Are you afraid of failure? If so, don't beat yourself up! Let's face it. Nobody enjoys failing.

However, it is near impossible to move throughout life without experiencing “failure” at some point.

It's natural to want to run away from the very thing that could sabotage your success.

Nevertheless, if you're not failing, you're not trying. The good news is that you can leverage your fear and make it work for you.

If your fear of failure is holding you back in life, keep reading to discover the one key to never fail again…

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Failure does not exist.

Yes, you heard me correctly. Failure is an illusion. It is not real, meaning that it's something that you create in your mind to keep yourself safe. In effect, you make yourself fail by imagining the worst-case scenarios.

Your ego tries to convince you that you're a failure. If you choose to believe this voice, you will do anything to prevent yourself from being a “failure.” When something happens, you have a choice of how you want to interpret it.

If your expectations aren't met, it's easy to associate failure with that event. Even worse, a lot of people go one step further and internalize failure. Their life story becomes, “I'm a failure.”

They may tell themselves that they aren't good enough or that they aren't deserving of success. The feeling of fear may consume them, so much so that they purposefully engage in self-defeating behaviors. In short, they forget that a failure is an event, not a person.

If you internalize your efforts to achieve your goals and interpret them as a personal failure, your self-doubt and stress activate and strengthen your brain's involuntary neural networks. The result is that your brain is less effective at managing emotions and solving problems.

When you try something new, you will be naive about the process because you've never been through it before. This isn't a bad thing! You don't yet know the challenges that you will inevitably face along the way (that's just how life works). Life will throw you curve balls that you don't expect. You cannot control these curveballs, but you can always control how you respond to them.

What causes fear of failure?

Oftentimes, one's “failures” trigger wounds from their childhood that have yet to be healed. As an example, it is common for children who experience trauma in childhood to internalize the trauma and create fear-based rules for thinking and behaving. If these wounds aren't healed, their fears carry over into adulthood.

They attempt to avoid any potentially harmful situation that they associate with their past hurts. As you can imagine, this way of living holds them back from achieving success in life.

Here's the thing… everything that you think and feel is a direct result of a meaning that you attach to an experience. Your reality is unique to YOU. Everything in life is neutral until you show up and decide what it means to you. I know this may be hard to accept, but it's true. It's easy to forget that we are in control of how we think and feel.

If you define something as negative, that’s the message your brain receives and responds to by creating an emotional state to reinforce that reality. Once you expand your awareness and accept that you choose the meaning that you give to all things in your life, you give yourself the power to decide your emotional state.

In the words of Tony Robbins, “Nothing in life has any meaning other than the meaning you give it.”

If you perceive things that happen to you in life as failures you will get caught up in the negative emotions associated with that. This is a surefire way to spiral and stay stuck in one place. When you change the meaning that you give to something, you change your life. In short, meaning is everything.

One of the most famous “failures” of all time was Thomas Edison. He “failed” over 10,000 times before he successfully invented the lightbulb. He realized that every failed attempt provided him with invaluable lessons, new discoveries, and opportunities for growth. In many ways, he succeeded BECAUSE he failed.

The Key To Never Failing Again

The key to what I like to call “failing forward” is twofold.

First, you need to realize that failure does not exist. Once you accept that truth, failure loses its power over you. Second, never forget that, in every experience of life, there are incredible opportunities for growth. Failures are merely lessons to learn from.

It sounds counterintuitive, but the more that you fail, the closer you are to achieving the success that you desire. Don't think in terms of limitations. Rather, think in terms of possibilities. This mindset shift will catapult your growth. What can you learn from your failures? Look for the assets that will move the needle forward.

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. Your challenges are presenting you with an opportunity to become stronger. If everything in life happened the way that you thought it would, you would be bored out of your mind. You would be constantly seeking variety.

Every time that you experience something in life, whether it's good or bad, I encourage you to ask yourself, “What did I learn from this?” When you take this approach, you will start to embrace failure and make it work in your favor.

THIS is how to never fail at anything ever again.

Loss is merely an illusion. You cannot always control what happens in life. However, you can always control how you interpret and respond to what happens to you. If you can master this, you will never have to worry about failure.

Every experience will become a blessing, which will contribute to your success. In the words of Wayne Dyer, “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Now is the time to get real with yourself… Why are you afraid of failure? Get curious. The truth will always set you free.

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It is possible to go from failure to success without losing enthusiasm.

Let's face it… failing doesn't feel good. When it happens, it can feel like a massive bruise to your ego.

However, I believe that failing is an integral part of creating your dream life. It's only by failing that you figure out what works and what doesn't.

If you're not failing, you're not trying. Do you want to know why success is built on failure? If so, keep reading!

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Failure and success go hand in hand.

Unfortunately, a lot of people have a fear of failure. They go to great lengths to ensure that they never make mistakes. Research shows that behind many fears is worry about doing something wrong, looking foolish, or not meeting expectations. When you fail at something it's easy to feel defeated. I've been there.

The line of thinking becomes, “Why should I bother trying if all it's going to result in is a massive failure?” If you fall into this mindset trap, you will end up settling for a life of mediocrity. You will end up sitting on the sidelines of life, watching other people achieve their goals and dreams.

This is why you have to be very careful that you don't link pain to failure. This is what will keep you stuck and unable to move forward in life. I hate to break it to you, but nobody who has achieved massive success in this lifetime by playing it safe and staying in their comfort zone.

Rather, they stretched themselves beyond their limits and did what others weren't willing to do. In short, they took massive action without necessarily knowing what the outcome would be. As an entrepreneur, I know all too well what failure feels like. I have failed thousands of times. However, all of my failures have been blessings in disguise because they've led me down better paths.

For this reason, I would go so far as to say that my failures have been more important than my successes. Experts suggest that failure is actually a good thing because it can inspire us to work harder and ultimately achieve our goals.

