Hello Boss babes and Bosses out there!
In this video, I will not create a tutorial.
It's more on talking seriously with you, guys.
Because I always get a lot of messages from you that
you get overwhelmed, frustrated and you are losing hope
when it comes to getting clients.
If you are one of those who feel the same or if you are one of those who messaged me that
you get overwhelmed with the information you watch from YouTube videos,
the "how-to" tutorials from Tiktok, Instagram, and such.
If you are getting overwhelmed and you don't know what to do and where to start with,
and if you are also someone who is already losing hope
as you feel like you have been following the advice from the tutorials that you watch.
Some of you are even enrolling in paid courses but still, you are not getting clients.
Especially every time you see testimonials that they are already landing their first clients,
some of them are scaling up already,
and you, who has started the journey along with them, still have no paying clients.
If you are one of those people who feel that way,
and if you are one of my subscribers who sent me messages like that,
you might want to consider watching the whole video.
The first mindset that I think you have to embody,
the mindset that you should have when you are trying to get your first paying client,
when you apply for something like a job application or a new project that you want to take,
you always have to put yourself as an expert.
Position yourself as an expert,
that you know how to do that kind of service,
that you know it would be successful if you handle that project.
I know, I know. You might think, "How can I position myself as an expert if I am still an aspiring?"
"I don't have any experience, Sui. What kind of advice is that?"
That's the first mindset that I want you to embody
and for you to be able to achieve that kind of mindset, this is my suggestion.
It's up to you if you are going to implement it or what, but as I always say here
in my YouTube channel, if you are already watching some of my videos,
I already talked about beta clients.
Beta clients are the clients you work with at discounted rates.
It's not really the rate you originally want to charge.
This is for you to explore more about the services that you are going to provide,
you will see how you would deliver it, how long you could deliver it,
and you will get to see the flow and your own process
because you are already experiencing it.
You are already applying it to a real client.
So, you can only get that kind of confidence if you are already putting the work to a real client.
It boosts your self-confidence more.
You become more creative in doing things when you are really applying it to a real client.
In that way, if you will get that experience,
if you will get that feedback from the client,
if you get the results that you wanted to achieve for that particular client,
if you can see that your work is high in quality,
it would be easier for you to position yourself as an expert.
You could easily gain confidence if you put things to work.
If you are actually doing things, you could feel it more.
It really builds confidence and it's not a "feel it 'til you make it" kind of confidence.
If you have the actual experience of doing things, and it became a successful experience,
I think that's the best way for you to be able to
achieve that mindset where you position yourself as an expert.
I hope you get that.
I hope you get what I mean.
The second mindset that I want you to have is to have the kind of mindset that
when you learn something, you should implement it directly.
That is what I do.
I also talked about this in my other videos.
When I'm learning something new, I always try to implement it right away.
If you are already implementing it, you will see that the result is different.
You will discover more during the implementation.
You will get a lot of "aha moments" as you implement.
That's the best part when you are going to apply what you have learned.
You will discover what works for you and you will discover yourself more.
"Oh, the client was impressed with my graphics. I did not know that I am good at designing."
"Oh, many people engaged with this caption. I did not know that I can write engaging captions."
Something like that.
You will also know what works and what doesn't work for you.
I tell you, guys. My advices to you may not work for you.
The reason that I gave that advice is because it's working for me.
But it doesn't mean that it will also work for you.
So, you really have to try it on your own.
Because I'm also like you. I always, always watch tips, tutorials, and advices
when it comes to business, marketing, even self-help content.
I do try it to myself. It worked for them. But for me, it does not have much result.
So, you have to know what really works for you.
Because not everything that is being said by the legends in the business will work for you.
Even me, I am not a legend, I just have experience and that's what I share with you.
Not everything that is being shared on YouTube, Tiktok, or whatever tips, advice, and such
will not always work for you.
Because we all have our own preferences.
So, you have to know your preference.
Self-awareness is the key.
The point here is that you try.
You try on your own.
Always analyze what works for you and what didn't work for you.
