Business Fit Magazine October 2019 Issue 2 | Page 24

Mindset & Emotion
If you're anything like other entrepreneurs I’ve
coached, you are constantly working in your
business. Creating programs and products,
delivering services, managing finances,
leading a team and much more. Sometimes
you feel successful and believe your work has
significance. Other times you’re overwhelmed,
overworked, and discouraged. If you desire less
overwhelm and more joy, more success and
deeper significance, you’re on the right page! As
a seasoned entrepreneur and business coach,
I'm delighted to reveal two mindset shifts and
four proven strategies that have powerfully
impacted my clients’ businesses. To expand
your success and achieve deeper significance in
life and work, follow these practices.
Choose the right mindset
First, assess your perspective. Reading "Mindset"
by renown psychologist, Carol Dweck five years
ago changed my life. Her research shows that
our mindset, not just our abilities and talents,
bring us success. According to Dweck*, success
in any area of life can be dramatically improved by
how we THINK about our efforts. Entrepreneurs
with a fixed mindset believe their efforts don't
make much difference because results are
predetermined. Another hallmark of a fixed
mindset is looking at every situation through the
lens of "success or failure". Fixed mindsets create
an urgency to prove yourself over and over. Fixed
mindsets keep us stuck.
On the other hand, entrepreneurs with growth
mindsets believe basic qualities can be cultivated
through our efforts and that we can change
and grow through application and experience.
A passion for stretching yourself and sticking to
it even when things get tough is a hallmark of a
growth mindset.
What mindset runs your "mental operating
system"? Be honest with yourself, is it fixed or
growth oriented? By consciously, consistently
choosing a growth mindset, you will grow, learn
and evolve as an entrepreneur and as a result, so
will your business. You and you alone have the
power to choose your mindset, behaviour, and
results. Choose wisely, choose often and commit.
Two Subtle Shifts and four proven practices for guaranteed success
and significance in business and beyond
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Second, ask yourself, am I working on or in my
business? Working IN your business means
delivering your services/products, managing
your team, paying your taxes. You get the drift.
Working ON the business includes activities that
keep your funnel of new business full. As busy
entrepreneurs, we must be vigilant in working
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