If you are feeling like you are in a bit of a rut at the moment
and you are maybe a bit frustrated,
maybe with yourself because you know you are not being
who you need to be to create the business and the life
that you dream of, then this video is for you.
I am going to share with you some amazing things
which always help me to get out of a rut when I am just
feeling so stuck and lost and frustrated with myself.
So definitely stay tuned.
Hey, it's Carrie here and I am so excited that you're here
because I'm talking about one of my favorite topics,
how to really get a growth mindset. This is so important
to me because doing this stuff literally changed my life.
From 2008 till 2011, I was just stuck in such a big rut.
I felt so lost and confused with what to do in my life,
but I had this feeling deep down inside that I wasn't
living the life I was meant to be living. It felt like I was playing
small and I also felt like there was more for me and that
I just wasn't living up to my potential. It was such a
frustrating feeling. If you've felt like that, you know how
annoying it is. I knew that things needed to change, and in 2011
I got to the point where I just was so fed up of my own crap,
I'd just had enough and I thought "I need to do
something about this." So I decided to do some things
to work on myself, because I realized I was the problem.
I was the reason I had felt stuck for the past few years.
If I was the reason I was stuck, I was the only person that
could get myself out of being stuck. I knew in order to do
that I had to change who I was being. Changing who I was
being, it's an internal thing. It's working on your mindset,
it's working on who you're being every day, it's working on your
habits. So I did some simple things which had a really
profound impact. Some of these things are so simple and
stupid, but they can have such a big impact if you allow them
them to. I want to share with you what those things are
that I did that radically changed my life in the hope
that if you are in need of a growth mindset shift, then
that they will really, really help you too. The first thing to do
when you are in need of just getting out of a rut or just
feeling good again is to go and stick inspirational quotes
everywhere. This is what I did. Literally one of the quotes
said, "Successful people hang on and when everyone else has
let go," and I would look at that quote and I'd be like,
"Just hang on, you're going to do this." I put the word
"Trust" on the wall because I knew that I needed to trust
that I could somehow figure it out, that somehow I would
be able to do it. All my favorite quotes, I just thought of them,
I wrote them down, and I started sticking them around
the place. Just use Post-it notes and the stick Post-it notes
everywhere. Put them on your bathroom mirrors, so that
you'll see them in the morning when you wake up, put them
around where your laptop is so that you see them every day.
I remember doing an interview once and someone told me
that she never goes anywhere without the quote,
"Success is inevitable." It goes with her everywhere.
Whenever she's working, she is looking at that quote,
"Success is inevitable," and that helps to change her mindset
about how she's making decisions, what actions she's taking,
because she's taking action based on the fact that
success is inevitable. If you think about that, if you every day
we're looking at that quote, "Success is inevitable,
success is inevitable," how would it change your life?
How would it change the way you make decisions?
It would completely change the way you make decisions,
because let's face it, a lot of us make decisions based on the
fact that we might not succeed, it might not work out.
If you changed it to thinking about actually it's inevitable,
we would do things wildly differently. That's what this
is about, immersing yourself in ideas and inspiration and
and words that can help you to shift into this growth mindset,
into an expansive mindset where anything is possible, because
this is your one life and you owe it to yourself to do this so
that you can actually feel inspired and create the
success that you want. Step two, I want you to begin
listening to a guided visualization every single day.
Listen to something that's going to help you to condition
yourself for success. A mentor of mine once said,
"The most powerful voice you can listen to is your own."
Even if you want to sit down and get your phone out
and just create a quick visualization for yourself
where you literally just guide yourself through taking a few
deep breaths, relaxing your body, feeling relaxed, and then
just literally record yourself saying, "Give yourself space
now to think about what success looks like and feels like.
How does it feel to have achieved the things you
want to achieve? Where are you, who are you with?
What can you see? What can you smell? How do you feel?"
Then literally put some of your favorite success affirmations
in there and say them over and over again in the visualization.
You just could record it quickly on your phone and then just
listen to it every day. But just give yourself permission
to take at least five minutes to immerse yourself in
transcending your reality, to experience the success that
you want to create. It is so powerful. I mean, we can do
this even when we're doing other activities. A friend of
mine, Michelle, always tells a story, and I love it so much,
about the fact that she was working cleaning houses,
but while she was cleaning, she was transcending her
reality because actually she was sat in Paris in a cafe
drinking a latte while her business made money and
phone went "cha ching, cha ching, cha ching."
