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Grieving your mindset during entrepreneurial mindset change?
Written by: Samantha CookArticle Overview: Does your mind need to grieve your previous mindset before being able to be successful in your business?
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Grieving your mindset during entrepreneurial mindset change?
I was thinking; letting my mind wonder in the pasture of ideas when
something hit me! I had to grieve for my old life / thinking / mindset
before I have been able to move into becoming an entrepreneur.
Just
a short while ago I was part of the school of thought that if you have
a good career, work hard and pay your dues you will be able to have
financial freedom. I truly believed that by paying those dues to the
corporate world and giving the monster a majority of my life at some
point I would get to live "the good life". This was no small thought
since I was in Human Resources, I didn't just drink the Corporate
Kool-Aid; I MADE the Kool-aid...Whoa - mind blowing!
When I left my
HR director position; I was a mess. I was exhausted, sick and just not
who I used to be; a happy bubbly personality that loves to see people
happy. I realized that I was in shock, the realization that having the
"perfect career" was not going to give me the life that I wanted and
subconsciously I knew that I deserved more and not having it had made
me a person that I knew not. Shock being the first stage of grief, it
was just the beginning.
The next step was the pain and guilt, as
you can imagine after you make the Kool-aid the loyalty that I felt to
the corporate made me feel like I had horribly disappointed my
"parents". I went through a time that if I tried to work on my
business, I felt that I was "cheating" on my previous employer. Crazy?
Yes!
Third was the anger and bargaining. The anger and
bargaining were directed internally, I felt that I had just threw away
my career! Bargaining with myself that if I just do this for a little
while, until I get back on my feet, then I will go back to HR. Talk
about self-sabotage and fear of success in my business. At least by
this point, I was not talking myself into going back into the same
corporation that I had just left.
Depending on who you talk to some
people believe that there are 5 stages of grief, I have also heard of
up to 7 stages of grief. The other two steps being adjusting to life
and reconstruction of life, these two steps were a part of my process
to become an entrepreneur. This is where I took my training to the
next level, my commitment to that next stage. This is where I started
feeling the "how could I ever go back to a boss? How could I go back
to someone telling me what to do, where to be and when? This is a
common stage with those who have moved from an employee state of mind
to a small business / entrepreneurial thought process. Some people
call it the unemployable mentality.
The final stage is
acceptance, you can also think of this as your beginning stage for your
new mindset.. Your mind, body and spirit have accepted that you are an
entrepreneur and are ready to move forward.
Best of Success to you!
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About the Author: Samantha Cook RSS for Samantha's articles - Visit Samantha's website <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Samantha-Cook/1593292076">Samantha Cook</a> is a prior HR Professional turned Internet Marketer who resides in Las Vegas, NV. Samantha enjoys playing tennis, hiking, movies and spending time with her family and friends. Click here to visit Samantha's website Empowerment keep your power Grieving your mindset during entrepreneurial mindset change Time management in network internet marketing Do you put your living on hold Why is Internet Marketing such a hard business |
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