You hear mindset touted a lot in the entrepreneur space.

And it’s easy to dismiss.

It seems like a luxury.

“Mindset? Ha! I’ll focus on feeding my family and paying bills first, then I can get woo-woo in my next steps.”

AKA: “I’ll deal with that once I get the income I need.”

But the fact is, mindset IS the wall between you and the income you want.

Behind the scenes, I have battled with anxiety, uncertainty, fear, and simply not knowing what the heck I’m doing.

I was 25 when I became a widow. I had no job, no place to live, and an unclear future.

I could have given up. And no one would have blamed me.

I was 8 months pregnant when our CEO and my business mentor fled the country with my life savings.

I could have quit. And no one would have faulted me.

I was 36 when I decided to completely uproot my life, sell everything I owned, and live as a global nomad to financially support my husband and toddler in tow for 4 years.

I could have failed, and no one would have felt sorry for me.

The biggest battle I ever had, was the one within myself.

• The belief that I could keep going.
• The belief that I could figure it out.
• The belief that there was something powerful and beautiful on the other side.
• The belief that it was worth it.

Sometimes we choose our hard, other times it’s chosen for us.

We don’t have control over anything.

But we do have power.

• We have the power to choose our reaction.
• We have the power to choose our perception.
• We have the power to choose our resilience.

I have created a life that provides for my family.

I have created a life that allows us to travel often and buy the things we want.

I have created a life where I get to choose how to spend my time.

Not because I have a set of magic blueprints or secret hacks to success…

Because I’ve invested and continue to invest an incredible amount of time, effort (and yes, money) in healing, in digging, in affirmations, visualization, journaling, time design, setting the tone for my day, taking time for myself, resting, learning, moving from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset, and all the things that allow me to work past setbacks and learn from failures rather than be defeated by them.

As entrepreneurs, we often focus on the practical steps we need to take to build a successful. business, but it’s not just about the “stuff you do”, it’s about the battles you face within yourself.

Mindset is one of the most crucial keys to getting what we want. It’s not a “later” thing, it’s essential now. It determines whether we’ll overcome the inevitable changes life brings our way. 

By investing in ourselves, learning, healing, and growing, we can move past our fears and uncertainties and develop the resilience we need to succeed.

As Napoleon Hill once said, “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” 

Remember, we don’t have control over anything, but we do have power. So, let’s use it to believe in ourselves, invest in our mindset, and overcome what shakes us so we can rise up to where we belong.