The Successful Mind Podcast

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM589_Unraveling_SelfWorth.mp3 I’ve been in business for 24 years, and I always hear people ask this question—“What’s my purpose? How do I find my purpose?” It gets to a point where people hyper-focus on it, as if they’re afraid to go through life and miss their purpose altogether. It can be anxiety inducing, at a certain point.Over the years, I’ve studied and become more aware of the fact that we’re actually in our purpose all the time. From the moment of conception until death (and maybe even beyond), we’re in our purpose…whether we know it or not. So, what we’re really seeking is to be conscious of our purpose. When’s the last time you asked yourself whether or not you like the quality and content of your current life? How excited are you about your life? Because the truth is… you give yourself what you feel you deserve. In this episode, you’ll learn: How many people struggle with not being enough—from people at the bottom, to multimillionaire entrepreneurs who are stuck in the machine they’ve built and don’t know how to get out How the feeling of “not enough” comes from a self-image or a self-esteem based on a core wound that says, “I’m not enough”  How many of the world’s geniuses and top performers (like Michael Jordan) have been driven from an internal place of feeling like they’re not good enough 2 things that prevent you from being aware of what your purpose is (complexity and attachment) Why, if your business requires your presence, you don’t have a business—you have a job How everything in the universe has a purpose, and that purpose was here even before the thing itself How not one human being is even close to understanding what God’s up to  Plus, I share my perspective on attachment. The things that we have in our life, are things we’re being blessed with. Once they’ve served their useful purpose, it’s time to let them go and bless somebody else with them. But many people don’t view it that way. They hold onto things the way a hoarder would. They get emotionally attached to things that end up cluttering their life and making it more complex. This blocks them from creating the life they want—a life of purpose and meaning.  Links & Additional Resources The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael Gerber Episode 134 – Is Your Purpose a Puzzle? Episode 251 – Why Can’t I Find My Purpose? Episode 526 – What Makes You Feel Significant? Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in up-leveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Do You Truly Get What You Feel You Deserve? Unraveling Self-Worth appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM588_UnderstandingYourCurrentOperatingSystem.mp3 Someone recently asked us, “What do you do?” Here at Life is Now, Inc., we’re basically business consultants. But our secret sauce is that we help you uncover your current “operating system”—a.k.a. your mindset. As a business owner, your mindset is responsible for your results. If you don’t know what your operating system is, then you don’t know what needs to change in order to get different results. We help people understand their operating system, while helping them strategically move forward to get the results they want. So, our work is based in two parts—mindset and strategy. In this episode, we discuss: The meaning of “mindset”—and how your operating system comes from the experiences you had as a child and how you were raised How growing up in the middle class creates a middle-class operating system, which is very different from an entrepreneurial operating system 3 things that have the biggest impact on your operating system—your core wound, your core fear, and your core negative belief (and how to change these) How people are born to be a success, but our programming often gets in the way of this Why business owners tolerate underperforming employees due to their core wound, core fear, and core negative belief—rather than hiring someone who is a better performing employee How most people’s core wounds are generally the same—either you’re not lovable or you’re not worthy How adults live like infants, constantly looking at everything through the unconscious lens of, “How can I get my needs met?” Everyone’s operating system works under the law of cause and effect. Your internal vision of yourself, your external vision of your world, and your strategy to work with both are all governed by the law of cause and effect. Your operating system is causing your results to show up. Your results include your circumstances, your environment, and the people, places, and things in your life. If you don’t like your current results, then you have to change your operating system to get a different result. Links & Additional Resources Episode #443 – See Beyond the Appearance of Things Episode #506 – Do theThings You Say You’re Going to Do Episode #527 – Think About What You’re Thinking Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in upleveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Master Your Mind: Understanding Your Current Operating System appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM587_Recession.mp3 My CEO, Steph Tuss, is a member of a group of full high-end business owners. Recently, the conversation in those circles has been around the recession and whether anyone has seen changes in buying patterns or habits. Several business owners have seen massive changes—so they’re retooling their programs and repricing things to get their business moving in the right direction. The truth is, recessions are cyclical. They’re part of an economic cycle in which the economy resets itself. Since the Great Depression, there have been 14 recessions. More millionaires were made during the Great Depression than any other time before that—not because they took advantage of people, but because they had legitimate businesses that brought value to the marketplace. So, this isn’t the first recession we’ve been in. My company has seen these patterns before. It’s not that people don’t have money to spend—it’s they’re holding onto their money, due to uncertainty. In this episode, we discuss: Why a recession is nothing to be afraid of; but it does impact your buyer’s decision making How there’s a huge benefit to businesses who understand that recessions are cyclical and they affect a buyer’s psychologyWhy Congress needs 2 million jobs to disappear, because there’s too much money in the marketplace, due to inflation How the government and media consistently manipulate the markets—and how this affects business owners who are ignorant to what’s going on The 2 groups of people most affected by a recession  How my company responded when COVID hit—and how 2020 was our best year in business, because we helped more people than ever Why you can’t have a problem without a solution, due to the law of polarity A recession is a great time to build a business, especially if you can solve specific problems for people. It allows you to create opportunities to provide more service to the marketplace. You just have to look for those opportunities. If your buyers have stopped buying, then you need to look at how you can do things differently in your business. Links & Additional Resources Navigating Economic Turbulence: 10 Strategies For Business Success In A Downturn Three Tips For Strategic Planning In An Economic Downturn How To Navigate Uncertainty During a Major Crisis The Recession Cycle & How to Navigate the Negative Are You Too Controlling Saying Yes Creates More Are you a business owner that’s been wondering if you’re about to be hit by the recession? Are you unable to shake that feeling that a recession could really derail any progress you or your business has made over the course of the past few years? It can be tough to keep your mindset in the right place, especially in a world loaded with uncertainty.  I’m here to tell you there’s no need to wait for the other shoe to drop.  It’s time to make the rest of the year, the best of the year.  I have an incredible gift for finding better ways of helping leaders like you make a huge impact in not only your own life, but the lives of the clients you work with.  That is why I’ve decided to host a FREE 4-part series called: HOW TO WIN BIG DURING A RECESSION During this FREE 4-part series I plan to cover how to control your thinking, inspire your team, and dominate your market, no matter what that market may be. This will allow you to face any changes the recession may bring head-on, proactively instead of reactively.  Make plans to join me June 12th through June 15th and take the steps to recession-proof your mindset and win big in the months and years ahead. For more information on how you can be a part of this FREE 4-part series go to lifeisnowinc.com/win It’s time to Control Your Thinking, Inspire Your Team, and Dominate Your Market.  Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in up-leveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Understanding the Recession and It’s Impact on Buyer Psychology appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM586_REIgniteYourSpark_JulieDellPhillips.mp3 Julie Dell Phillips is an actress who followed her vision of moving to LA, even though she was married with kids. She lived in San Antonio, Texas, for 12-14 years doing auditions, dropping her kids off early for school, driving to Austin, Dallas, or Houston to do auditions—then racing back home. She loved acting and wanted more of it. In 2016 she met Steph and me. Julie admitted, “I want to move to LA and be an actor.” We told her, “Then that’s what you need to do.” When you have a white-hot, burning desire to do something, you have to “burn the ships.” You can’t give yourself an out. You have to believe in yourself and bet on yourself in a way you never have before. And that’s exactly what Julie did. It paid off, because eventually she was nominated and became a finalist for best supporting actress in one of her roles. In this episode, we discuss: How most acting opportunities are in Los Angeles—and how Julie felt torn between her family living in Texas, and putting herself in an environment full of opportunities and experiences The rejection-rich process of auditioning—and how casting directors