Category — Leap of Faith

Do you ever wonder if you’ll ever succeed getting your business going?  Like you’ve put out endless effort to grow your business but it just isn’t happening yet?

I’d love to share with you a secret that you have likely heard before but one that is SO important.  A quote I read this morning sums it up pretty good:

“There seems to be a door on the way to remarkable success that can be passed through only by those willing to persevere beyond the point where the majority stop and turn back”  ~ Earl Nightingale

I’ve read recently that something like 80% of businesses fail within the first 3 years.

This is sad to me because often these same failures could have been huge successes, if they had just kept going.

How do I know?  Let me share a bit of a story about my own business…

At the 3 year mark, I made something like $8,600 in my entire third year of business.  So obviously things were not looking up, that’s a heck of a lot of effort put into something that didn’t “appear” to be working.

Here’s the thing…

If I would have quit then, I would be with the other 80% who “failed” in the first 3 years of business.

But that’s not what happened.

Within the first 5 months of that next year, I more than tripled my sales.  And my business has been growing at a rapid pace ever since, all of this even in spite of going through a recession in that time.

Why do I share this with you?

A couple of reasons.

I get frustrated when some business mentors paint a picture only of the success and forget to mention the truth about what it can be like to get there.  You see that rosy picture, then you look at your business which is miles away from that picture, and you feel discouraged because YOU can’t seem to get there.

And the other reason goes back to this, I’m not really sure “failure” is the right word.  I’d say most often failure is what happens when you give up too soon.

I could have been a “failure” but instead, I kept going.  I didn’t give up.  I got help.  I did whatever it took to find the way to succeed.  I didn’t stop until I found the way.

Because the way is there.

And I’m glad I didn’t give up.  If I gave up, not only would I not be living this life that is totally incredible to me, based in freedom, passion and authenticity inside and out… But all of the clients I have helped free themselves to live their purpose could still be stuck.  And that is sad.

You have an important purpose, your work, your wisdom, your gifts, your energy ARE needed in the world.  Right now.

So do you have to wait until year 3 to take off in your business?  I don’t think so.  The energy in the planet right now supports your success.  I watch how quickly things move with my clients and I am amazed.  The time is now.

If you don’t want to wait forever, I suggest you take a shortcut, and the only one I know is to find someone who is ahead of you on the path, who knows the shortcuts, who has been where you are and has gotten out of it and to learn from them how to speed up your path.

There are plenty of great mentors out there, I’ve learned from many myself, but I do recommend making sure that the person is fully aligned with you, is similar enough to you that they can understand your challenges and really know how to get YOU from where you are to where you want to be.

It’s time step up and shine!

There are even more secrets to growing your business faster, particularly as a Holistic Practitioner or healer as you likely have unique challenges that most business mentors have no clue about.  I’d love to share more with you at my upcoming FREE workshop:

“Grow Your Holistic Business Faster! Avoid the 3 Massive Mistakes Most Holistic Practitioners Make That Stop Them From Making The Money They Desire & Deserve”

This workshop takes place in New York City September 10^th, Edmonton September 15^th, Calgary September 20^th and Vancouver October 19^th.

http://fearlessfaith.ca/GYHB

Do whatever it takes to be there, this could be THE turning point in your business.  It’s time to step up and shine.  Your people need exactly what it is that you have but, if you’re not succeeding in your business, that means they can’t find you.

Most Holistic Practitioners and healers have a hard time charging high fees.  Because of this, they end up suffering financially, often not able to make a great living doing the work that they love.  If this sounds familiar, I’d love to share with you how this can be avoided by understanding the #1 cause of not owning your value.

When it comes to charging, many Holistic Practitioners do something that’s logical, but has them not honouring the true value of the work they do.

This #1 mistake is:

Setting their fee according to what other Holistic Practitioners Charge

So again, this is logical but this idea is very faulty.  It’s missing a MAJOR key to pricing in a way that honours the gifts you have to give…

#1 Key to Setting Your Fees: Your Fees Are Not About YOU!

