What does it mean to have an abundance mindset?

I strongly believe if you want to live your best, joyful, harmonious and impactful life while you are on this earth then it is important that you adopt an abundance mindset and give up scarcity mindset.

What exactly is the abundance and scarcity mindset?

An abundance mindset is a view of the world and belief that there are more than enough resources for everyone and the universal pie is always expanding 
 
The scarcity mindset is a view of the world and belief that there are not enough resources for everyone and the universal pie is always shrinking.

What Causes a Scarcity instead of abundance Mindset?

Most people have been unconsciously conditioned by their parents, guardians, friends and society to live with a scarcity mindset. 
 
If you grew up hearing statements like “We don’t have enough… and we cannot afford this…” then the chances are very high that you have a scarcity mindset programming running your life and you make all your decisions from the perspective of not having enough.

How can you have the mindset of abundance vs scarcity in your business?

Start a business that you love

Discover your purpose and start a purpose-driven business that you love, offering products and services that help transform lives, while utilizing and sharing your unique God-given gifts and talents.

Customers

Know and believe that are more than enough customers for you and everyone else instead of believing that there are fixed customers. 
 
They will buy from you because they resonate with your message more or they may buy from more than one person. 
 
It is okay to have a polarizing message and attract the customers who need your products versus trying to have an offer and message that speaks to everyone and attracts and serves no one.
 
Cut ties with bad customers who do not resonate with your company’s vision, brand and do not respect your rules and values.

See Opportunities

Know that there is no saturation of a market. Just because someone is already selling similar products and services does not mean that you cannot sell the same thing. 
 
Look at it as proof of market and concept and put your focus on solving problems for others, giving and adding value, creating and offering both beneficial and transformational products, as well as services.

Invest

Instead of shrinking your expenses to find money, learn to grow your investments by earning money and cash flow via multiple streams of income.
 
Invest money and time in tools, resources and hiring a team so that you can add automation to your business so that you can scale, serve, and impact more people all around the world. 

Growth

Hire coaches, mentors and commit to investing in lifetime growth via books, courses and etc. 
 
This will enable you to constantly have material to teach, share, innovate your offers, services, products and serve people in a bigger and better way.
 
Invest in your team’s growth, give them credit for good work, promote and celebrate their achievements and successes. 
 
Create an environment and culture of trust, openness and transparency.

Collaborate

Collaborate and create joint venture partnerships with others in order to serve your customers in a bigger and better way instead of comparing yourself to them, feeling jealous of their success, being suspicious of their motives and competing with them.  
 
Always create win/win solutions for your partners, team members and customers. 

10 Ways to develop an abundance mindset

Practice Gratitude

A daily habit of practicing gratitude is the key to unlocking abundance, happiness and well-being in your life. Think or write in a journal all the things you appreciate about yourself, your unique gifts, strengths, relationships and all the other things in life that you have been blessed with to enjoy.

Take Responsibility

Know that you create your life from the inside out. Your outer results reflect your inner identity, beliefs and thoughts which then determine your feelings, behaviour, actions, habits, results and destiny.
 
Decide and create a vision of who you want to be and what you want your life to look like in the future. Focus on goals and small, achievable steps to get there.
 
Take responsibility for your life and business and do not blame others for your results and outcomes.
 
Create joyful, memorable and meaningful life experiences.

Believe that your life has infinite potential and possibilities 

Train your mind to see expansion and possibilities for your life. Practice meditation and spend some time in silence in order to be able to become aware of opportunities and possibilities for you.
 
Try implementing different opportunities and know that there is no such thing as failure, it is only feedback for better possibilities.
     
Trust in the universal timing and do not get attached to the exact desired outcomes. Focus on the process, growth, building confidence, and a better possible unimagined outcome from the Universe.

Surround yourself with people and an environment that cultivates abundance

Seek and surround yourself with committed, self-aware, positive and abundance-minded people who can celebrate you, cheer you on and keep you accountable with your big goals.
 
Also, try spending some time out in nature and be reminded of its unconditional and abundant giving. 
 
For example, the trees are always giving oxygen and never running out, and the sun’s light is always shining on everyone and providing warmth without ever getting depleted.

Share your Passion and Purpose

Increase your self-confidence and self-beliefs by sharing your unique gifts and talents and provide value by serving those who would benefit the most through your work or business.

Grow and expand

Make learning and growing a daily practice in your life. Know that you do not know everything about topics you may have mastered. Love of learning and resilience is essential for great accomplishments.
 
Experience something new and uncomfortable in order to maintain an attitude of openness, enthusiasm, and willingness to override existing preconceptions.

Take care of your body

In order to feel confident, happy, and abundant, it is important that you take care of your body. 

Eat correctly and fuel and nourish your body for vitality. Sleep well (7-8 hours), stay hydrated, meditate and exercise daily, take some time to rest, relax, think, and rejuvenate. These factors greatly contribute to your mental/emotional health. 

Do more of what you love

Schedule some time daily doing what gives you joy and what you absolutely love doing. 
 
Time is the most important resource and the more disciplined you are in scheduling what is important to you, the fewer regrets you will have when it is time to go.

Notice the good

The human brain is wired to see what is wrong in order to survive in our past history. 
 
The next time you have a problem, reframe it by trying to find a positive perspective of it. For example, ask yourself: “How is this serving me, or what lessons could this be teaching me?”