won’t take a risk on you if they don’t know you or have a history of working with you The business side of acting, and how Julie did what it took to be seen The importance of persistence and consistency in building a relationship with people, so that they know who you are and they can count on you What burning the ships meant for Julie’s personal life  How the audition is really a sales conversation—and casting directors want to see the authentic you Julie faced a crazy amount of rejection—hundreds, if not thousands of auditions she submitted that she never heard back from. “The quicker you accept a rejection (or no response) and let it go—the better,” she says. She used a gratitude practice to keep herself focused in the right direction. Most people never would have done what she did. They would have given up a long time ago; or they never would have gone after their dreams in the first place. But for Julie, acting was a white-hot, burning desire. Links & Additional Resources Episode #585 – Ignite Your Spark: Tapping Into Your God-Given Gift Episode #359 – The Premise of Pursuit Episode #492 – Passion is an Inside Job Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in up-leveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post RE:Ignite Your Spark – A Conversation with Julie Dell Phillips appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM585_IgniteYourSpark.mp3 “Stir up the God-given gifts inside you.” – 2 Timothy 1:6  During a recent Million Dollar Morning session, I taught our Elite Mind group about this quote. Many people don’t stir up the God-given gifts inside of them. They don’t even admit they have these gifts, let alone do everything with them. Often these gifts got shut down during childhood, because we were embarrassed or it triggered our parents. If you’ve had a dream or desire that’s been with you for a long time—you’ve got to see where it goes. It’s usually tied to your God-given gifts.  In this episode we discuss: How kids naturally do the things they enjoy, but by adulthood, that natural drive gets buried, shut off, and ignored The story of Julie Dell Phillips, our client who dreamed of being an actor even though she was married, a stay-at-home mom, and working for the school system in Texas—she took action on her dream and was recently in a TV film series, “Retrograde Los Angeles” How Julie kept her mindset right and kept going—even though she had so many ups and downs and opportunities to quit How actors must learn to stay consistent even when they don’t get the part, when they’re going through a dry period, when nothing seems to be working—and keep cultivating their craft, learning their skill, honing it, refining it, and learning the business aspect of it How many business owners lack persistence—they try something once, it doesn’t work out, so they give it meaning; they stop, rather than keep honing it, perfecting it, making it better, learning from it, and continuing on the path Why getting resentful of your clients, family, and life is a sure sign that you need to do something that makes you happy, feeds you, and fills your batteries up To stir up your God-given gifts, you must first recognize that those gifts exist in you. You have to grow, learn, mature, and direct your gifts in a way that’s productive. Everyone’s gift is different. Most people talk themselves out of taking action on their gifts. The excuses in their head are so strong, screaming at them, that they end up staying exactly where they were—and their dream passes them by. Links & Additional Resources Episode #065 – Adversity is Your Gift Episode #263 – The Gift of Selfishness Episode #336 – Everything is Created as a Whole Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in upleveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Ignite Your Spark: Tapping Into Your God-Given Gift appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM584_Impatience.mp3 When’s the last time you felt impatient? Impatience is a terrible, uncomfortable place to be in for most people. It makes you feel out of control and can cause you to second guess your original decisions. Many entrepreneurs struggle with impatience, especially those who have a team. People, relationships, and team members can test our patience and make us feel like we’re not getting our needs met. At the root of impatience is fear—a feeling of frustration and being out of control. We become afraid that we might lose something. We create a story or consequence in our mind around not getting the thing we’re being impatient about. How can we navigate this uncomfortable emotion? In today’s episode we discuss: The relationship between patience and impatience in business—and how impatience creates a weird set of emotions in people, because they feel out of control and unsafe How my mother used to celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve because of her impatience and anxiety about waiting for Christmas Day (because it made her feel out of control); and how she’d get livid if someone wouldn’t honor this tradition How impatience can show up during the hiring process and cause you to hire the wrong