?? BE it, before you HAVE it. ??
Steve Page
?? Dubai Based coach working with corporate and private clients to create powerful change
You've gotta BE it, before you can HAVE it!
Most entrepreneurs have this backwards. Our usual pattern is the other way round: Once I have it, then I get to be it. It sounds like this: 'Once I have that next big contract in my side hustle, then I’ll get to quit my job and be a CEO of my own thing!' or 'Once I’m making 10,000 a month then I’ll show up like a BOSS'.
What! I want to normalize this – most people go down this path – I see it with every client I work with, helping them become wildly successful in the way they want to do, turning their passion projects into profit.
But, you know what. Having it before you Be it is just not how this works. ??
As long as you’re pushing that next level idea out from today to some unmarked date in the future then your mindset is going to stay exactly right where it is (same is true for your business results). You’ve got to do the work and get your head into BEING it first and start acting out from that place to get the results you want.
How come? Well, your oh-so-clever mind loves to find patterns and rinse and repeat them. When you’re applying the same old pattern to each new opportunity, you get the same result. You have a bunch of stories running in your head and you go out and there and look for evidence to support them.
?? Sub-consciously you self-sabotage. Maybe you under-play your daily rate, or push away that big opportunity because your pattern says – I don’t do that….YET. That’s why sometimes it feels like you’re stuck in Groundhog day doing the same old, same old.
?? What’s the get out? You’ve got to break out of your pattern and start BEING that next level version of yourself in advance of getting the results. The BEING comes first. Without BEING it, you’ll never get the results.
Ever seen those Olympians visualize every single step of their race? They see themselves crossing the line, they see themselves on the podium winning the Gold – they step into the ‘BEING’ of winning before their foot has even hit the track.
Maybe you're not an Olympian but have you ever fancied being a runner?
Wannabe runners are probably right now slouched on the couch, eating junk food more often than they should and thinking about exercise but finding a ton of reasons to do other stuff first. Right now, if this sounds like you, you’re feeding your mind stories about your body and your capability.
You’ve created your own ‘I’m not a runner’ pattern. If you had these patterns, BEING the same every day – would you expect to wake up tomorrow as a fit, fast runner?
No of course you wouldn’t!
If you fancy yourself as a runner then the first step is you decide to BE a runner.
You change the way you think and how you show up each day. You may not outwardly resemble a runner, you make walk and wheeze more than you run, but you’d be showing up differently. Inwardly – you’re BE-coming a runner. Every time you shift that old pattern and pull on your kit, hit the road and try your best, you’re breaking that pattern.
Inevitably, the results you dreamt of will take care of themselves and before you know it – you are a runner. Do you see - you had to BE there first.
??Same is true in business -
If your ambition is a Million Dollar business then you have to start thinking, talking and acting like you’re already there – that means visualizing who you are when you show up in a Million Dollar Business, leading conversations like you’re running a Million Dollar business and BEING the Million dollar business owner that you know you can become.
?? One way to shift your thinking so you can BE it? Ask yourself future-self questions. Your brain loves patterns and it also loves answering powerful, mind-blowing questions that send it off into the stratosphere to look for the results.
Some cool questions that help get your brain breaking out of old patterns and start stepping into those next level results:
· Who do you need to BE to get those next-level results in your business?
· If you already had the results you wanted, what would you be doing today?
· How would you show up?
· Given the decision right in front of you, if you’d already made it – how would you respond?
When you ask yourself future focused questions, it challenges you to shift your thinking from repeating your pattern into something new. If you’re really getting into this idea – take it a step further and stand up and look out the window while you answer them – believe me, it works!
New levels of thinking help you to break old patterns so you can show up differently, BE different and get different results. After all, thought precedes action and results!
Who do you need to step into BEING first to have the results you want in your business? What’s one action step you can take today being that version of yourself?
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