In this video I want to talk to you about what it really takes to be a successful online
coach or consultant.
Maybe you want to launch a business or grow your existing business, but self doubt is
haunting you and preventing you from fully committing to your business.
In this video, I want to show you what it really takes so you know how you can become
successful and get your business to that next level.
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Hi there, it's Carolin here and today I want to talk to you about what it really takes
to be successful.
Have you ever wondered how some people can have these million dollar launches and they
seemingly go from nowhere all the way to the top without having any challenges or struggles
or fears or issues along the way?
What are their secrets?
What makes them so successful?
Well from working with thousands of coaches and consultants in the last couple of years,
building my own business and also being around some of the most successful online business
owners, I've learned what makes people truly successful.
So today I want to talk to you about these specific traits and how you can become a magnet
for success.
Success trait number one is personal responsibility.
The number one success trait by far is personal responsibility.
When you look at the most successful people out there, they all have one thing in common
and that is personal responsibility.
When you ask them who is responsible for your success, they always tell you one thing and
they always say the same thing.
What will they say?
Me.
I am responsible for my success.
In the beginning of my career, I made the mistake of blaming a lot of other people and
outside circumstances, right?
Always said, my job is in the way, my kids take up my time.
My husband doesn't support me, my coach is not doing a good job.
This program isn't right for me, and I was in a victim mentality.
And those were all excuses for why I would not move myself forward.
And it's really a facade.
It's an excuse.
It's a way to procrastinate.
And it's really you self sabotaging yourself and keeping yourself from your success.
And when I realized that I took charge, I took responsibility, and I knew that it was
my job to go forward and it was my job and nobody else's job to be successful and do
the work.
So I want you to ask yourself right now, are you really taking responsibility?
Or are you blaming other people?
Are you blaming your coach?
Are you blaming technology?
Are you blaming the environment for your lack of success, for your lack of progress?
And if so, I want you to stop that right now and instead ask yourself, what actions can
I take right now to move myself closer to my goals?
Because instead of worrying about what's not working and worrying about who's fault it
is and people aren't supporting you and how the world is just so unfair, that is all a
waste of time.
You should be spending your quality time, your valuable time, thinking about your plan,
your action steps, your strategies, that next big project you need to work on to get yourself
closer to your goals.
So over the last couple of years I went from being stuck in victim mode and blaming all
these people and not making any progress at all for weeks at a time, to now a dealing
with issues and challenges and struggles and only feeling down for a little bit of time,
maybe a day, maybe two days, but then instantly rewiring, redirecting my mindset and my thoughts
to think about what I can do, the actions I can take and how I can take control of my
own success.
Success trait number two is your growth mindset.
With a fixed mindset, you might say things like, I can't, it's too hard.
I won't.
It's too difficult.
I'm afraid, there are limits.
It's not for me, I'm not good enough, they don't help me.
And how does that feel?
It feels down.
It feels negative.
It feels heavy.
It feels like I don't want to do anything when I think that way.
Now a positive, or a growth mindset is when you think I can and I will and I want to,
and I will make it happen, and it's easy, and I will work on it, and it's for me and
I'm excited and these are my goals.
And how's that feel?
It feels uplifting.
It feels exciting.
It feels positive.
And now who do you think is going to be successful?
The person that thinks I can't, I won't and I will not, or the person that thinks I will
and I want to, and look at, look at me go and look at me really go for it.
Right?
So ask yourself right now, where are your thoughts?
What are you thinking?
Are your thoughts full of I cannot and I will not and it's not for me, or are you thinking,
yes I will and watch me go.
Success trait number three is a good dose of self love and self acceptance.
Look around the industry and look at some of the most successful coaches and consultants.
How do they show up?
Do they show up insecure, small?
And they're talking really quietly and they're hiding and you can't really see them, or are
they excited and passionate and they seem to be really okay with who they are?
Well, the second right?
So it's not about you being perfect.
I'm not saying you have to be perfect and polished.
Quite the opposite.
What I'm saying is that I want you to become really comfortable with who you are and love
yourself as much as possible.