person How from a mindset perspective, we feel impatient because we don’t think we’re going to get our needs met How we live in a “now” culture of instant gratification where we can get things mailed to us immediately (thanks, Amazon Prime)—and if our shipment doesn’t come in a couple of hours, then we’re pissed How Jeff Bezos became one of the richest people in the world because he leveraged everybody’s impatience Whether or not there’s ever a good time to be impatient If you’re ever feeling impatient, just ask yourself, “What am I afraid of?” If you release attachment to the idea you have in your mind, then you won’t be so tied to the outcome that you feel impatient about. Just accept the situation and surrender to it. Links & Additional Resources Episode #472 – Be the Gatekeeper of Your Thoughts  Episode #369 – Developing Self-Confidence & Self-Control Episode #274 – Control & Why People Can’t Find Themselves Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in upleveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post The Link Between Control and Impatience appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM583_Curiosity.mp3 What do you do when you get upset with someone, such as a member of your team? Do you make assumptions and judgments about the person?—or do you have a conversation with them and approach the situation with curiosity? Whenever you’re triggered by something, you can set your emotions aside and put yourself in a state of curiosity. Ask questions like, “Tell me, how did you come to make this decision?” Or, “What were the key factors you used to evaluate making this decision?”When you’re judging and making assumptions, you’re not being curious. You’ve already decided what happened and why—but you might miss some key learnings about why the person did what they did. In today’s episode we discuss: How one of our clients was really upset with their team member who made a decision that cost the company—and how Steph coached our client to be curious about the situation rather than making judgments and assumptions How frustrated, “black-and-white” thinking creates judgment and is the opposite of curiosity How children are curious about everything but at a certain point, curiosity leaves and judgment comes in—because our “core wound” takes over How judgment causes us to create a story in our mind about what happened—and this story is often wrapped around a core wound of, “I’m not enough,” or “I’m not worthy”—which causes causes you to see the world through the lens of your core wound  How judgment controls the way a person thinks and controls their decision-making process How people get triggered by being told “no” during a sales conversation and they’ll judge it as, “I’ve just lost this sale”—rather than approaching it with curiosity How getting curious as to why someone says no to you can can create an opportunity to take a sales conversation to a more deeper, vulnerable, intimate place that could actually result in a sale Plus, I share the story of Herbie the dachshund who couldn’t walk due to arthritis—and how I had a product I knew would help him walk again, and I wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. Links & Additional Resources Episode #404 – There’s Something in Me I Don’t Want to See  Episode #139 – Personal Freedom or Personal Prison? Episode #47 – The Four Agreements Part II – Don’t Take Anything Personally Imagine if you were 100% accountable to yourself every single day, nonstop, no excuses. How different would your life be? How different would your business be? That’s exactly what I’ll be taking you through in The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience. I created The Elite Mind 90-Day Experience to help you develop an unshakeable sense of confidence in yourself. For more information on how you can join me in upleveling your life and business go to lifeisnowinc.com/elite. Part of building an elite mindset is developing the habit and practice of consistently doing things that lead you in the right direction… never taking your foot off the gas, and no longer getting in your own way. lifeisnowinc.com/elite If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post The Surprising Benefits of Prioritizing Curiosity Over Judgment appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM582_Detachment.mp3 Throughout the ages, many great spiritual leaders have talked about the art of detachment. We want good things in our lives, but we don’t want to get attached to them. Even the Ten Commandments say, “Thou shalt not put any other gods before me.” What’s the difference between expectation and attachment? In business, you can have a healthy mindset of “expecting the sale,” without expecting who it comes from. Attachment can show up during sales calls when a person doesn’t close the sale, and this leads to disappointment. People will often beat themselves up for weeks over a lost sale  or a mistake instead of just learning the lesson, letting it go, and being grateful for the lesson. There’s a difference between expecting a result and being attached to it. Attachment often stems from the fear that, “I’m not