Most Holistic Practitioners don’t charge near enough because they make the mistake of are charging based on what they think THEY are worth.

Connecting your fees with your value leads to big trouble!

When you do this, you’re making a wide open invitation for ego to jump in and wreak havoc.  If you charge too much, you will at one moment be feeling over-confident (as the ego loves being better than everyone else) then when you do sign on a client at this higher rate, your energy will tank as you can’t keep up that over-confidence because it was not the truth of your being.

And with this fluctuating belief in your value comes a direct impact on your sales.  When you can’t sustain a higher energy around the value of what you offer, you will not be able to sustain the energy and motivation needed to fuel the actions to share this work with the world. 

And everybody loses!

The truth is, your fees have little to do with your own worth anyway so you’re better off just bypassing the whole problem.

I have high end programs and they are a significant investment.  But I don’t see that investment as a reflection of my value… I see things a bit differently.

Challenge yourself to see the value as I do:

The investment for your program is a reflection of the value of the transformation that will occur in the lives of your clients when going through my program

That’s the key!  If you can get your mind around this and create powerful programs that create a real, tangible impact in your client’s lives, issues with pricing will start to disappear.

When you finally OWN that the value of the impact your programs have in the lives of your clients is HUGE, you can finally step into charging what it’s really worth.  And when you honour the value of this transformation, you can finally open the door to making the money you are meant to make.

And that is a real blessing because there are people out there right now who need exactly what it is that you have.

You feel the pressure of trying to get your business going, trying to do all you can to support yourself from it.  So why is it that with all of this pressure and desire to succeed you back down when it really counts? Getting distracted by anything that comes along or being overwhelmed by even the simplest next step?  There is a deeper purpose to this distraction and overwhelm and until you see it, it could be creating an invisible ceiling on your success.

When distraction and overwhelm are showing up in your business, it typically means one thing…

Resisting your next level of success.  Your way of keeping yourself exactly where you are.

What?!  Why would you want to do that?

As ridiculous as it sounds, most people fear success.  We would rather stay where we are comfortable even if it means not making enough money from your business, not being able to leave your old job behind and living in struggle.

On the surface it may appear as though you want success.  You talk about it, work towards it, learn about it, take action but if you are finding yourself distracted and overwhelmed this indicates you may be avoiding your next level of success.

The path of moving from your career you chose out of fear, just for the money or to be “acceptable” to doing what you love, the work you are born to do is a major vibration and consciousness shift within.  On this path you are moving from the known into new unknown territory.  And if you want to accelerate your path then you will want to use distraction and overwhelm as the gifts that they are.

Here are two ways to do just that:

1. Recognize That Distraction and Overwhelm Are Signs You’re Approaching New Territory

Distraction and overwhelm are two powerful ways you keep yourself from the unknown, but they can also be used to show you when you are resisting the new.  When you catch yourself in distraction or overwhelm, it’s time to look deeper so you can make a new choice.

The fact that you find yourself in distraction and overwhelm, stop and ask yourself what the “new territory” is that you could be moving into.  Getting your work out in a new way?  Getting your work out to new people?  Doing something you have never done before?

When you are conscious of what you are really resisting, you can make a conscious choice to continue the way you have been, or to boldly step into this new territory where new realities and new successes can exist.

2.  Make a Conscious Choice to Step Into that New Reality

Fear only works in the dark.  Once you shed the light of your awareness on something you are avoiding because of fear the energy shifts and you will likely not feel the same about it.  From this new place of awareness you are in a more powerful position and you can CHOOSE to step into the new reality you are being called into.

Once you’ve caught yourself in distraction and overwhelm and uncovered some of what the new territory is that you are avoiding moving into your next step is to make a conscious choice to step into that reality by taking action.

The action does not have to be monumental.  Ask yourself, “what would one simple step be that I could take to move FORWARD into this new reality?” and take it!

Could other energies be at work under the surface sabotaging your success in your business?

Join me for a no-cost one-time teleseminar:  “Stop Preventing the $1000’s Meant to Come to You: 3 Keys to Resolve the Energetic Dynamics that Have You Secretly Sabotaging Your Own Success” to find out!

