Entrepreneurs, do you fake it ‘til you make it?

Do you believe in the ‘fake it until you make it” concept? There are so many people faking it and making it out in the world. Hey, I was one of them. But, you know what, there was always this part of me that thought someone would someday find out I was being a fraud. I couldn’t enjoy what I had, because I was always waiting for something to go wrong. It took a long time to actually believe I was good enough.

This feeling of not being good enough is apparent in so many people. They are unhappy because fundamentally they don’t believe in themselves. I was a real 'fake it ‘til you make it' type girl. We are encouraged to do this in the entrepreneurial world. “Say yes and then figure it out!” How many times have I heard that. You just end up anxious and stressed and feel like you’re living a lie. You have this nagging feeling that somehow, someone is going to find out that you really don’t know what you’re doing.

Do you know what I have found as my litmus test as to whether someone is genuine or not? I look at their relationships. Do they have healthy relationships? Can they put their family before their business? Do they treat their partner with respect and cherish their connection? This has been so eye opening for me. I have watched many a so called experts touting how to live your life and be a success in business, to find out later that they weren’t able to keep their significant relationship together. Now I know it takes two to make a relationship work, but I usually see that it is ego that gets in the way, to make up for the subconscious belief they’re not good enough. So, what do they do? They end up sabotaging their life.

To overcome this ultimate sabotage, you must believe in yourself, like yourself, and feel good about yourself. You absolutely must remove those beliefs that make you doubt yourself. You then have what Marisa Peer refers to as Ultimate Confidence – the kind that is permanent and effortless and becomes part of who you are.

If you can relate to this and would like to achieve ultimate confidence. Please contact me and I will be happy to help.

Sue Paton

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I am an entrepreneur, business coach and psychotherapist. I have run my own multiple six figure business and am now helping others achieve success. I am a certified Rapid Transformational Therapy practitioner and can help you remove those limiting beliefs that are holding you back in both life and business.