And when that "aha moments" sink into you,
when you already know what works for you and what didn't, your preferences, and such,
always just adjust on what you think is a good fit for you.
From that, it will give results as you already know yourself more, your process, and what works for you.
So, the result will just follow.
That's the second tip, always learn new things and implement it.
After you are going to implement it, you will have a lot of "aha moments"
and then, that's the time you are going to adjust your process, your flow,
maybe sometimes, even your attitude, even your behaviors,
you have to adjust it for you to be able to see a result.
The third mindset that I want you to have is that
I don't want you to compare yourself to others' progress.
Because the time that you are going to compare yourself to them,
you already lose.
You have not done anything yet, but you already lose.
So, instead of focusing on their progress and achievements,
put that time instead on improving yourself more, on doing something for yourself.
Because we have a different journey.
Maybe you just learned a new skill, like graphic design skills.
And that person has been designing for quite a while already.
Or maybe it's easy for them to talk to other people because they have this kind of self-confidence
that they have developed from other experience, not in freelancing.
Or maybe they have a different skill that has helped them to get hired easily.
So please don't compare yourself to other people.
Focus on improving yourself more, instead.
The fourth mindset is that you can start even if the next few steps of your journey are still blurry.
I haven't thought that it would rhyme but I love it.
So, a lot of you guys do not take the first step because you still don't know what to do on step 5.
Don't be like that.
Because you know what?
Eventually, you will really know and you will just really figure out what to do
on step five during your journey, when you are still doing step one,
when you are still doing step two, and so on.
Eventually, your next steps would get clearer slowly.
If you feel overwhelmed on what is the first thing you should do,
just do what you think step one is.
The first step that you need to take, just do it.
And from there, you will know.
"Okay, this is the next step that I will do."
And things will just get clearer and clearer once you follow what you think you should be doing.
If you are seeing the very big vision, for sure, you will get overwhelmed by that.
But when you slowly take the small steps towards it, towards your goals,
it would be easier for you to achieve that big goal.
The fifth mindset that I want you to have is to embrace failure.
Don't be afraid in failing.
Someone said the quote, "Fail fast, fail often, fail forward."
I'm not sure who really said that quote or who really said that statement or phrase
but that is one of the mindsets that I have now as a not-too-young nor too old individual.
I should try a lot of things and see what really works for me, what is good for me, what makes me happy
so that when I grew older, I already know what I wanted to do.
And every time I face failures on things that I do, I should not take it personally.
You should not take it personally too.
Because those failures, those rejections, those mistakes,
doesn't really define who you truly are.
That is just feedback on what you have done.
So, if someone rejects you, don't take it personally
because you know it gives you the opportunity to pivot and move forward to something better.
Better clients or better projects.
And if you commit mistakes, just learn from it.
And next time, try avoiding committing the same mistakes again.
So that the next time, you will have better mistakes.
Yeah, because we always make mistakes.
At least, the next mistakes are better than our previous mistakes, right?
Because we always commit mistakes and that's the reality.
That's one way on how we can improve ourselves,
to commit mistakes so that the next time around,
we will not commit them
and then better mistakes are coming, and then better mistakes, better mistakes.
And those kinds of failures will make you resilient.
It will make you improve yourself, improve your process much faster.
That means you are one step closer
to your dream clients, to your dream goals and to your dream girl.
Just kidding.
You are one step closer to what you want to achieve.
The sixth mindset is that I want you to trust the process and enjoy your journey.
In the end, all your late-night sleeps, all your early mornings, and all your absences
on Friday night-outs with your friends or maybe in your family gatherings,
it will all be worth it.
You will soon harvest all the fruits that you have planted.
For now, you are still in the planting phase
and you have to trust that soon, you will harvest what you have been planting today.
Have fun with what you do.
Always connect with other people, other freelancers, other coaches, always connect with them
because that's one way that you can enjoy the journey, if you have someone along with you.
So, I hope all the mindsets that I have shared with you helped you to move forward,
helped you to get motivated again and inspired again
to do what you needed to do
in order for you to get the dream clients and the dream projects that you've been always praying for.
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Bye!