Why We Feel Held Back

How many of these do you recognize?

  • Issues related to time (working too many hours, time management challenges, too many other time demands)
  • Issues related to money (no start-up capital, inadequate monthly income, debt)
  • Work/ family considerations and constraints
  • Concerns about the global economic situation
  • Self-sabotage  / limiting beliefs/ trapped in old thought patterns/ negative self-talk
  • Lack of guidance/ direction/ no clear “roadmap” 
  • Lack of technical know-how / not feeling qualified / not having ideal credentials
  • Lack of knowledge of business basics
  • Resistance to the idea of marketing and sales
  • Not knowing where to find clients/ how to get my name out / how to get my message out
  • Challenges with pricing/ discounting services / not charging what I’m worth
  • Confidence/ self-esteem / ”not good enough” issues
  • Fear of letting go of current income source (job)
  • Sense of struggle / caught up in a “hamster wheel” / belief that it shouldn’t be this hard
  • Partnership issues / ineffective teams / lack of “team”
  • Lack of support for vision/ overwhelmed by size of vision / lack of practice “dreaming big”
  • Feel it may not be practical to try to create work based on my passion
  • Lack of passion/ lack of purpose / can’t stand work anymore because my heart is not in it
  • Lack of motivation/ lack of discipline / inconsistent actions/ procrastination/ distractions
  • No idea how to get started / staying in the “learning” phase / putting off concrete action 
  • Keeping up long-term momentum (getting started and then getting “stalled”)
  • Sense of “over -responsibility” / self-sacrifice/ putting other peoples’ needs first 
  • Scattered energy / juggling conflicting priorities 
  • Too many ideas/ going in too many directions / lack of focus / perfectionism
  • Fear of rejection / fear of failure / guilt over previous “failures”
  • Fear of competition / not sure if my service is “valuable” enough
  • Tired / frustrated / disenchanted / burned out
  • Lack of or inefficient systems
  • Can’t hold image of “success”
  • Feeling resistance to making a lot of money (as a spiritual conflict)

 

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* Extrapolated from a survey of over 700 business owners at: http://budurl.com/sabcsurvey