Mindset of High Achievers: Lessons from Fire-Walking

by | Jul 15, 2019 | Journal, Mindset | 0 comments

How high achievers think
Building a business is a walk on fire. Learn my Top 3 Lessons from fire-walking, and what it has taught me about developing a success mindset as an entrepreneur.
You’re in the right place if:
  • These tips are for you if you have goals to reach and need motivation.
  • These tips are for you if you have one struggle after another that pops up and you just can’t seems to hit that next level.
  • These tips are for you if you struggle with fear and doubt in your business.
  • These tips are for you if you work and work, but feel like it is always one step forward and two steps back. 

It was 1 am on a Thursday night, and all I could think was “What the hell was I doing?”  

 

It was the first night of my 4 day experience at Tony Robbin’s Unleash the Power Within Seminar. This was the night we would walk on fire.
 
My mind was screaming at me. It was trying to protect me from possible danger. That’s it’s job, right!
 
However, I wasn’t letting my primal brain decide how this event was going to go. I was choosing this.
 
Luckily, Tony prepared us all with some extensive mindset work, before it was time.
 
When it was my turn, I stepped up on the grass and suddenly all the doubts and reasons not to do the walk over the hot coals, came rushing back in.
 
However, I had already told my husband, my business coach, and my friends I was going to do this. Plus, I wanted to do this. I knew I could. After all, I have given birth naturally. I knew this wouldn’t be anything like that.
 
So I took my deep breath and made my move (UPW friends, “MAKE YOUR MOVE”). I stepped quickly across the 1000º F coals and then celebrated like an olympic gold medalist on the other side.
 
I had done it. I was a fire-walker.
 
You might be thinking… I was crazy, but let me share with you my lessons from walking the fire walk.

Lesson 1:  The fire-walk is giant metaphor for achieving goals.

Friend, when we set a goal obstacles come up. Always! But when we keep stepping forward we will reach the destination.
 
The thing with the fire-walk is once you step on you will keep on stepping. There is not pausing or going slow with doubt. Once you step on you move with purpose and get your ass to the other side.
 
So often we set goals and then we let fear and doubt creep in. This pauses our progress. This slows our progression. That is why on paper the goal looks like it should only take 6 months, but 2 years later you are still working on it.
 
So I learned to attack my goals, like a fire-walker. Move swiftly and with purpose. The quicker the better.

LESSON 2:  The fire-walk taught me look at where I am going and not where I am.

 
Here is the deal. When you step on to those hot coals, you don’t look down. Your eyes are looking up toward the people at the end of the row. The focus is on where you are going.
 
Not once do you look down. Why? Because that is when the fear and doubt would sneak back in and start to trip you up or cause you panic. The last thing you want while passing over the flames is to pause and start thinking too much.
 
Panic, fear and doubt will be not help to you while you are walking on the embers. It would serve no positive purpose. NOT ONE! It is simply get your ass across the fire time. So you keep your eyes looking forward at the goal (the people at the end that are cheering you on) and keep stepping forward with intent and purpose.

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THIRD (most importantly):  Mindset work is key to success.

 

Friend, I know you can imagine that in order to make that initial step on to the coals, you have to be in the right state of mind for it.
 
You can’t be in fear, or doubt, you have to be in certainty that you can make it across the bed of fire quickly and be safely.
 
To prepare for this we spent time visualizing the experience. We visualized the success at the end, the celebration we would make, the feeling of excitement that we would feel. We learned the technique for walking quickly with intent. We learned what to do when we stepped off the coals before we celebrated.
 
The focus was on showing the mind the experience before we moved into action.
 
Think of it like a using a GPS app. Once you see where to go on the map you can look around and easily spot real life the roads you are traveling on. It paves the way for you mind to make the connections to successfully do the activity.
 
This is a skill we can use with other goals that we set. Visualizing the outcome (for biggest impact in color, close up and like a movie), and learning the skills needed to do the activity is key.
 
For example if you are wanting to speak in public, learn the skills you need, practice them, and then visualize the experience in as much detail as possible. It will set you up for success. That way when you get to the point of speaking, your brain, is like, “We have done this before. We got this.”

