If I can do it, anyone can!

I was brought up on a Barnsley council estate by hard-working parents who worked long hours. Both loved to have a drink and showed no interest in setting up a business. I felt I was the mum of the house from age 8 as my mum would be hungover most of the time and she later died at 42 years of age.

I finished school with 4 GCSEs. I then quit college one month before my GNVQ Advanced course was due to finish and before my A-Level exam dates due to personal issues at home with my mum. At that point, I didn’t look like I had much going for me.

I now realised school was never for me as it just didn’t interest me and learning about business and real life does.

No one taught me how to make money until I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It started me on my journey to understanding how other successful business owners did it.

People tell me all of the time that I am lucky to be able to set up my business and make it a success.

In fact, you can see the envy oozing out of them when I say I feel retired and I love my life. Gone are those stressful 70-hour weeks for ￡2K per month at the bank. I now 15 hours a week max, have never earned as much money as I do now in my life, and I spend loads of time with my family. 

I don’t say this to brag. I say this to inspire you to think there is another way to live.

Success is not lucky, it takes hard work, a tough mindset, relentless learning and backing yourself all the way.

If you have all of these, then you can do it. Anyone can.

On the other hand, you can trade your dreams, goals and bucket lists for procrastination, self-sabotage, overwhelm, lack of confidence and burn out.

You need to recognise that these are actually all the signs of a growth spurt and if you simply withstand the growing pains you will reach new heights.

People with a growth mindset recognise that thoughts are only thoughts until you put a feeling to them. Feelings lead to Beliefs. Beliefs lead to Actions. Actions lead to Results.

This is what separates the people who could be amazing at business but never make a start, from the people that don’t appear to have as much potential but they have the self-belief to start a business and be phenomenal at it.

Anyone can do it. When is it your time?

About Paula Wingate

Paula is the Founder of Influential Minds and an inspirational 7 figure performance business coach who just loves helping service-based Businesspreneurs enjoy financial freedom by catapulting their income from 6 figures to 7 figures with just 5 hours of work a week.

For over 22 years she has banked well over 100,000 coaching hours and has worked successfully with over 1000 business owners to skyrocket their income.

She is also a mum to two lovely daughters.

Paula is a successful businesspreneur herself. “My life is in a very different place from what it used to be. I lost ￡125K in one day which meant I was ￡50k in debt, I lost my marriage, my dream home, my dream car and became homeless. I want to show you how I transformed my situation so that I NOW don’t worry about money, I live life to the full and am able to pay for what I want with no cash flow panic. This has literally been life-changing for me.”

Paula’s mission is to empower over 1 million businesspreneurs to create long term, thriving 7 figure businesses, reach financial freedom, explode their income and work just 5 hours a week.

She also coaches other business coaches to be at the top of their game and has helped various FTSE 100 companies to grow.

She is a judge at the International Business Excellence Awards and the UK Business awards

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