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Do you often feel disappointed with the results you have created through your efforts in your business?  You start out envisioning great success then the reality doesn’t appear to be going in that same direction?  There is one costly mistake I have seen many spiritually conscious entrepreneurs make when this happens and it takes some shifts in thinking to get out of it.

As spiritually conscious entrepreneurs we tend to be great dreamers but we’re also pretty sensitive so when it feels like the reality is starting to appear as though it is not going to match what we envisioned we can just want to back off to avoid feeling disappointed.

It’s one thing to “fail” but it’s a whole other thing to believe, to trust, to expect the best and THEN to “fail”. It hurts a lot worse and that added sensitivity doesn’t help, so it appears easier to back off instead.

So while this is going on internally and it appears as though backing off when evidence seems to be the opposite of what you envision is “safe” it is a HUGE mistake…

I’ve seen repeatedly that it’s the belief that plays such a huge role in creating our results.  Fearless Faith is about trusting UNTIL the results show up.

I’ve seen 3 specific incidences in the past few months where the immediate evidence said what I was doing was not going to be successful.  But I didn’t let myself back down, I trusted the inspiration that got me going in the first place and I kept going.

And you know what happened?  These 3 times the initial evidence had nothing to do with the final results. The initial evidence said “it’s not going to happen, this is a failure” but the results?  Over $30,000 in sales that would not have happened had I backed down.

It’s SO costly to give up too soon!  Who knows how much you’re leaving behind by stopping too soon.

But what if no results show up?  Let’s say you trust, you keep going and you still fail, then what?

If you “fail” then you learn from the experience, it’s as simple as that.

You ask yourself “what can I learn from this experience?” or “is there something I need to learn, support I need to get so it’s more successful next time?”

Sure it takes you digging deep to find that brave self inside of you but I’ve found that this is necessary on this path.  This path of becoming a successful spiritual entrepreneur is not for those who choose to be small. Eventually you will have to take a risk, step up and put your whole self in.  And when you do you will really see things start to shift.

There are several energetic dynamics that can be at play to make this more difficult but you can still get started now.

Next time you find yourself wanting to back down when the results don’t appear to be as you expected I challenge you to be bold, to be brave, to continue to move forward, to trust whatever inspiration got it all started in the first place and to be willing to “fail” so you can learn.

It’s amazing how hard we are on ourselves.  Imagine a little kid trying to learn to ride a bike.  You can’t just expect yourself to be successful until you’ve mastered all of the skills involved with being successful just as the kid has to wobble, fall and get back on the bike.  It is only logical.

Let yourself trust, let yourself wobble, fall and get back on! Be ON the journey, show up fully and be willing to learn in whatever way it takes so you can succeed.

Could you be missing out on potentially thousands of dollars of in.come without even realizing?

Join me for a no-cost one-time teleseminar:  “Stop Preventing the $1000’s Meant to Come to You: 3 Keys to Resolve the Energetic Dynamics that Have You Secretly Sabotaging Your Own Success” to find out!

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Do you really believe you will succeed in your business (and not in 10 years!)?  And do you believe that your business can transform from whatever stuck state it may be in now, to an entirely new reality in a short time?  Or is your faith a bit shaken because all you’ve seen is a long, drawn out struggle to get it going with no evidence to show you it can even succeed?

Recently a new Platinum Client told me that she wanted Fearless Faith.  She was a bit unsure of her gifts and abilities and whether or not she is even meant to use them to help people.  If you are going to ever be able to succeed doing this work that you love you MUST have total faith in yourself and your ability to succeed.

Here are a 3 tips to help you begin developing YOUR Fearless Faith:

1. You Don’t Do it Alone

Most spiritually conscious people are used to feeling alone, having not many people really understand them and support them in the way they really want. But when it comes to having Fearless Faith you need to trust that there is a force greater than you guiding your business, ready to step up and support you when you step up.