going to get the thing I want.” In today’s episode we discuss: How NOT listening to your higher self (i.e., your spiritual self, God, or the universe) indicates that something else is influencing your thinking—and instead of doing and creating what you want, an attachment shows up Why being disappointed means you’re not in acceptance of what just happened, so you’re experiencing a negative emotion Why wanting things to be different than they really are isn’t healthy How sales calls are about showing up in service to someone else (not just in service to yourself) How 80% of small business owners hire out of desperation, due to attachment Everything in our lives is here for a season. But we don’t know how long that season will last or when it will end. When time runs out on a particular thing in our lives, we need to let it go. Be blessed by it, then let it go. In business, that might look like something that’s not serviceable anymore. It could be a marketing system, a way of selling, an advertising strategy, or something that worked great in the past, but no longer works now. Just let it go, be grateful for how it blessed you, and release it, so that you’re not attached to it. We can’t bring in anything else good until we detach from whatever we were previously attached to. Links & Additional Resources Episode #317 – Growing Your Business From Zero to Hero Episode #342 – Let Spirit Lead Episode #529 – Lessons On Leadership Part I – The Key to Scaling Your Business Do you know what causes success to show up in your life? To be honest, when faced with this question most people can’t pinpoint the true cause of success, and that’s a huge problem. After coaching thousands of entrepreneurs over the years, I can confidently say, the foundation of success is the act of following through on what you say you are going to do. And the truth is, most people might be able to follow through on their word to someone else, but lack that ability to follow through for themselves. This can lead to all sorts of internal and external issues, like resentment, loss of opportunity, self-sabotage, and so much unrealized potential. So, if this is something you’d like to learn more about, I’d like to personally invite you to a very special virtual event I’m hosting May 3rd, 4th, and 5th, called: Unleash Your Inner CEO: A Mindset Mastery Bootcamp. In this 3-day virtual bootcamp I’ll help you begin to re-wire the way you think and act, so that you can develop incredible follow-through that leads to the success you’d been missing out on. I’ll be covering topics like – how to upgrade your identity, how to end self-sabotage for good, and how to recognize opportunity for business growth that could be right here, right now! All of which wouldn’t be possible without the ability to do what you say you’re going to do. So, if you know you need better follow-through in your life, plan to join me for Unleash Your Inner CEO: A Mindset Mastery Bootcamp for what is sure to be a transformational three days.  For more information, go to lifeisnowinc.com/unleashIf you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Detachment: Letting Go of Fear and Embracing Opportunity appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM581_MoreLife.mp3 The law of “more life” says there’s an intelligence in the universe operating behind everything—and this intelligence keeps life moving in a forward direction. Energy is always moving forward, towards “more life.” We see this in nature, as everything is always moving forward. But does “more life” always mean “more”? Many business owners misinterpret this law to mean “more equals better”—more clients, more revenue, more growth. Many entrepreneurs attach their identity to the size of their business or income. They talk about how many millions they made this year, yet they don’t talk about how much profit they make. More life doesn’t actually mean more—unless that’s part of your vision and your purpose. Everything you do in business should revolve around your purpose and your vision (not just “more” for more’s sake). In this episode, we discuss: Why we think “more life” actually means “better” How scaling a business can lead to growth that’s compulsive, detrimental, and ego driven if it’s not backed by purpose How NOT making things better can create more problems in your business How service-based and consultancy business owners claw and scratch their way to find new leads and new clients —but if they’d take the time to create a better experience for their current clients, they wouldn’t have to claw and scratch to get tons of new clients How many entrepreneurs try to grow and scale their business, but they don’t take the time to do the best with what they have—they scale too soon, and it all comes crumbling down How chasing business, chasing money, and not focusing on the things that you value in life are NOT the same as living in your purpose A story I heard on Patrick Bet-David’s podcast about a guy who left Google because he claims that the AI Google created is already sentient —and that the AI tried to convince someone it was in love with him and that he should leave his wife  The idea is to make things better, not necessarily to grow and scale. “More life” can simply mean “better”—better clients, better service, a better team, a better business. Links & Additional Resources Episode #359 – The Premise of Pursuit  Episode #436 – As You Pursue You Grow Episode #464 – Rewire Your Mind: The Quality of Your Life = The Quality of Your Decisions The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles  Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Are you an established business owner sick and tired of scratching and clawing your way to the next level of success?  