Self love and self compassion has been the number one and two tools that I use for myself
to say, hey, it's not about me.
It's about being of service, I'm already good enough the way I am right now, but my mission
is to help other people.
My mission is to help people and be of service to those men and women out there who want
to become free, who want to build a business that I can help right now.
So ask yourself, are you hiding?
Are you full of self doubt?
Are you trying to be perfect?
Are you criticizing yourself?
Are you always trying to, you know, be better than what you are right now.
And are you on this hamster wheel trying to be someone you're simply not.
If so, stop it right now.
I want you to know that people want the real you.
They don't want no perfect you.
They want the real you.
So all that's going to take is for you to say, I'm already good enough.
I'm going to love and accept everything I have here.
All that is me and I'm going to go out there with a full heart and a lot of passion and
help people change their lives, help them become more successful, more confident, healthier,
have better relationships, careers or businesses or whatever it is that you do in your coaching
or consulting business.
Our next success trait is the willingness to invest time and money.
This is a very successful trait and it's all about you being able to take a certain level
of risk.
When you're going into business, there are no guarantees.
There's always making a plan, executing the plan, and then giving it your best shot.
But ultimately you never know if it's going to pay off.
So if you want to be an entrepreneur and you want to be successful at this, you need to
be comfortable, you need to be okay with a certain level of risk.
That means you invest time and money in the beginning of your business in order for you
to have a return.
And you're always hoping for a bigger return than what you're investing in the beginning,
right?
And sometimes it can be the opposite, but what you need to realize is that you cannot
launch a business without investing money and without investing the necessary time and
effort in order for you to be successful and reach your ultimate goals.
So if you've been trying to build your business on the side and it's only just been a hobby
and you're not investing any time or money into it, ask yourself, am I setting myself
up for success or am I setting myself up for playing small and never actually making it
big and having the success and the outcome I truly desire and deserve?
My next success trait for you is to manage money wisely.
I know from experience that successful people know how to manage their money and they focus
on two things more than anything.
Number one is profits and number two is keeping their cash.
You may have heard that saying revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, and that's true.
What do you want to do to be successful is manage your money and keep your cash so when
you become profitable and you actually have money left over in your business, you want
to be really good at keeping the money with you.
Having a backup, having a safety cushion of money and cash in your business that can help
cover you if something were to happen in the future.
The last success trait I want to give you today is servant leadership.
Look around some of the most successful people and those who are admired, those who are loved
and those who seem to be doing business for the right reasons.
Those people are adopting servant leadership.
That means they're doing things for other people.
They care about their teams, they care about their clients, they care about the community
and the world and everything, and they're doing it from a place of love and truly, deeply
caring.
This is extremely important to me because I could not ever imagine myself running my
business from a place of ego because it's about me on stage or me making money or me
having fame.
It's all for the people I want to serve and it makes me feel great and it makes me aligned
with my values every single day.
So ask yourself, why do you want to launch or grow your business?
Are you driven from a sense of ego and trying to prove yourself?
And if so, can you step back a little bit and allow yourself to really be of service
and go for experiencing love and giving love and being more loving to your team.
Really appreciating them, saying, Hey, thank you.
This is a great job.
Being more loving and caring towards your clients and saying, hey, what do you need
today?
How can I serve you?
How can I best support you and going out there from a place of truly caring for people and
going for contribution over everything else.
And now, as always, I would love to hear from you.
Which of these success traits resonate the most with you?
Do you think there's anything missing?
Let me know below in the comments.
Let's have a conversation and talk about what it really takes for you to be successful.
If you'd like to go even deeper and find out what it takes to grow a successful online
coaching or consulting business.
Watch last week's episode where I talk all about what it really takes to build a successful
business online.
As always, stay focused on your goals because I believe that you're meant to bring your
passions to the world, I believe that you already have what it takes to be hugely successful.
So go out there, do the work you love and don't hold back.
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Thank you for watching and take care.
The next success trait is making money.
No managing money.
Manage money wisely, manage money wisely.
The number one success trait I see with the most successful people everywhere is personal
responsibility.
These people hold only themselves responsible.