The question is, “How was I able to transform my failure to success?”

I started viewing failure as a stepping stone to my success and in turn, I became a master at failing forward. In simple terms, this means learning from what goes wrong so that you don't make the same mistakes again. When I fail, rather than dwelling on my defeat, I'm always finding ways to learn, adapt, and better myself.

You can't do the same thing again and again and expect a different result. Here's the hard truth… if you have yet to achieve your goals in life it's because you stopped believing in yourself. In short, you gave up. I know this may be a hard pill to swallow but the good news is that, at any given moment, you can change your perspective on failure.

Failing at anything in life means that you're in the game! It's not over until you say it's over. When you fail, it's easy to blame others or the external environment. However, the reality is that YOU are the only person who is responsible for your choices. You're not an extra in the movie that is your life. Rather, you're the star of the movie so play the role, and play it to the best of your ability.

This is how to go from failure to success without losing enthusiasm.

Successful people transform setbacks into comebacks, realizing that the game isn't over just because they fall. It doesn't matter how many times you don't get something right. All that matters is that you get back up and keep moving forward.

I promise that if you are committed to not giving up on yourself and your dreams, you will eventually succeed. Denis Waitley said it best – “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is a delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing.”

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Do you know what to do when you FAIL?

Unfortunately, a lot of people fear failure, so much so that they do anything to prevent it from happening. However, what if I were to tell you that failure is a precursor for success?

I think we can all agree that failing doesn't feel good, but it's a normal part of life. We all do it.

The key to bouncing back from failure is changing your mindset around it. Ready to discover what to do when you fail? Keep reading to find out!

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Failure means that you're trying.

If you are in the game of life you will fall down and make mistakes. In his book, Celebrating Failure: The Power of Taking Risks, Making Mistakes and Thinking Big, Ralph Heath says, “Failure and defeat are life’s greatest teachers.” Failure isn't a bad thing unless you perceive it to be.

Unfortunately, a lot of people put 90% of their energy and focus on their problems instead of finding a solution. Not surprisingly, when they get knocked down they struggle to get back up again. The goal is to make sure that you are always falling forward. This means approaching failure with a positive mindset and continuing to move forward despite setbacks.

If you recently experienced a failure or have one coming in the near future (which is inevitable!), I want to give you six strategies for what to do when you FAIL.

1. Get excited 

The reason why you want to get excited about failure is that you want to associate failure with success. It's an opportunity for you to learn and grow. Failing is a great thing because it means that you're doing something. I believe that the only failure in life is not trying.

The people who are spectators in the game of life are the ones who aren't doing anything. They have such a fear of failure that they feel paralyzed to take action. They've been disappointed so many times in the past that they don't see the point in trying again. As a result, they settle for a life of mediocrity. Their goals and dreams fly by and they stay stuck, while others around them thrive. 

2. Ask yourself why you failed

You need to take full responsibility for your failures in life. The actions that you take are yours and yours alone. As long as you deflect and lay blame on everyone else, you will never feel empowered to change your life.

By taking responsibility for your failures it allows you to learn from your mistakes so that you don't fall into the same trap, again and again. Anytime you fail or make a mistake, ask yourself, “Why did I fail, and what could I have done differently in order to get a different result?”

At first, your mind will come up with all of the negative reasons why it wasn't a good thing. However, I encourage you to shift your perspective. It is possible for a bad situation to make you mentally and emotionally stronger. I know for a fact that all of my failures have made me a better person.

When you adopt this mindset, all of a sudden failure is perceived as a stepping stone towards creating the life that you want. When you fail, extract as much good as you can and then move forward.

3. Ask for help 

You can't be afraid to ask for help. Achieving success is way too hard to do on your own. Get humble and drop your ego. Several studies at the University of Georgia have consistently shown that willingness to ask for help is one of the largest differentiators between exceptional achievers and ordinary achievers.

There are people out there who can help you avoid pain and disappointment. Don't reinvent the wheel. Rather, learn from the failures of others. Maybe it's a coach, a mentor or a therapist. Sometimes one person, idea or support system can change your entire life.

In order to get to where you want to go, you've got to upgrade your current thinking. If you keep doing what you've always done, you will keep getting what you've always got.

4. Change your approach and adapt

All failure means is that you tried something and it didn't work. That's okay. All you can do is learn from it and change your approach until something works. Adapting your approach allows you to improve your decision-making process. Eventually, it will lead to the right plan of action. 

5. Build strength from failure

A lot of people let failure define who they are. Don't fall into this trap. When you experience failure, you need to shift yourself into a state of confidence and certainty, fast. This is why I encourage you to build your mental muscle.

A great way to do this is by creating a morning ritual. Waking up every day and engaging in healthy habits will ensure that you are in control of your mind and emotions so that when adversity strikes, you won't fall apart.

6. Have Faith

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Trust that your failures will serve and benefit you in some way. Just because you failed at something doesn't mean that you don't deserve success!

Maybe the Universe is challenging you to see what you are really made of. Faith is what will empower you to stay strong and keep going when all hell breaks loose.

This is what to do when you FAIL.

Failure is good for your success. If you can approach every setback with this mindset, you will thrive in your life. You are bigger than any failure. Don't forget it.

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Do you think that you have an entrepreneurial mindset?

I had an opportunity to sit down again with my good friend, Trevor Turnbull to talk about this very important specific state of mind.

In my opinion, every entrepreneur must master the entrepreneurial mindset if they want to be successful. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur who is struggling to grow your online business, Trevor's story will inspire you to not give up.

Are you ready to learn how to turn your mess into your message? This is an interview that you don't want to miss!

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Entrepreneurship can feel messy sometimes.

If you are an entrepreneur, you know exactly what I mean. It can be really stressful to juggle so many roles at one time. This is especially true if you don't already have a business background, going into the entrepreneurial game.

