Category Archives: Mindset

Don’t Let Other People Drag You Down

Other people can build you up as a marketer. You can work with and learn from very successful people to become even more successful yourself. But it works the other way around as well. If you hang around people who only complain about why they can’t do things, and people who are constantly struggling, that’s probably going to end up being your story as well.

You may have experienced this kind of feeling already—people trying to drag you down with them. You can feel the tugging—you can feel the negativity entering into your mindset and taking you off course.

Take a moment to consider who you talk to online. Who do you see in person? Who do you work with? Who do you hire? Who mentors you? Who do you mentor? Consider the people you communicate with frequently.

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Visualization is easy, in theory… and usually in practice. However, there might be some things you run into that make it harder, for the short term. You might get frustrated sometimes, especially in the beginning when it hasn’t fully been ingrained in your daily schedule. Practice makes perfect…but it also helps to be aware of some of the setbacks you might have along the way.

Feeling Silly

You might feel silly practicing visualization! You might even feel silly reading about visualization. That’s okay, it’s normal to feel that way if you haven’t tried it before because it’s new and different for you. Yet, common sense (and possibly reading about how very successful people operate) showed you that visualization is, indeed, right for you. Still, how do you move past your initial reaction?

There’s really nothing silly about it. If some of the biggest sports stars, celebrities, politicians, and businesspeople in the world can use visualization, so can you. It’s a matter of closing your eyes and deliberately, consciously dreaming up what you want and can and will have in life. I’m sure that’s something you can get behind. If you feel silly the first time, you won’t feel that way after all of your dreams start to come true.

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