Conclusion:

So, friends in short my experience walking the fire, is all about mindset. You have to prepare your mind, step forward with purpose and intent, and and keep your eyes on the end goal. If you take that to other areas of your life. You will see your success unleashed.

Next Steps:

What part of today’s blog spoke to you?  Go with your gut.  The part of you when you were reading that said… yep that is me.

Ready to learn more about unleashing your success?

I’ve helped women entrepreneurs like you learn all about ending the mental stress and struggles that comes with building a business, so you can:

  • Feel confident in your choices and decisions for your life and business.
  • Develop a step by step plan and get unstuck, so you can renew your mindset, stop stressing, and finally get stuff done.
  • Feel focused and more confident as you show the world you do have what it takes.
  • Experience a more balanced life and renew your mind, so you can feel like the best version of yourself in both business and your family.

Now is your time to make your dreams a reality!

Truth is that building a strong confident mindset, reducing stress, and learning to anchor habits into long term actions is the KEY to building a money making business.

 

Here is what you do…

When you are ready for a step by step system to actually reach your goals you will do what it takes.  It’s time to open yourself up for unlimited possibilities.  Unleash your success and step in to your greatness my friend!

Until Next week.  Go grab your dreams and don’t let go.

XOXO,

Angela

Angela Naumann 

Life Coach to the Female Entrepreneur that is ready to transform her life!

About Me

 Welcome!

Congratulations on deciding to reach for your dreams.  It’s your time!  I am so excited that you are showing up for yourself by reading my blog.   It is my hope that my blog posts will inspire you and give you simple practical steps to rock your best life.  

Who is this blog for: 

  • Women that are working hard to grow their online business.
  • They have a product or service that they have created and they are working to bring it to the world.
  • Women that are setting goals, but are struggling to make them become a reality.
  • Women that although the are go getters and do all the right things, they have some mindset issues or limiting beliefs that seem to be holding them back.
  • Women that are want to transform their life and business, and Sister, they are willing to chase the moon to do it.
  • Women that sometimes get stressed and overwhelmed to the point that their personal life and business seem to suffer.
  • Women that are determined to not stay in that stress and overwhelm, but are ready to uncover what is holding them back so they can move forward.
  • Women that may have some old habits they want to break, and in turn build new habits that will last.

Who am I?

I am Angela Naumann, boymom, bookie nerd, and amateur wine taster. I’ve been married for over 20 years and love to go on adventures with my family. 

After 20+ years of my own entrepreneurial and personal growth journey, I became a life coach for women that sometimes needed a “Yoda” in their life. 

I help the female entrepreneur that is setting big audacious goals, but struggling to make them a reality.  Which leaves them feeling stressed out, not getting stuff done, wondering how to balance life while not be a moody witch. 

With a practical step by step strategy, I guide you to uncover what is stopping you, build confidence with a step by step system that is unique to them and their business So, they can uplevel their life and unleash their success.  Basically together we unleash your success!!

I’m excited to be on this journey with you!  

XOXO,

Angela Naumann

Meet Me

What people are saying….

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I had my first call with Angela. I’d had group coaching calls for programs that I was in before, but I’d never had a 1-on-1 call with a life coach.  From the start, Angela and I hit it off, there was no awkwardness for either of us and, from my perspective I didn’t feel guarded at all (which isn’t typical for me).

We got to know each other a bit and then dove into the questions. Many of these questions are questions that I’d heard before, and some I’ve even asked myself and journaled on, but Angela knew just the right way to ask the next level of those questions to get things to “click”.  In just an hour together I had so many take-aways and 2 pages of notes!!

I was literally holding back tears (the good kind) because I FINALLY felt a relief – or freedom – that I didn’t even know was missing. In the few days after our call, because of our call, I had some amazing breakthroughs that have already contributed to me leveling up in my life and my business.

If you’re stuck, if you’re spinning your wheels like I was, I recommend working with Angela. She not only knows the entrepreneurial life herself, but she’s got the credentials and knowledge on the coaching side of things to help you get through those limiting beliefs, set some big goals, take action to achieve those goals, and next-level your life.

Natalie

Online Entrepreneur

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