Creating a major reality shift in your business requires a lot of energetic shifts, consciousness shifts and for you to develop new business skills and abilities. You can’t do it alone, and you don’t want to!  Knowing you’re supported in ways you can’t even imagine yet is what you need in order to have the faith you need to succeed.  And it won’t come unless you ask!

2. You Have What You Need RIGHT NOW

Do you know you don’t put yourself and your business out there like you know you could because you’re doubtful of your gifts or abilities?  Most spiritually conscious people are perfectionists to some degree and needing to be perfect before you believe in yourself can slow you down for years to come.

The truth is, with what you know now, with the abilities you have now, with the wisdom you’ve gained from your life experience, you are a HUGE help to your clients. What is obvious and simple to you is what your clients struggle with.  Your simple words can open up their world!  Even now.

Fearless Faith means believing in yourself and your ability to help those you are meant to help, even RIGHT NOW. You don’t have to be perfect now, and if you decide to believe and just get out there you will be amazed in a year or two at how much you’ve learned and how much more capable you’ve become.  Don’t wait, you could end up waiting for years or give up and that’s no good to anyone!

3. It’s Not About You

So many of my clients get hung up on themselves, not feeling good enough, not sure about their value, if people will like them, and on and on.  But I quickly remind them that a lot of it is not at all about them and by taking themselves out of the equation it becomes easier to take powerful action forward.

So how is your business not about you?

I believe you were given the gifts that you have AND the desire to do what you love because you need a lot of fuel to get you to the place where you’re succeeding.  You’re used to looking at your business through your eyes, but I want you to look at it from a different perspective.

You were given gifts and a message because there are people who need to receive your gifts and to hear your message.  There are people in a pain right now that you can help heal. They can’t do it on their own, they don’t know how, they can’t see what you can see.

The Universe wants you to help these people, it wants to help you get your business succeeding because that means you are living your purpose, helping the people who need help. That is your purpose!  Fearless Faith is activated when you know that the Universe is 100% behind you, supporting you to succeed.  Trusting in that can take you way further than you could believing you are all on your own.

You ARE meant to succeed and when you tap into the Fearless Faith inside of you, you can become unstoppable!

If you’re really ready to step up to your purpose, to taking your business to a whole new level, join me in my free video series:

“3 Simple Steps to Transform Your Energy to Make 2011 the Year You Make a Quantum Leap in Your Business!”

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Are you struggling so hard on your own to get your business going?  Does it feel like you’re so close to taking your business to the level you dream of, but that there must be just one thing blocking you?

If so, I want to lovingly share a truth that I have found that you may not want to hear but you probably need to hear.

It was just a few years ago when my business was a very-frustrating four figure business.  I felt so stuck but my dreamer self kept imagining that financial success was just around the next corner.  When I look back on those days where I was really struggling to build my business doing what I loved most I can see just how much this dreamy “just around the corner” thinking was keeping me in struggle. 

Don’t get me wrong, being a dreamer is wonderful and is probably the very reason you even have a business in the first place, but it also can really hold you back without you even realizing and I don’t want you to stay stuck anymore! 

So bear with me as I share something that may be uncomfortable for you to face but I do this with the most love possible because I’ve been where you are and I don’t want you to be stuck.

I’ve got a quick test for you. 

What were your sales in the past 12 months in your business?

And what do you really want to be making in the next 12 months?

Here’s the thing, if the sales level you want is more than 25% of your past sales it is telling you something.  Something big.  It means that:

Your energy and consciousness must undergo a MAJOR transformation in order for you to be able to generate your next level of sales.

Do you have what it takes to do that on your own?  Here’s a test for that:  How much have your sales grown in the last 3 months over the months before that?  And does that match the % increase you are wanting to create in the next 12 months?

If not, I have to tell you that continuing as you have been likely won’t take you there.

So what’s the good news in all of this?

Miracles can happen, they definitely did for me.  My sales increased 322% in one year.

How?

I got help.  I got help from someone who was just like me but was further ahead on the path.  She knew what I didn’t, she had skills and understanding that I didn’t have.

