self image 43:30 Dallas describes the next step is to forgive yourself for a judgment that you are holding 45:10 Lauren discusses using this process for 30 days 45:35 Dallas discusses how to earn bonus points in this process 49:15 Lauren discusses what accountability she needs for this process CONNECT WITH LAUREN: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lauren.litt/  CONNECT WITH ME:  INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/dallastraversbizmentor/