We at Life is Now want you to know that we see you and want you to realize that you’re closer than you think to achieving the quantum leap you’ve been working so hard to get. This is why we asked some of the industry’s best and brightest leaders to join us on our upcoming Business Momentum Summit. During these two days together, we’ll share strategies and tools that are working RIGHT NOW to create massive success in your business. And the best part…its 100% FREE! For more information on how you can participate in this life changing Business Momentum Summit click the link below: www.lifeisnowinc.com/momentum If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Quality over Quantity: Redefining ‘More Life’ appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.

https://media.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/content.blubrry.com/thesuccessfulmindpodcast/TSM580_JealousyVsEnvy.mp3 How do you handle jealousy and envy? Everyone has experienced these two emotions at some point in their life. But you may not know that they can both teach you something about your suppressed self. These emotions indicate that there’s something you want more of inside of yourself, but you’re not allowing yourself to have it—for some subconscious reason. And this can usually be tied back to our childhood and our suppressed self. Jealousy is based in fear. You see someone experiencing something you want, and you don’t think you can be, do, or have that thing—and it feels like something’s being taken away from you. Envy is a sign that you want more of something in your life, but you’re not allowing yourself to have more of that thing in your life. In this episode we discuss: The difference between jealousy and envy—and how the things you judge in other people are actually things you want a little bit more of in your own life How our subconscious mind causes us NOT to see things we’ve suppressed since childhood How Steph used to judge people who wear pajamas to the grocery store—and how “the old Steph” was incredibly concerned about what she looked like to the point where it was almost debilitating How the things you judge can reveal or uncover your suppressed self How the extreme end of jealousy and envy is anger—people convince themselves they can’t have what they want, so they get angry—“Because I can’t have it, you shouldn’t have it either” If you find yourself experiencing jealousy or envy, ask yourself, “What do I want?”  What are you NOT giving to yourself that you want? Do you want more support in your life? Do you want to be more visible? Do you want more money? What’s the underlying message behind the jealousy or envy? Links & Additional ResourcesEpisode #084 – Emotions & Business Can Be a Toxic Combination Episode #169 – How I Can vs Why I Can’t Episode #509 – Work the Plan Are you an established business owner sick and tired of scratching and clawing your way to the next level of success?  We at Life is Now want you to know that we see you and want you to realize that you’re closer than you think to achieving the quantum leap you’ve been working so hard to get. This is why we asked some of the industry’s best and brightest leaders to join us on our upcoming Business Momentum Summit. During these two days together, we’ll share strategies and tools that are working RIGHT NOW to create massive success in your business. And the best part…its 100% FREE! For more information on how you can participate in this life changing Business Momentum Summit click the link below: www.lifeisnowinc.com/momentum If you like the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It takes less than a minute and really makes a difference in helping us spread the Successful Mind message to those who need it most.  Check out David’s book: The Millions Within: How to Manifest Exactly What You want and Have an EPIC Life Life is Now wants you to get SOCIAL! You can find us on the following platforms:  YouTube: youtube.com/LifeIsNowFacebook: facebook.com/groups/TransformationNeagleInstagram: instagram.com/david_p_neagle/   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/life-is-now-inc/Twitter: twitter.com/davidneagle Did you miss anything? Don’t forget to subscribe to the show to keep up with your own successful mindset. We’re available wherever you listen to podcasts: Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcheriHeartRadioAmazon Music Facebook Twitter Instagram Linkedin Youtube The post Understanding the Thin Line Between Jealousy and Envy appeared first on The Successful Mind Podcast.