Tom, this is sort of in response to your latest blog.
Keep talking, we're listening. This is good stuff. I know that it's helping me to move forward. Some of us have lots of issues :) - you know, you could actually have fear of failure and fear of success all wrapped up in one body.
But you'd be proud of me. I am taking your advice and "Failing Forward Fast". I made myself a checklist of what must be done to take that first client and am clearing it fast. For some reason every time I take the steps to move forward the Universe just takes 4 more for me. I know it's that Law of Attraction and the Art of Allowing stuff I keep doing. I love it and I hate it.
So, yesterday, I had scheduled the fire inspection at my office (needed for business license - checking off my list fast) and the massage therapist is there who I rent from, and she says she is ready for me to hypnotize her (exchange of services) for exercise motivation. And I think, okay, that should be pretty easy. So I say I'm ready, let's schedule you.... (she is very excited that I am there but wants to experience it herself before she can wholeheartedly recommend me to her clients.) So everything is good until...
Then she says that she also wants me to hypnotize her 12 year old for 1. thumb sucking and 2. for losing control when she plays poorly in sports. Of course, I say. "Children are so easy to hypnotize, it's very successful with children, I'm looking forward to helping her." Now, I'm thinking, "okay, never hypnotized a child before and these sound like kind of tough issues." (yep, fear is setting in).
Then her client comes in while I am there and of course, I am very good at talking about how great hypnosis is, so she is interested in me hypnotizing her husband for his golf game. So I say, "sure no problem, that's really easy." But I'm thinking, "I know nothing about golf, and haven't even looked at a sports script yet." Now at this point, I'm still smiling but yep, more fear. I'm pulling back on those reins, thinking, whoa... Then she says, she would like to be hypnotized too and I was thanking God at that point that she had to go in for her appointment.
So, now, I'm practicing my "what ifs"....
(I learned this from the book "The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent"
What if... I am so successful when I hypnotize the massage therapist and her daughter that she praises me so much to her clients that I get lots of business right away from her.
What if... I find hypnotizing children is easy and I really help her daughter.
What if... every time I hypnotize someone it goes great and it gets easier and easier
What if... after I post this I get some great advice from some awesome hypnotists out there which results in every one of the previously mentioned sessions being highly successful.
What if.. I find out it's really not that hard hypnotizing people and I just happen to be really great at it!
So, Tom, thanks, I'm "failing forward fast" .
Sherrie
"just loving life"
