I think it is time we address this issue from a no-holds barred perspective.
Not in a muddily-cuddly kind of way where the aim is to protect your self-esteem and make you still like me after you finished reading this post.
But instead…
In a way that will ensure that you actually do get TRIGGERED AF (as they say online) as that is the ONLY WAY for you to go deeper into this issue.
Because, let’s be honest, this Scarcity Mindset is sh&t.
Unless.
Of course.
It IS actually working for you….
By keeping you safe.
By keeping you inside your box where no-one notices you.
By ensuring that the people closes to you remain comfortable – because God forbid you make them uncomfortable by pursuing your dreams.
So if it is working for you, let me save you some time RIGHT NOW…….
STOP READING!
As the rest of this blog is for those sick of scarcity and ready for abundance.
To REALLY deal with scarcity, we need to go BEYOND the surface stuff of awareness (as this won’t CHANGE it).
We need to go BEYOND the logic of knowing you have to work on it (as this won’t CHANGE it either).
But first….Let be real about how scarcity pitches up in your life, knowing that for each of us, it might rear its ugly head in many different ways, shapes and forms.
Answer this: Do you…..?
- Refuse to hire a receptionist even though you already have a number of clinicians on your team?
- Still clean your own practice as you just can get yourself to pay someone else to do it?
- Obsessively consume FREE content on-line as a means of building your practice as it would be inconceivable to actually pay for some good advice?
- Continue to say yes to Bulk-Billing even though it is not an aligned option for your practice, but because you feel scared about losing the referral?
- Attend one clinical PD after another, as a means of building your feelings of worthiness as a practitioner (you know what I mean, it is that “if I do this course I can charge more” thinking) instead of learning the real business skills needed to truly up your service?
- ‘Stalk’ (in a non-stalker way of course) your competition as a means of finding out what they are up to, how they are expanding, how they are marketing, etc as you are scared about falling behind?
- Keep your cards close to your chest when attending networking events or interacting online with other professionals as you don’t want to share anything that you do or think as they might just use that for their own benefit!
- Judge other professionals whom are putting themselves out there whether that is by doing vlogs, by charging full-fees, by learning as much as they can about running their practice as an actual business and being proud of the fact that they can make a profit all whilst helping MORE people than you are?
Guess what?
All of these things are a CHOICE – a SCARCITY MINDSET CHOICE, but still a choice nonetheless – and YOU are making it.
Do not tell me it is your husband, your wife, your partner, your kids, your QLD Health Job, the Medicare Rebates, your locations, or whatever that is MAKING you choose this! That is just your mind’s excuses and justifications for why you are staying stuck in SCARCITY.
Triggered yet?
I sure hope so, because CHANGE and GROWTH only happens when you are faced with adversity or rock-bottom – and I’m hoping this post and many of my other posts☺
So what is the answer to all this?
How do you get out of what has probably been a life-long mindset, cultivated possibly by a ‘survival’ instinct – as to stay safe is to survive.
The answer is…..
To ACT AS IF you no longer have a scarcity mindset.
To ACT AS IF you are not scared sh&tless about what others will say when you ACT AS IF.
To ACT AS IF you actually trust yourself to do what needs to be done to be abundant and successful.
To ACT AS IF you actually deserve to have a life of abundance and void of scarcity thoughts and feelings.
BY TRUSTING IN YOU – BY ACTING AS IF ☺
The more you do it, the easier it gets.
The more you do it, the more evidence you get that it is safe to do so.
The people in your life might not like it, but they will adjust and ultimately they will benefit too. You just need to be the one to take the first step.
And now that we are on the topic of ABUNDANCE, let me just say this……
Having an Abundant Mindset does not only relate to how you think about YOU – as that is not REAL Abundance.
REAL Abundance is about allowing abundance for you AND everyone else so STOP worrying about what other practice owners are doing. STOP worrying about why others seem more successful than you. Instead, be abundant in your thinking and bless them.
As Buddha once said: “Bless that which you want to receive”
In other words, bless the success of the practice down the road. Bless the success of your fellow professionals – they deserve to be successful too.
Focus on you and you will get there too.
Yours in Private Practice Success,
PS: Not long now until I take possession of the first delivery of my Private Practice Success Planner 📔 Be sure to order yours here and let me know (either in the comments section or via email at gerda@private-practice-success.com) whether you want yours in Black or Purple.
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