Which One of These is You?

I often meet advisors?who have reached a point in their careers where they’re feeling stuck, frustrated, or burnt out because they’re not where they want to be, and?haven't reached?out for the help they need.?I’m fascinated by the reasons that they give.

These reasons include:

1)?John Wayne Syndrome:?John Wayne starred in movies where the hero always did everything alone.?His message was: “Real men don’t?ask for help.?They figure out how to do it themselves.”?It’s probably time to start calling this “John Wick” Syndrome.

The fact is that real?men and women—the most successful of them, anyway—don’t go it alone.?Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both worked with partners.?Bill Gates also worked with a coach. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Andrew Carnegie, and the other Industrial Age giants that?Napoleon Hill ?wrote about had a Mastermind Group that met to share ideas and to guide one another.

2)?The Don’t-Admit-You’re-Human Syndrome:?“I want the world to believe I have my act together, and I can’t imagine letting anyone know that I don’t.”??

The story — “I have my act together!”—is a sad one, because people will defend that story to death, rather than admit human imperfection and go to work on their challenges. Which would?you?rather have: a great business and a great life, or a great story of how you had everything under control, even though it never got where you wanted it to go?

3)?Insanity:?“I just have to keep doing the same things over and over again and I’m sure that?eventually, I’ll get a better result.”?There’s no willingness to believe that there might be a better way.

As a business grows, things change, and what got you this far will not get you to a much higher level.?But some advisors just keep at it.

4)?The Death Wish:?“Shhh…maybe if this fails, I’ll finally be?free?of all this?trying and can go back to my engineering job.” If we have this wish for our careers, we’re likely to commit self-sabotage.?I was good at that for a long time.?

5)?“Shiny Object” syndrome:?You invest in shiny new strategies and systems to replace what you did to get to this point, abandoning everything you did in the past for one new approach or another.?

Advisors who are chasing shiny objects will waste thousands of dollars on automated LinkedIn messaging, Facebook advertising funnels, expensive dinner seminars and disappointing lists, when what they really need is a simple tune-up of what has worked for them.

6)?Money Fear:?“This is going to be more than I can afford…”

Advisors often tell me, “I really don’t have the money (or?any?money) to invest in my business right now.”??

When someone uses?money?as the reason not to get the help they need, they’re either saying, “I don’t really see the?value?in this particular service,” or, “I’m not?committed?enough to invest in changing my situation, no matter how much I’m suffering”.?If spending money to get the help you need is ‘life or death’, the money generally [and magically] materializes.

I was great at this one, too! How many years of frustration would I have prevented if I had invested in the help I needed to make the changes I wanted to make?

How about you??If you’ve reached the point where you’re grossing $100,000 or more and are frustrated because you can’t seem to grow your business to the mid six figures or greater, what are you doing about it??

I have a $4,500 program that I only offer to 2 advisors every month that will help you break through to mid six figures or higher. It doesn’t require you to learn a whole new strategy or system and spend thousands of dollars to make it work.?If you want to find out if it’s right for you, send me a message and we’ll set up a brief conversation.??

Stop telling stories and start doing something about your situation,?and always?KEEP?REACHING...?