Let's face it… entrepreneurship also brings with it a high risk of failure. According to research by Shikhar Ghosh, a Harvard Business School lecturer, three out of four venture-backed startups fail. Despite this reality, there are still a lot of people who push through the discomfort and decide that they will not give up, no matter how hard life knocks them down. Trevor Turnbull is one of those people.

I'm sure you've had a few FML moments in your business or in life in general. When shit hits the fan, it's easy to fall into victim mode and say, “Why do bad things continue happening to me?” For the longest time, Trevor had this mindset. For many years he experienced a series of challenges, comprised of failed businesses and financial stresses. He knew, first hand, what it meant to feel frustrated, stressed and overworked as a solopreneur.

Eventually, he hit his emotional threshold (as most of us do) and decided that he was ready to change his life. In 2003, Trevor got his first sales job. Back then, cold calling was the golden ticket for generating new business opportunities. The focus was on connecting with people, in-person, at networking events. However, in the last ten years, the business game has changed.

Social media has transformed the digital landscape.

Technology has literally taken over, leaving a lot of solopreneurs not knowing how to market themselves. Many of them are wearing a lot of different hats in their businesses while trying to build a team and maintain some sort of life balance. Eventually, this way of living catches up with them. Being a solopreneur himself, Trevor experienced this frustration firsthand. He saw a need and he took action, deciding that it was time to turn his mess into his message.

Today, Trevor is the CEO of Linked Into Leads, a company that empowers solopreneurs and business leaders to generate leads and sales for their business by leveraging the power of LinkedIn. He has developed a proven system for removing the barriers that solopreneurs experience so that they feel empowered to build authentic relationships with their prospective clients. His ability to get his clients' massive sales results (who have closed millions in new business) has led to him to be known as “The LinkedIn Guy.”

Trevor is also the Founder of Expert Selling Machine, a company that empowers expert entrepreneurs to land high-value clients without having to attend networking events or get overwhelmed by technology. This allows people to work on their business instead of in it so that they can focus their time on activities that will bring them the biggest return on investment.

The acronym that Trevor used to define his life by – FML – has taken on a new meaning.

Instead of it being something negative, today it represents the words, family, mission, legacy. His mission is to inspire others to learn from his mistakes so that they can create a business and a life that is in alignment with their core values. In the words of Trevor, “It's not about feeling better. It's about getting better at feeling.” Here is a sneak peek of my interview with him, where he talks about how he turned his mess into his message. Let's dive in!

Do you mind sharing what you went through in order to get to where you are today?

Everyone will experience highs and lows in life. It's normal. Your life and your values will change over time. I've seen this happen first hand. It was really challenging for me to go through this process. I used to try and create a perfect persona of who I thought I was supposed to be. However, over time, I realized that being a vulnerable and honest person is what allowed me to attract exactly what I needed into my life.

My mess is truly my message. For the last ten years, I am best known as a LinkedIn trainer. We've had 27,000 people go through our training. I've been an entrepreneur for 15 years and I've had a lot of failures along my journey. I started numerous business ventures. Some of them were successful, while others were not.

Even though I was selling information online, people weren't getting the results that we hoped for.

About one year ago, I decided that I was no longer going to sell informational products. About two weeks later, my wife and I had a son who was born 16 weeks early. Anyone who is a parent knows that this is insane. We had been through something similar with our first child who was born six weeks early. We lost a child around the same time one year before this. Needless to say, things in my life were chaotic.

While this was all happening, I had launched a new mentoring model that I was fully committed to. My wife and I were driving to and from the hospital, spending 2-3 hours there every day. At the same time, I was bringing on new clients and moving through the growing pains of that, as well as building up my team.

This is where FML comes into play. I used to say that phrase to myself a lot. The thought was, “Why can't I just get a break?” 

I realized that this mindset was holding me back so I decided to reframe it. I started to think about how my failures were actually working in my favor. Actually, they were allowing me to take my life to the next level. When I was building my personal website, I thought about three words that define myself. The first one was “family”, the second one was “mission”, and the third one was “legacy”.

That is when I realized that it spelled out FML.

At first, I thought, “I can't use that. It's contradictory to what I'm trying to teach people.” However, I knew that FML didn't have to be a victim story. If I could help people shift the meaning behind the words, it could be a more empowering way of thinking about success.

What is your advice to someone who currently has a 9 to 5 job but that wants to build a business?

When I reflect on the path that has led me to where I am today, I realize that everything happened exactly as it should have. As an entrepreneur, you have to go through the ups and downs. It's how you see the downs that matter most. It's a constant practice of realizing that whatever path you are on, is perfect. I would recommend that you invest money into an informational product so that you can obtain the right knowledge.

Also, it's important to find great people who can help show you the way. You have to trust that you're going to get to where you need to go. I recently wrote an article for Entrepreneur.com titled, What 7 Deaths Taught Me About Living. Some of them were actual deaths that my family and I experienced. For example, my wife and I lost two babies, pre-term birth, at 19 and 23 weeks. It put us into a tailspin for a couple of years. However, now we have two beautiful children.

They wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for those traumatic experiences.

What seemed to be the most devastating thing that could have possibly happened to us turned into our greatest blessing. I wrote about other things in the article, like going through a bad divorce. During this time, everything in my life felt like it was falling apart. Even worse, I got to a point where I was sleeping on my Mom's couch at the age of 35 years old. I remember thinking to myself, “How could my life get any worse than this?” Everything that happens in your life happens for a reason.

What advice would you give to someone who is interested in finding a mentor?

One of the key things that we focus on in our program is to not constantly be talking about financial results. Instead, sharing real stories of where you started and how far you've come. Focus on a couple of people whom you admire from a personal perspective in terms of how they show up in the world every single day. Seek out your mentors, but know that they will probably change over time as you and your values evolve.

How could someone use LinkedIn to generate leads for their business?

