Stop Waiting for Someone to Produce You

I can remember when I would wait for opportunities to come
to me. I would stand by the idea that "whatever is supposed
to happen will happen" and then one day it occurred to me
that all I was really doing was hiding. What was behind
that hiding was, "Who do I think I am to be amazing and
fabulous, AND wealthy?" I wasn't coded for success. I was
coded for approval.

Since I've been coaching other entrepreneurs on building
their own successful, sustainable businesses, I've seen
this same syndrome dozens if not hundreds of times.
Sometimes it's a question of, "Will I really be able to
handle the success?" or "If I am so abundant and
successful, then I'm taking away from others." Of course,
neither of these is true. First, you are always set up to
put systems in place that will embrace your growth rather
than stunt it and second, the more successful you are, then
the more success there is for others. There is nothing
spiritual, kind, or gracious about holding yourself back
because when you do, you are actually holding others back
as well. When you hold back your gifts, you rob the world.
Your gifts are not for you alone. When you truly use your
talents to serve others, then you are truly living your
purpose and when you profit from this-even better; you have
more to give and the success cycle fuels itself. See?

Now that we have that straight, let's go to the deeper form
of sabotage I've seen in others and myself: waiting for
someone else to do it for you. That same question of, "Who
do I think I am?" can be pretty sly and sneaky by fooling
us into believing we aren't capable, which shows itself as,
"I don't know enough," or "If I do this and succeed, then
people will see that I'm actually capable and no one will
take care of me. I'll always have to do everything by
myself." Yikes. This is also cutting off your purpose and,
I can pretty much bet on it, stunting your profit.

This is what I call the Lana Turner myth. Lana Turner was
an incredible, academy award-winning actress who passed
away in 1995. The story is she skipped one of her high
school classes at Hollywood High and was then discovered by
a talent agent at the local drugstore as she sat there
sipping her soda and the rest is history. Now parts of this
story are true, but what's also true is no one is going to
come along and produce you (just hand you all of your
business success)! Now really ask yourself, would you
actually want that to happen? Where's your opportunity to
become authentically powerful? The part of the Lana Turner
story that isn't talked about is the energy she put into
her career to sustain and take care of it. It's time for
you to produce yourself.

So what do you do?

If you really want to set your business up to shine;
however, find yourself looking to others to do it for you,
the first step I highly recommend is stop doing what you've
always done. That's right. This is the golden rule. Invest
your resources in getting some major accountability around
moving out of your comfort zone (or as someone just
recently said to me, "the soup that has you stuck") and you
will begin to connect with your own code of greatness.
Whatever belief you've had up until now will begin to shift
to what your true code is: magnificence. I have met many
entrepreneurs who have what they want for themselves in
their businesses; however, I've met hundreds who believe
they can't and will spend a lot of time telling me why.
(Hint: it usually has to do with blaming something or
someone external instead of looking at what they could do
differently.) Instead, they believe they must settle, pay a
price, or try to figure out what the market wants. Start
focusing on producing the magnificence in you and the rest
(marketing, getting clients, etc.) will start to take care
of itself.

Call-to-Action:

Get honest with yourself. Are you waiting for someone else
to take care of your success?

Ask yourself, "What is my current business code?"

Now, what needs to happen for you to embrace that your true
code is one of magnificence? What would that look like? How
can you invest in yourself to support this?

Begin to be in your business what you are truly meant to
be. (Remember, when you shine, others are given permission
to do the same.)

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Heather Dominick, Solo-Entrepreneur Expert, has over 10
years of teaching and coaching experience. Heather's
primary focus is in coaching entrepreneurs to identify
sources for increasing business profit and making
successful business changes. To sign up to receive your
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