The Battle in Your Mind

When I first started my business, IN NO WAY did I believe that I was going to make it to the top. But here is how I changed that.

I was willing to fight the battle in my mind. And I was fighting it well BEFORE I ever started a business.

As a teenage mother I was determined to learn how to be a good parent. The voices of shame in my head told me I didnt-and couldn’t possibly-know what I was doing since I didn’t start the right way. The shame often convinced me I was going to ruin my kids. Going through a divorce compounded the shame and feelings of unworthiness. I fought this battle in my mind daily by reading good Christian parenting books.

A few years later, the Lord lead me to homeschool my children. I was no stranger to fear and regularly wondered if I truly was capable of giving my kids the education they needed since I was, after all, a high school dropout. I did go to college but I didn’t finish because motherhood responsibilities became the priority. I fought this battle in my mind daily by reading books about how to successfully homeschool.

I did, by God’s grace, successfully homeschool my children.

A few years ago when I started my business, I didn’t feel worthy or “special” enough to make it to the top. I worried quite often what people thought of me and that held me back so much!! I looked at the people at the top and thought “I am not as smart/beautiful/charismatic/successful as they are and I don’t know if I can be.” I fought this battle daily in my mind by reading good books about sales, leadership, and mindset.

I am now a top leader in the company, serve on the company advisory board, and have developed quite a few 6 figure earners. I am confident I can accomplish whatever I decide to accomplish. I am also confident I can help others accomplish whatever they decide to accomplish.

And I STILL read these books daily because that is what it takes to fight the battle in my mind.

It’s not that I don’t struggle. It’s just that I am willing to fight the battle for the rest of my life. Are you?

What are you doing to fight the battle in your mind?