I created a system called, the SOLO Funnel that was named for two reasons. Solo stands for solopreneur, meaning that it's built for people who run their own businesses. Typically, they are “the show.” Of course, solo also symbolizes the importance of doing one thing at a time. Don't get overwhelmed about hosting life events, joining a Mastermind Group, or writing a book. Aspire to package your knowledge and create passive income for yourself.

However, if you have expertise in a specific area, you should start with a higher ticket service.

In our program, we teach people how to use LinkedIn as their main lead source. Oftentimes, it's the one tool that a lot of Baby Boomers are comfortable using. They don't want to be on Instagram or on YouTube. Leveraging LinkedIn is all about building funnels that lead a person towards a phone call or a face-to-face connection.

We have a downloadable PDF that shows people how to break down LinkedIn from a search perspective so that you can find your perfect audience. From there, we show you how to filter people into specific types of funnels, starting with an appointment campaign. Ultimately, the end goal is to teach you how to sell whatever it is that you sell. We strive to support solopreneurs to build sustainable businesses, to the point where they are making 10k+ per month.

What is the last message that you would like to leave people with? 

Don't be ashamed to share your story of how you've gotten to where you are today. You don't need to give out the persona of perfection. In fact, people don't believe that anymore. They want to see your flaws and know the challenges you've overcome along your road to success.

I'm trying to serve as an example.

I can tell you that entrepreneurship is not easy. I talk constantly about the idea of done being better than perfect. Allow yourself and your business to grow and adapt as you go. Share your genius with the world and allow the right people to come to you. That is how you will achieve success.

After reading this, do you now think you have an entrepreneurial mindset?

As Trevor expressed, the path to building a successful business takes time. You will experience challenges and failures along the way. However, don't let them stop you. Being an entrepreneur has allowed Trevor and I to be our own bosses, travel the world, and spend more time with our families, friends and loved ones. More importantly, it has allowed us to share our gifts with the world. I hope Trevor's story has inspired you to tap into the entrepreneurial spirit that lies inside of you.

The question is…. are you ready to turn your mess into your message?

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Everyone wants to make money, but not everyone wants to do the work in order to get it.

Nobody can do the absolute minimum and then get upset when they don't achieve what they desire. Having unrealistic expectations about financial wealth can make one's life unnecessarily difficult.

Financially successful people don’t build their wealth by accident. They think and act differently from others. Doing so ensures that they are always winning at life. If you REALLY want to start making money, you need to stop doing 7 things.

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Everyone wants to learn easy ways to make money.

I encourage you to stop trying to learn how to make money online fast. I think that this is the wrong mindset to adopt. Unfortunately, the get rich quick dream is far from realistic. It almost never happens, and if it does, it is short-lived.

Achieving financial success is not a walk in the park. If you want to make money the right way, it will require that you work hard for it. In the words of Harv Eker,“Success is a learnable skill… If you want to be rich, you can learn how to do it.”

It comes down to the relationship that you have with money. If you think of it as the enemy, you will always struggle to obtain it. It will end up running your life. In reality, money is just a tool. When you realize this, you can start making money work for you instead of against you.

How do you do this? It starts with deconstructing your money beliefs. I believe that the #1 thing that will determine your financial success in life is your mindset towards money. By nature, people are programmed to avoid things that cause fear. If you were told that money is a bad thing, you will see it as such. 

In her book, Business In Blue Jeans: How To Have A Successful Business On Your Own Terms, In Your Own Style, Susan Baroncini-Moe coined the term “brain junk” to refer to any mental clutter or emotional baggage that holds you back or keeps you from achieving your goals.

Money “brain junk” is all about the way you feel about financial matters.

There is a lot of attention given to the factors that promote success, but what about the things that you need to stop doing in order to be successful? These factors matter equally as much, if not more. Making money puts you in the driver's seat of your life. However, it's important that you understand how to build wealth the right way. This starts by identifying your daily habits.

Let's talk about 7 things that you need to stop doing if you REALLY want to learn how to make money in life.

1. Stop Overspending 

Before you can make money, you need to learn how to manage your money. The best way to do this is by budgeting. A lot of people cringe when they think of budgeting because it is associated with sacrifice. However, if you live paycheque to paycheque, you are never going to be able to get ahead financially in life.

Nobody wants to live with a massive amount of debt. It all comes down to learning how to be smart with the money that you currently have. Budgeting is a way of making your money work for you instead of against you. This is the best tool that you have in order to build long-term wealth.

In his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth, T. Harv Eker teaches a very effective money management method, called the JARS System. This method states that 55% of your income should be put towards your necessities, 10% towards your financial freedom, 10% towards long-term savings, 10% towards your education, and 10% towards fun.

This system has helped myself and many others create financial abundance. Money management is a skill that every successful person has mastered. In the words of Charles Jaffe, “It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.” Ask yourself… is it time to cut back on your spending?

2. Stop Thinking Short-Term 

A lot of people are driven by the desire to make money fast. Short-term gratification is pleasurable but it's not sustainable. The secret to building long-term financial success is to think long-term.

After studying a lot of financially successful people, Dr. Edward Banfield found that the most important factor is a particular way of thinking. In particular, those who are successful tend to have a longer “time perspective.” 

In my experience, successful people are extremely goal-oriented. They actively think and plan for their future and are always considering what the long-term consequences of their actions are. Doing so ensures that they are always getting consistent results.

For example, instead of living for the moment and spending all of their money at once, they save and invest a portion of the money that they have into financial assets, like stocks or bonds. Are you investing your money?

The long-term is where it's at! I encourage you to remove yourself from the “get rich quick” hole that so many people get trapped in. There is no rush. Slow down and enjoy the process of success. I promise that you will get there soon enough if you are patient and do the work.

3. Stop Living In Scarcity 

If you are in debt, it's possible that you have adopted a scarcity mindset in relation to money. The money scarcity mindset shows up as a feeling of lack, fear of spending or losing your money. This attitude towards money is largely unconscious and is driven by limiting beliefs around money.

