How Expectations Will HURT your Business
Episode 144 of the The Journey with Zakk Colburn podcast, hosted by Zakk Colburn, titled "How Expectations Will HURT your Business" was published on August 16, 2022 and runs 3 minutes.
August 16, 2022 ·3m · The Journey with Zakk Colburn
Summary
Apply for The Personal Trainers Business Incubator: https://zakkcolburn.typeform.com/to/UDoxri Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zakkcolburn/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZakkColburn/videos The Journey Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T4hYvQB8CAVzpXn6tLzVm My Book Cutting Strings on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0933MQRCZ?pf_rd_r=AKKS5XHRQV63Z1FVP9A7&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=972d9327-8a84-44ca-9bb1-a1fa78ec2cf2&pd_rd_w=oYdeY&pd_rd_wg=RZ2Xw&ref_=pd_gw_unk Expectations WILL HURT your business, let me explain. When you are running and scaling a business you set expectations for yourself that can quite literally block you from achieving your goals. These blocks could be mental blocks by constantly berating yourself as to why you aren’t doing good enough. They could be timing blocks, for example, you don’t plan out your day so before you know it, your day is gone. They could be confidence blocks, where you can’t get out of your own head and spiral out of control into despair. And this can happen to ANYONE, at ANY stage of your business. So to prevent this, don’t let your expectations create a gap from where you are to where you want to be. We entrepreneurs a lot of the time just want more and MORE. And what we need to acknowledge is how far we have already come and what we already have. When we look at our business in this new light, it helps us get rid of those negative expectations and it helps us pursue our goals in a healthy way. If you would like to hear how one of my clients and MYSELF went through this EXACT point in our businesses. Click this link to watch the short three-minute video on my YouTube channel. See you guys there.
Episode Description
Apply for The Personal Trainers Business Incubator:
https://zakkcolburn.typeform.com/to/UDoxri
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zakkcolburn/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZakkColburn/videos
The Journey Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T4hYvQB8CAVzpXn6tLzVm
My Book Cutting Strings on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0933MQRCZ?pf_rd_r=AKKS5XHRQV63Z1FVP9A7&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=972d9327-8a84-44ca-9bb1-a1fa78ec2cf2&pd_rd_w=oYdeY&pd_rd_wg=RZ2Xw&ref_=pd_gw_unk
Expectations WILL HURT your business, let me explain. When you are running and scaling a business you set expectations for yourself that can quite literally block you from achieving your goals. These blocks could be mental blocks by constantly berating yourself as to why you aren’t doing good enough. They could be timing blocks, for example, you don’t plan out your day so before you know it, your day is gone. They could be confidence blocks, where you can’t get out of your own head and spiral out of control into despair. And this can happen to ANYONE, at ANY stage of your business. So to prevent this, don’t let your expectations create a gap from where you are to where you want to be. We entrepreneurs a lot of the time just want more and MORE. And what we need to acknowledge is how far we have already come and what we already have. When we look at our business in this new light, it helps us get rid of those negative expectations and it helps us pursue our goals in a healthy way. If you would like to hear how one of my clients and MYSELF went through this EXACT point in our businesses. Click this link to watch the short three-minute video on my YouTube channel. See you guys there.
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