Perhaps what you need is to increase your business and marketing skills, which is very important, but if you are feeling really stuck then you will need to focus on the inner transformation as well.  For a spiritual entrepreneur who is likely very sensitive, reaching the place of where you want to go energetically is first and foremost.  Until you get your energy in alignment with what you are trying to create, you will just sabotage yourself.

Allowing the support the Universe guides you to through mentors or programs is key.  I still do this all the time, I never stop learning and investing in myself because I know I am not just one step away from my next level, I’m constantly creating it with a lot of incredible support from those who can help me get there.

And about the money, the Universe only steps up when you do, and won’t step up UNTIL you do.  I think it’s some kind of test of faith, to know if you are really serious or not.  The first big investments I did in my business were the same amount as I had made in sales the previous year.  But what happened?  I more than tripled my sales!

Make a commitment.  Make a decision.  The 322% increase in sales came AFTER I decided I was going to make it happen, that there was no turning back.  Ask the Universe to guide you forward and to show you what support you need.  And step up to it, RECEIVE it!  You can’t go it alone if you really want to make that leap in your business, it will take FAR too long and really, how long do you want it to take?

Step up and as soon as you do, as soon as you ask for support and are willing to give it to yourself the Universe will know you’re serious and the accelerated path will then be before you.

Tired of being seriously stuck in your business, held back from what you KNOW it is meant to be?  Feeling like a fraud knowing you ARE meant to succeed even though the evidence would say otherwise?

Then I’ve got a gift for you, this week I shared some powerful secrets in a teleseminar that have helped me break out of being totally stuck in my business and I want you to know them too.  The live call is over but you can receive the recording by clicking here:

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© 2010 Fia Crandall

I don’t know how many times I see people holding back from taking chances on themselves, from taking actions that could open up their lives in the way the Universe is so lovingly guiding them to.

And I get it.  “What if I try it and I fail?”, “What if I’m not as good as I think I am”, “Who do I think I am going for something so amazing?”, “What if I put myself out there and people don’t like me?”, “I’m doing alright going at my own pace here, I don’t need help”.

I do get it, it can seem scary.  But what you don’t realize is that until you step up for yourself the Universe can’t step up for you. Until you step up and take action on what the Universe has brought you as your next step, things will not be “stepped up” in your life.

Have you been having ideas then somehow an opportunity came to you to step up and say yes to, a chance to take action on your ideas?  Can you see how it was no accident… how you attracted it into your life at the exact right time?  And most importantly:  Did you say yes and step up to it?

It’s such an old, worn-out consciousness that says we have to do it all alone and that we have to have it all planned out to “do it right”.  It’s just not true.

The Universe is always bringing you the support you need.

You aren’t born knowing everything you need  to know.  You’re born with gifts but perhaps there’s fear in the way that you weren’t born knowing how to deal with.  Perhaps you have gifts but you do not know how to bring those out to the world in a way that has you succeeding.

Trying to do it all yourself is exhausting, I know, I’ve been there.  I used to struggle with getting my work out to the world.  I thought knowing about the Law of Attraction and  spiritual principles was enough for what I wanted to become reality.  But it wasn’t.   And so I struggled for quite a while with this.

The thing is, if you want shortcuts, the Universe will bring them to you, probably ALREADY is bringing them to you.  But if you’re just trying to figure it all out yourself, you’ll be given what you need to continue struggling.

I finally reached a point where enough was enough and I finally admitted that I couldn’t do it alone.  Inside I was asking for help.  And soon enough, it came.  And while it seemed like such a leap at the time, and I had so many doubts and fears coming up… there was something deeper calling me to step up.  A feeling deep within that says “this is for you”.

And you know what?  It WAS for me.  It came at the EXACT right time.  And I stepped up for myself and for the life I really wanted.

And this action of stepping up for myself and my life made all of the difference.  I did get what I needed, and everything changed in awesome ways that were so needed.