Have you ever experienced a voice inside of your head that tells you, “I don’t deserve wealth” or “I’ll never achieve financial freedom”?

This voice isn't yours in the first place. Usually, these limiting beliefs develop during childhood and are passed onto you from somebody else. If you are living from a place of scarcity, you may have experienced a situation where one or both of your parents spoke about money in a certain way. As a result, it may have caused you to operate from the same limiting perspective as them.

In the words of Stephen Covey, “Most people are deeply scripted in what I call the Scarcity Mentality. They see life as having only so much, as though there was only one pie out there. And if someone were to get a big piece of the pie, it would mean less for everybody else.”

If you want to attract wealth into your life, I encourage you to adopt an abundance mindset. There is enough money for everyone. If you just believe that you can achieve financial success, you are halfway to creating the life of your dreams.

4. Stop Saying “I Know Everything”

Did you know that your thoughts create your reality? Be careful how you speak because your vocabulary becomes a part of your success mindset. Regardless of your education or experience, it’s impossible to know everything. The people that think they do are usually the ones who make the most mistakes in life.

As you start to gain success, you have to be very careful that you don’t develop an ego. I believe that this can be one of the greatest barriers to self-development. When you think you've got it all figured out, you close yourself off to learning. Everything goes downhill from here.

Successful people adopt an attitude of curiosity. They know that there is no such thing as a dumb question. They are open-minded, which allows them to grow and develop, both personally and professionally. I have devoted my life to being a life-long learner.

If you want to make more money, you need to commit to improving yourself. I have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in my education and I will continue to do so even though I don't need to. When you commit to learning, you become a person of value. The more value you create for others, the more financially abundant your life will become. I am living proof that this is true.

5. Stop Resisting Change 

Because we are creatures of habit, change isn't something we go out of our way to attract. However, if you don't embrace change and adapt, you will get left behind. As Charles Kettering once said, “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”

Successful people accept this fact and actively put themselves in situations that stretch their comfort zone. As a result, they are always creating new possibilities for themselves. Stepping outside your comfort zone is all about taking a leap of faith and diving in, head first, all while knowing that failure may be a possibility.

For example, if you decide to start your own business you are letting go of everything that is deemed “secure” for the unknown. If you want to remain competitive in an ever-changing business world and achieve entrepreneurial success, you've got to take risks. You will never know your true potential in life if you don't.

The biggest obstacle to change is you. If you struggle with change, it's time to get out of your own way and stop resisting it.

6. Stop Being Held Back By Failure

From an early age, we are taught that failure is a bad thing. As a result, we do whatever it takes to prevent it from happening. Here's the thing… you cannot hide from failure. It's a part of life. If you aren't failing then you aren't trying.

The road to success is never straight. Every successful person has failed. How you handle failures and setbacks will determine your level of success in life. When you fail, you are given an opportunity to learn valuable information about what didn't work so that you don't make the same mistake twice.

I'm not saying that failure is fun. However, it is necessary if you want to become the best at anything life. This is why the most successful people will tell you that their greatest failures have transformed into their greatest triumphs.

We don't win by playing it safe. Don't allow life's failures to knock you down. Instead, use them as leverage to propel you forward.

7. Stop Ignoring Your Health

In today's 24/7 busy world, hard work is the norm. If you aren't rushing from one place to the next and being overly busy, people assume that there's something wrong with you.

To be your best and achieve success, you are expected to overwork yourself. As a result, people are working harder and longer than ever before and are at a risk for burnout. However, working hard doesn’t mean that you have to ignore your health and well-being.

It's all about finding your own version of work-life balance. In order to effectively master life's stressors, it is imperative that you take care of yourself, whether that's in the form of yoga, exercising, reading, or meditation. Find what works best for you.

I prevent myself from ever falling into burnout because I have been practicing a morning ritual every day since I was 17 years old. When you take time every morning to honor yourself and spend time doing things that bring joy to your life, you feel more grounded and in control of your life.

Your health is your wealth. If you are proactive and make health a top priority on a consistent basis, it will ensure that you have more energy to devote to being hard-working and successful.

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Making money is one thing, but if you want to create long-term wealth, you need to drop bad money mindset habits. In the words of Wayne Dyer, “Abundance isn't something that we acquire. It is something we tune into.” Are you ready to start attracting financial abundance into your life?

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Starting your own business will be nothing that you expected it would be.

If you are like many new entrepreneurs, you probably have an amazing idea for a business. You've got a plan in place for how you are going to achieve success and how long it will take you to get there.

When you begin your entrepreneurial journey, it's natural to be excited. However, it can be easy to let your passion get in the way of reality. I encourage you to throw all expectations out the window.

Are you ready to learn 7 reality check questions that you should ask yourself before you start your own business?

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Starting your own business is an exciting and scary venture.

Based on my personal experience coaching hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs, if you don't have the right mindset going into your business, you won't get far.

The media romanticizes the idea of entrepreneurship. On the surface, being a successful entrepreneur looks the ultimate dream. In many ways, it is. However, there is a not-so-sexy reality of entrepreneurship that many people fail to take into account, let alone are aware of.

If your sole intention for starting your own business is just to make money, I encourage you to re-think your direction in life. In the words of Marie Forleo, “Never start a business just to make money. Start a business to make a difference.”

Research shows that 50% of all new businesses fail within the first five years. These statistics prove that entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and this isn't necessarily a bad thing. How would it feel if you could avoid the mistakes that 50% of business owners make?

If more entrepreneurs knew about the realities of entrepreneurship, I think that they would be better prepared and more likely to succeed. Self-awareness is key.

I encourage you to reflect upon these 7 reality check questions before starting your own business.

