Sunday, November 05, 2006

Your Ideology

The last area of Upside Leverage I’m going to discuss is your Ideology – or your belief system. Your belief system will dictate what changes you’re willing to make in your business – if you’re willing to make any at all.

Do you believe that trainers can’t make money? They you’ll never make any real money.

Are you personally opposed to selling? Then you’ll never be good at sales.

Do you think that one-on-one training is the “only way?” Then you’ll be restricted to trading your time for one client’s money forever.

Do you believe that you’re always right? Then you’ll never be able to take advantage of a mastermind group.

You get the picture. If you are sincerely interested in growing and improving, then study other’s ideology and compare it to yours. What elements could you borrow and integrate into your own.

Said another way, this all boils down to your personal comfort zone. You will do what is consistent with your current belief system – or your comfort zone. If you want to see profound changes in any area of your business or your life, you’ll need to leave your current comfort zone.

It all begins with shifting your beliefs.

I hope you discovered some untapped opportunities as I went through the nine areas of upside leverage. If not, start from the most recent one and look at your current beliefs...are they what are holding you back?