Mindset

“Scarcity is the “lens” through which most of us look at life, ourselves and our problems – in fact, scarcity is the dominant paradigm of our society and culture. It is this “scarcity lens” that actually prevents us from finding the abundance we seek.” Teresa Romain

Therefore you won’t find prosperity by looking for it through the “lens” of scarcity!

YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR LENS!

It’s amazing how little we think of ourselves. We think that no matter what we do, someone else will do it better, make more money, and be more successful than we will ever be.

With thoughts like these, who needs enemies?

This is a good point to bring up the idea of the scarcity mindset. We all do it to a certain extent, and it’s exactly what’s limiting us in our desire to be more prosperous, richer, thinner and having a profitable business even. Deep down, we keep telling ourselves that we just CAN’T do these things.

Now, that’s just not helping!

But let’s talk about what you already have. This might be physical things or monetary figures or even just your family. Take some time to sit down and list all of the things that you already have in your life and your business. And this includes the little things like a good water heater that never runs out even after the entire family has taken hot showers. This could be how many clients you have.

Everything.

We all have things that we wouldn’t even consider as something important or something to be grateful for. And that’s what’s holding us back from feeling that we deserve more.

We can’t get more if we think that we don’t deserve to have it. And thinking that we always have too little or ‘not enough’ keeps us in the scarcity mindset. Hence, why you’re writing down what you already have.

But, I can already hear you say, if I already think that I have a lot, doesn’t that mean that I won’t believe that I need anymore? Read the rest of this entry »