1. Do you embrace failure?

Anyone who has ever watched a child learning to walk knows that success doesn't happen overnight. They get up and they fall down multiple times before they finally figure it out.

Entrepreneurs go through the exact same growing pains. Everyone fails at some point in their entrepreneurial journey. Don't get me wrong… failing doesn't feel good. When it happens, it's easy to view it as a personal shortcoming.

However, successful entrepreneurs know that failing is an integral steppingstone to their success, which is why they embrace it. Every mistake is seen as an opportunity to learn and grow.

As Anton Ignatenko, the CEO of Lead Network, says – “The only way you will know your limits is to explore them. Failures teach you what you can and cannot do. Knowing this helps you accurately plan for the future, and work toward your goals.”

I have failed thousands of times in my business. I would have never achieved the success that I have today if I let the knockdowns get in my way of achieving my goals. I know that I will fail more in the future, but I don't worry about it. Why?

Because I'm ready for anything and everything.

It comes down to your mindset. You can either get discouraged by failure and give up, or you can use it as leverage to propel you forward. The decision that you make determines your success as an entrepreneur.

When you are first starting your entrepreneurial journey the best thing that you can do is expect failure. If you try to hide from it or think that it won't happen, it will hit you in the face — hard. Once you are prepared, you will be able to find solutions to problems more quickly. This will allow you to bounce back faster from setbacks.

2. Are you willing to make sacrifices?

It's easy to think about all the things that you can get by becoming an entrepreneur. However, what about all of the things that you have to give up? Have you ever thought about that? If not, don't worry. A lot of people forget to take this into account.

I have yet to meet one successful entrepreneur that hasn't had to sacrifice something in order to get to where they are today. For a long time, I struggled with the idea of making sacrifices. Once I started to notice the payoffs that were coming from my sacrifices, it no longer bothered me.

Let's face it… sacrifices suck. The social life is usually hit the hardest. The assumption that a lot of people have is that, because you work for yourself, that must mean that you are in control of your time. Not necessarily. It depends on how fast you want to achieve success.

In the beginning stages of building your business, you will find that you have less time to invest in friendships and social engagements. Sometimes fun has to take a backseat, which can create more distance between you and your friends.

From my personal experience, your true friends are the ones who respect and understand your vision, despite the amount of time you actually get to connect with them.

Fear of missing out doesn't feel good, but when you start making money in your sleep, it no longer feels like you are missing out on anything.

3. Do you live for uncertainty?

We live in uncertain times and that's not going to change. If you want to survive in the business world you need to bask in uncertainty. The most successful entrepreneurs wake up every day ready for anything. They are always looking for ways to transform uncertainty into a competitive advantage.

They know that, realistically, nothing is in their control. The market could crash, their team could go sour, their clients could leave, or their brand could flop. The only thing that they have control over is how they respond to unforeseen circumstances.

Because of this reality, their success depends almost entirely on the choices that they make. Everything else is “in the air”, so to speak. How does that make you feel? I'm not saying that the unknown isn't uncomfortable — it is. However, if you can't embrace it, then maybe entrepreneurship is not for you.

Just like there are no guarantees in life, the same goes for entrepreneurship. If you can remain optimistic and passionate about your work, despite knowing that you could lose everything tomorrow, you are in it for the long-term. In the words of Margaret Drabble, “When nothing is sure, everything is possible.”

4. Are you prepared to work harder than you've ever worked before?

It doesn't matter if you are just starting out or are 5 years into your entrepreneurial journey, being an entrepreneur is always hard work. The problem is people hear about amazing overnight success stories and they think, “If they can do it, so can I!”

This is true. However, where people get stuck is that they have unrealistic expectations about what hard work looks like. A question that I receive from a lot of people is, “Stefan, “How do I get rich quick?”

If you follow my work, you know that this question drives me crazy.

If you are thinking this way, it tells me that you are not willing to do whatever it takes in order to build a profitable business. People get hooked on this mentality because they are sold shortcuts and gimmicks. Not surprisingly, they assume that it's possible to cut their workload in half by following “make money fast” advice.

I'm here to tell you that this won't work in the long-term. If you take the easy road, you will some achieve some success in the short-term, but it won't last. This isn't how I built a 7-figure online business.

My path to success took years of blood, sweat, and tears. The payoff was worth every second. It comes down to asking yourself, “How bad do I want it?”

5. Do you manage stress well?

The success of your business relies on you. On a daily basis, an entrepreneur is hit with a variety of different stressors that tests their patience. For this reason, I believe that the ability to effectively manage stress is one of the most important qualities that an entrepreneur can cultivate.

Starting your own business is an emotional rollercoaster ride. If you aren't willing to navigate the twists and turns, you will burn out, fast.

Successful entrepreneurs know how to make friends with stress because they have mastered their emotions. A survey by TalentSmart showed that 90 percent of top performers know how to manage their emotions in times of stress so that they remain cool and calm.

I still experience stress and anxiety in my business. However, I don’t let these experiences break me. I welcome challenges because they force me to grow and become more.

No matter how hard you try, you cannot avoid stress, especially in the business world. This is why it's of benefit to all of us to transform our perception of stress so that we use it to our advantage. When you achieve this, you are one step ahead of the competition.

Kelly McGonigal said it best – “When you embrace stress, you can transform fear into courage, isolation into connection, and suffering into meaning.”

6. Are you resourceful?

I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost 10 years now. I've built multiple successful businesses, but none of them would have been possible had I not been resourceful. During the beginning stages of growing your business, you need to master this trait.

“Be resourceful and train your resilience, these are the two most important assets you have for free, and still they are the hardest to get.” – Pablo Santaeufemia

Entrepreneurship is all about how fast you can innovate and solve problems. The reality is that there will never feel like there is enough of anything. For example, you may not have a lot of money to spare in the beginning stages of your business. Because of this, you will have to wear multiple hats, learn new skills, and find inexpensive ways to build your business.