If there is something calling you to step up and take action to support yourself, if there is a deep inner knowing within you that says “this is for you”.  Follow it.  It’s the Universe bringing you exactly what YOU need, exactly what you have been quietly asking for, YOUR shortcut.

© 2010 Fia Crandall

Are you feeling like you need to make a change but fear what might happen if you actually go through with it? Feeling called to take a “leap” even if it doesn’t make sense to those around you?

I have been there a few times and have learned some important things that have changed the way I view these changes and I’d love to share them with you.  If you find yourself at a crossroads, afraid of doing what you know in your heart you are meant to do, I hope this opens your eyes and heart to a more supportive way.

I am finding myself at yet another “cliff” in my life.  And as I make my way to take my leap I am realizing a lot about the logic I operate by without even thinking about it, which is very different than the normal logic we are shown in our society.  I want to share with you about what I am calling the “new logic”, what I have found is much more realistic than the normal left-brained logic our society has conditioned us to use.

Let me share with you a story from my own life to show an example of how the “new logic” can work.

A few years ago I was trying so hard to build my business, yet couldn’t seem to bring it to the point where it could fully support me.  I was doing this work I loved full time but was primarily financially supported by my partner at the time.  After working on and sharing a new process on overcoming fear with my clients, I suddenly found myself realizing that the relationship I was in was no longer right for me.

Now the old logic kicks in to say “you can’t live on what you make, you’ll have to go back to your Engineering job”, but there was something deeper telling me otherwise.  I was not willing to go back to my old career and I truly did believe that the Universe didn’t want me to either.

So I did something that seemed “logical” to me, but to others around me may have seemed crazy.

I made a choice.

I left a situation that was no longer right for me.

I chose to believe in myself, I chose to believe, 100% that I could support myself, to believe, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that I could really do it.

I chose to believe in myself and did whatever it took to back up that intention with serious action and support.

And the brief summary of what happened after that…  A business program came along that I felt so connected to and although I was scared and it was a significant investment, it felt right so I signed up.  I ended up staying with family for 5 months and in that time, brought my business to a whole new level.

Within 5 months I was able to support myself and move out.

And the amazing result that could not have been predicted by regular logic?  That year my sales increased by 322% over the previous year before I had made this change.  I was able to support myself.

Unbelievable.  Now I’ll be honest to say that this leap of faith experience was certainly not the easiest time of my life, in fact it was quite challenging on all levels, was uncomfortable at times and stretched me beyond what I could have imagined.  But I wouldn’t have traded it for anything else.  This experience helped me grow into who I needed to be.

So what can you learn from this experience?

#1  The logic of the Universe is not the same as the normal logic in our society

It is not logical in our society to have a 322% increase in sales.  I heard in a business training course once that it is normal to have a fifteen percent increase in sales.  I’ve had that “normal” increase in sales in the middle of a recession, now is that logical?  Not to the rest of the world but to me it is absolutely my truth, my reality.

You want to start small to become in tune with the logic of the Universe.  You do this when you check within for your answers and take action on it, rather than just going by the normal logic.

Listen within.  This skill and your confidence in using it will develop over time ONLY when you use it!  Faith is like a muscle that grows only when you use it.  Start small to begin building this muscle for yourself.

#2  Sometimes your circumstances can’t change until you step up

Sometimes what is happening in your life that needs a change is impacting your energy so much that you literally must make that change BEFORE what you want to happen can possibly happen.  There are some lessons that simply can’t be learned until you put yourself in that uncomfortable place of the new and unknown.

I have come to see that the Universe steps up when you do.  And even more than that, the Universe WON’T step up UNTIL you do.  The very things you want to change or are wishing were better might not change until you step up in a new way that you are being guided to and may have been avoiding because it scares you.

EVERY time I am brought to the edge of a cliff in my life I know it is with great purpose.  And I realize that it is likely something I must do to become who I do not yet know I can be.

Your new reality requires a new, evolved you to live it.

Who might you become if you make your leap of true faith guided by your deeper self instead of stopping yourself by the tired old logic that keeps you small?  Start now with a small leap of faith backed by guided action and belief in yourself.