That's what she was visualizing. She was transcending her
reality and experiencing it, and it became her reality. Just
do it. Immerse yourself in what you want to make happen in
your life and stay connected with it. Step three, I want you
to start feeding your mind with information that's
going to help it to expand, that's going to help you to
grow as a person, that's going to help you to change for the
better. Listen to podcasts, watch videos on YouTube,
listen to audio programs, go and buy books, whatever it is
that you can immerse yourself in that is going to help feed
your mind with information that is going to help you to
expand in a positive way. There are so many incredible
personal development books out there and business books
out there that can help you to create more success, so go
and immerse yourself in them. If you want a starting point,
then go and read my book, She Means Business. It is all
about how to do this stuff and how to actually create
the success that you want in your life. Make a reading list
or create a list of podcasts that you want to listen to and
begin listening to at least one of them on a daily basis, so
again, every day you are feeding your mind with information
that's going to help you to grow and get into that space of
growth mindset and move away from a limiting mindset.
I would actually really, really love to know what is your favorite
personal development book that you have read so far? I love it
when I get to see what other people's favorite books are
and it's so helpful for everyone else, so leave a comment and
let me know what your favorite personal development book is.
Okay, so step four, every single day, start journaling. It gives
you the space to actually connect with yourself, to connect with
how you're feeling. As you journal, ask yourself,
"How do I feel...how did I feel today? How was my mindset
today? What did I actually do today? What worked, what
didn't work today?" Just creating so much awareness around
what's actually going on, what's actually happening in your life.
Would you say that it was a successful day? Would you say
it wasn't a successful day? And if so, why? Just asking yourself
those questions and just giving yourself permission to tune in
with yourself, it's such a powerful thing to do because
it creates awareness, and when you have awareness you can
make a decision that helps you to move forward in the right
direction. Whether it's, "Yes, it was an incredible day.
I need to do more of what I did today," or, "No, it was a
bloody awful day. I need to do less of what I did today."
But either way, it creates awareness and that is really
powerful. The fifth and final step is to take some kind of big,
scary action that just pushes you so far outside of your comfort
zone. For me, back in 2011 when I did this, it really helped me
because I just needed to jump off a ledge in the sense of I was
just hanging there, teetering on the edge of what I could create,
of building my business, and I was hanging back because I
felt embarrassed by what my idea was and what people
would think if I put it out there. I just finally made that leap
out of my comfort zone and decided to just go for it and
to start the business and to reach out to people and start
interviewing people. Even though part of me thought,
"What the hell am I doing?" If you've got an idea, something
that you want to do, something you want to achieve, then
just go for it. Take the leap, take really bold action and
commit to it. You can not achieve what you want in this
life if you're not willing to go for it, if you don't dare to
make it happen. I'm saying just go for it, give yourself
permission to just see what could happen if you go all
in on taking big action. Think about what terrifies you,
what scares you. Maybe it's putting yourself out there
more, or maybe it's actually starting your business idea,
maybe it's reaching out to somebody and asking for
something, whether it's to interview them or whatever
it is, maybe it's the idea of writing a book. But think
about what it is that's truly inside of you, in your heart,
to make happen and go for it. Take massive action to make
it happen. Nothing is created without us taking action,
so get clear on the action that you need to take in order to
create the life and the business of your dreams. If you do these
things, it will change your life. I know it will, because it's
changed my life so, so much. And just have fun with it,
this is about having fun and just looking and experimenting
with what we can do on a day-to-day basis or just even
as a one off that could radically change our lives for the better.
So have fun and just play around with whatever feels
right for you. If you have enjoyed this video, then
definitely check out our free Miracle Month Challenge.
It's going to help you to create a challenge for yourself over
the next 30 days to just really get into a miracle mindset
so that you can create so much success, so definitely
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future videos. I've got a couple of other videos that you can
watch if you want more help with this. The first video is
around how to really shift your mindset so that you
can achieve your goals, and the second video is how to
use the Law of Attraction to create success. So definitely
check those out and I will see you next time.