When challenges arise, you have to be able to find ways to overcome them in a clever way. This requires that an entrepreneur be hyper-aware of the resources that are available to them. This is when having a strong network is ideal. How strong is yours?

At the end of the day, resourcefulness is a mindset. It's not about how smart you are. Rather, it's about how effectively you are able to optimize what you already have and create massive success from it.

7. Are you a people-person?

If you aren't a people-person you can still be an entrepreneur, but everything will feel like a struggle. As an entrepreneur, you can expect that you will always be interacting with people; whether that's a client, a potential customer, or a team member. You can't hide from it.

The reality is that people buy products and services from people that they like and trust. If you don't possess that likeability factor, selling will be difficult.

In my early 20's I was extremely shy and anxious. As a result, I hid behind my computer and did anything to not talk to people. Social situations made me extremely comfortable. However, I eventually reached an emotional threshold.

I knew that if I wanted to achieve entrepreneurial success, I needed to develop my social skills and fall in love with connecting with people. After a lot of self-development work on myself, that's exactly what I did. I stepped out of my comfort zone and faced my fears.

These skills have allowed me to take my business to a whole new level. Your ability to empathize and communicate with others will be critical to your success. This is why having strong people skills is so important.

If you answered yes to the above questions, you know that you are ready to dive into the world of entrepreneurship.

Starting a business is a massive undertaking. My intention for writing this blog isn't to freak you out or discourage you from starting your own business. Rather, it's to inform you of the realities of entrepreneurship so that you are prepared.

I challenge you to go inward and really determine whether or not starting a business is right for you. Being an entrepreneur may not turn out to be anything that you expected it would be.

However, if you are ready for anything, it has the power to change your life forever.

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Fail your way towards success. I bet you don't hear that every day. It seems counterintuitive, right? Stay with me.

From an early age, we are taught that failure is a bad thing. In school, A's equal success, whereas F's equal failure. As a result, we try to avoid failure at all costs.

We have been conditioned to believe that the only way to succeed is if you win. However, that's not how life works. As the famous saying goes, “If you've never failed, then you've never lived.” The reality is that, in order to succeed in life, you need to fail more.

Failure is life's greatest teacher. The most memorable of triumphs are the ones where we had to lose everything in order to find ourselves again; where we had to push our limits and do the impossible in order to realize the infinite potential that resides inside of us.

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You are supposed to fail.

I don't care what anyone says. Failure is the stepping stone to success in life. You don't become a bigger, better and stronger version of yourself by hanging out in your comfort zone and never trying anything new. Sometimes scaring ourselves senseless is the only way to create your call to action.

In his book, Celebrating Failure: The Power of Taking Risks, Making Mistakes and Thinking Big, author Ralph Health says that “The quickest road to success is to possess an attitude towards failure of “no fear.”

Just because you fail, that doesn't mean that you are a failure. Our ego would try and prove us otherwise. As soon as things start going wrong, many of us immediately want to run for the hills. Why would we want to consciously something that doesn't feel good? I get it, but you will never know how amazing you can be unless you risk it all and try.

We've all experienced failure. It's not fun to admit that we've failed at something, but knowing that we have all been there lessens life's blows. We tend to forget that the most successful people in this world didn't get to where they are today because of luck. They failed multiple times, but the only difference between them and the rest of the world is that they stood back up and tried again.

Take Michael Jordan as an example. He was cut from his high school basketball team and missed over 9,000 shots in his career. Did he give up? Hell no.

Failure is a part of his success story. He didn't get to where he is today without making mistakes. In the words of Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert – “The universe has plenty of luck to go around; you just need to keep your hand raised until it’s your turn. It helps to see failure as a road and not a wall.”

You know you are truly failing in life when you aren't trying. That means that you aren't even in the game. Trust me when I say that you don't create an epic life by sitting on the sidelines. Nothing good ever happens there.

Don't get me wrong… I'm not preaching that you should go out into the world and fail at anything and everything. You want to make sure that your failures are small and manageable. Don't allow them to destroy your life, because those are the failures that are hard to recover from. Similarly, I encourage you to have a system for tracking your failures so that you know what not to repeat. This is especially important if you run an online business. Mistakes can cost you a lot of money if you aren't careful.

I've failed thousands of times and I will most likely fail more in the future. I'm OK with that because I view failure as a good thing. To fail means that I am experimenting with life and figuring out what works and what doesn't work. Failure is merely an experiment that didn’t work out.

The next time that you fail, congratulate yourself, learn from it and keep moving forward.

You just got one step closer to becoming the best version of yourself. It's all about shifting your perspective. Living a purpose-driven life requires that you screw up and embrace the unknown. When you change your definition of failure and view it as a path to success, there is nothing that will stand in your way of achieving your goals.

What are you waiting for? Start failing your way towards success!

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Are you ready to learn how to get out of depression and failure, then turn your life around?

Anyone that suffers from depression knows how debilitating it can be. The voice of depression tells people that life is meaningless and that there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

It whispers in your ear, “You are a failure and you will never be successful.”Can you relate? If so, you aren’t alone. There is a stigma towards depression, but it is actually a common experience among many people in today’s world.

I’ve experienced depression, but I was able to overcome it, and I want to share some strategies for how you can do the same. Are you ready to turn your life around and break free from the grips of depression?

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The human mind is a powerful tool; it can be your best friend, or in the case of depression, your worst enemy. In order to conquer depression, I believe that you need to master your mindset. When you learn how to take control of your own thoughts, there is no room for negative feelings.

I would like to respond to a question that I recently received from one my followers who was brave enough to share his experience with depression. He wrote to me and said,

“Dear Stefan, I feel sick and depressed. I always fail at achieving my goal, which is succeeding at the Chartered Accounting exam in my country of Morocco. I can’t sustain any job opportunity. I either quit or get fired. How can you help me?”

The first thing that you need to do is change your belief around failure. Failure doesn't exist. There is only feedback. Every time you fail, you are actually one step closer towards where you want to be.

The most successful people throughout history have all failed. The only difference is that they don't let failure hold them back from achieving great things in life.

Take the story of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb. Apparently it took him 1,000 tries before he developed a successful prototype. When asked how it felt to fail 1,000 times, he responded with, “I didn’t fail 1,0000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.”

If you want to achieve massive success in life, fail more, because that means that you are are willing to do things that other people aren't.

I fail every day. I've made so many mistakes in my life and in my business, but I refuse to get discouraged. It all comes down to your mindset.

I celebrate every result, good or bad, because I see it as a sign from the Universe that something better is coming my way. I believe that there is a purpose behind everything in life.

It is your job to learn from your mistakes, and improve upon them, so that you can make progress and achieve your goals. This is how to get out of depression and failure, then turn your life around.

Secondly, ask yourself, “Why is what I’m doing a must?” Ask questions and access the emotional states that you need in order to conquer the challenges that are holding you back.

Steve Quatrano, a member of the Right Question Institute, a nonprofit research group, explains that the act of formulating questions enables us “to organize our thinking around what we don’t know.” In order to make the right decisions in life, you need to go deep and ask questions that matter to you.

The best way to move forward in life is by setting a goal and having a vision. You need to have something that you are working towards. Write down your goal every day and remind yourself of it. Once you’ve set a goal, now you have to take action.

Create a plan and decide on the first step that you can take in order to bring you closer to achieving your goals and living your vision. I like to create what is called, “a could-do list”, which is all the things that you could do, which would allow you to achieve your goal.

Make sure that you keep updating your goals and your vision, and check-in with yourself regularly to make sure that you are making progress. It’s the small, mundane things that you do on a consistent basis that produce the biggest results over time.

Ask yourself, “How can I improve by 1% today?” Celebrate and reward yourself when you make improvements in your life, and keep moving forward, no matter what. This is my strategy for how to get out of depression and failure, then turn your life around.

Are you ready to turn your life around and take back control? Stop fighting a war inside of your head. When you change your beliefs, you change your life, giving you a more positive and brighter outlook. More importantly, by changing your beliefs, it will allow you to break free from the grips of depression, once and for all.

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Are you ready to learn about the goal setting formula that has allowed me to achieve my goals and take my life to the next level?

Every successful person has one thing in common – they all set goals and work extremely hard to make them a reality. However, in order to accomplish your goals, you need to know how to set them and have a goal setting strategy for doing so.

When it comes to setting goals, you want them to stretch you, without making you feel anxious. This is your sweet spot, or the optimal mental state of being in “the zone.”

Research on stretch goals shows that they can produce amazing results if people can imagine the possibility of accomplishing them.

Many people search their whole lives to find their goal setting sweet spot. Are you ready to find yours? In the words of Earl Nightingale, “People with goal succeed because they know where they are going.” 

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A lot of people ask me whether their goals should be unrealistic or realistic. When it comes to this debate, there are many different schools of thought.

I have applied both type of goals in my own life and I have found a goal setting formula that works best for me, which I want to share with you.

When it comes to goal setting, I believe that you need to set both unrealistic and realistic goals.

Realistic goals are those that you know you can achieve. On the flip side, unrealistic goals are the ones that you dream about. They are long-term in their scope and connected to your larger vision.

Unfortunately, I see a lot of people set unrealistic goals in a short-time frame, like wanting to lose 30 pounds in 10 days or making $1 million in less than one year. If this is your mindset, you are setting yourself up for failure.

When you feel like a failure, it causes pain, which results in you not wanting to set more goals in the future.

You should never be in a situation where you are not achieving your goals. That is telling me that you are doing something wrong, either with your process or if the goal that you set for yourself is too unrealistic.

If you keep coming up short with your goals, that’s your way of telling your brain, ”I’ve failed so many times, what is the point of even setting goals?” I believe that this is detrimental to your success because it leads to self-sabotage and learned helplessness.

When I set goals for myself, they are goals that I know and believe that i can achieve. In fact, most of my goals are inevitable, because I’m already making progressing in crushing them.

I want to share with you my goal setting formula that has allowed me to achieve so much success in life. I learned this process along time ago when I was studying the Law of Attraction.

With every goal that you set for yourself, there has to be a formula for it. I want you to take out one of your goals and assess it, using this goal setting formula:

Desire

When you build a strong desire to achieve your goals, you generate momentum to take massive action.

Whatever goal you set, on a scale from 1-10, you want your level of desire to be a 7 or above. If it’s less than a 7, than you need a new goal.

Belief

Belief is what inspires people to keep moving forward towards the achievement of their goals.

You need to believe that you can achieve your goal. It also has to be a 7 or above. For example, you may have a desire to make $1,000,000 a year, but if you have never made $50,000 a year your level of belief may be a 1 or 2. If it’s that low, this is not a good goal. You need to find your sweet spot.

If you take a look at my monthly goals reports, I achieve about 80-90% of the goals that I set for myself. Do your goals hit this sweet spot?

I don't set unrealistic goals that are beyond what I think I believe that I can achieve. I’m not taking big leaps. Rather, I’m focusing on making progress, month after month, and year after year. This is the goal setting formula that works for me.

Don’t buy into the get rich quick, unrealistic goal way of thinking that is obsessed with immediate results and instant gratification. Rather, when it comes to achieving your goals, strive to be consistent and always have a forward-thinking mindset. I believe that being slow and steady always wins the race.

In the words of Confucius, “It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.” Take small steps every day towards achieving your goals, and don’t forget to celebrate yourself along the way. Doing so will give you more confidence and motivation to keep growing and setting bigger goals in the future.

I challenge you to take one of your goals and apply this goal setting formula. Today is the day to start setting goals for creating an extraordinary life. Are you ready?

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