Say daily affirmations

Saying daily affirmations can reduce stress and shift mentality from scarcity to abundance even though it may not feel natural at first.

Final Thought

As discussed, you are now aware of what it means to have an abundance mindset, where scarcity mindset comes from, how to have an abundance mindset in your business, and ways to create an abundance mindset.
 
Start implementing the abundance mindset strategies mentioned and start creating and living your best life instead of living with a scarcity mindset that does not serve your higher self.
 
If you are ready to share your unique gifts with others and start a purpose-driven business that you love, then download the 3 secrets below. 

How Self-doubt And Fear Keeps You Stuck

All of us, at some point, have wondered what life would look like if we were living the very best life that we desire and always dreamed of. Unfortunately, most people do not live their very best lives because of fears and self-doubts.
 
Let’s explore what exactly fear and self-doubt do to people, where it came from and what we can do about it.
 
Fears and self-doubt are the biggest obstacles that keep people stuck and settling for a life of mediocrity instead of living their best life while here on earth. 
 
They paralyze people and prevent them from living the healthy, authentic, harmonious, meaningful, purposeful, abundant and impactful life that they desire and are here to live. 
 
Specifically, they prevent people from dreaming big, experiencing life to the fullest, saying yes to opportunities to grow, starting purpose-driven businesses and serving others in ways that only they can with their unique gifts given to them by their creator. 

What Are Fears And Self-doubts?

Fear protects us from the unknown, unsafe, new or uncomfortable situations. It is also an unpleasant emotion we feel in anticipation or awareness of something that seems dangerous.
 
Fears come in many forms like self-doubt, procrastination, perfectionism, resistance, insecurity and a most common fear of failure
 
Self-doubt specifically is a lack of belief and confidence in our abilities, decisions and actions. It is caused by fear and stops us from taking action towards something with an unknown outcome. 
 
It is associated with anxiety, depression, procrastination or lack of motivation, emotional instability, low self-esteem, low self-confidence, difficulty making decisions, and feeling that one has little control over one’s life.

Common Causes Of Fear And Self-doubt

Childhood And Upbringing

What we hear, see, experience, model and internalize as a child shapes our personalities and impacts who we become as adults. 
 
It is inevitable that you would experience fears and self-doubt if you were raised by parents or other guardians who were not awakened and constantly said statements like “you are to be seen not heard, you are not going to amount to much, you are just like so and so and they did not amount to much”. 
 
They also did not accept you for who you are, compared you to your siblings and told you that you were not good enough.  
 
You will also experience fears and self-doubt if you went to a school that labelled you and judged students’ success in life based on the grades they received and did not value each child’s learning style and natural genius in subjects that they were good in that are not considered valued by the school.
 
Exposure to all this negative messaging can lead to a life full of fears, self-doubt and an internalized habit of not believing and trusting oneself and questioning self-worth. 

Past Experiences And Mistakes

Past mistakes like having certain addictions, bad habits, and unpleasant experiences like abusive situations, shame, abandonment, and betrayal can shake our beliefs and can have a huge impact on how we react to life situations and whether or not we trust ourselves and take calculated risks required to live a successful life.

Comparing Ourselves To Others

It is very easy for us to feel like we are not enough, not value what we have and constantly compete, compare ourselves to others, and envy others’ lives especially today in the world of social media. 
 
We constantly believe that we can’t do it the way someone else does it. We gauge our success and failure by the norm which is set by others.

Attachment To A Particular Outcome

Fear of failing is one of the biggest reasons we get paralyzed and close ourselves off to all other possibilities. 
 
The joy of the endeavour becomes masked with fear if you are not open to failure.

New Challenges

The fear of the unknown is normal as we have no experience with the challenge and do not know how to handle it.
 
Fear can arise out of unexpected and unwelcome circumstances like a frightening diagnosis, a financial setback, a relationship ending, etc.

How To Overcome Self-doubt And Fear?

Know Who You Are

Despite what you heard as a child always remember that you are a spiritual being having a temporary human experience. 
 
You are an infinite creative force with unlimited possibilities. You are abundance, joy, love, peace, compassion, and wellbeing by nature. 
 
You create your reality and experiences and there is nothing you cannot be, do, and have. 

You developed limiting beliefs about your self-worth and how much money you are capable of earning. These beliefs sabotage you from your true potential of abundance and infinite possibilities. Abundance is your birthright.
 
You choose your personality traits and beliefs when you were a child and now that you know as a conscious being, you can choose to stop believing in these sabotaging beliefs from running your life. 
 
Your programming has led you to form beliefs that then guide your thoughts which then guide your feelings which then guide your actions which then guide your habits which then lead to results and your destiny. It is hard to be aware of the above-mentioned because this process takes place in your subconscious mind.
 
You have created the results that you currently have in your life by your thoughts and beliefs. You experience life as who you are. You get what you think about. Your inner life determines your results in your outer life.
 
The good news is that now that you are aware of who you truly are, a limitless formless soul with a body you can now be empowered to take 100% responsibility for your life and live an authentically powered life guided by your soul and let go of old ways of thinking. 
 
If you are committed and willing then there is nothing that will be impossible for you to attain.
 
You can no longer live your life as a victim, blaming, complaining and justifying why you cannot achieve what you want in life. You can change the programming. 
 
When you listen to the call of your soul you move towards growth, self-love, spirituality, greater fulfillment and living in alignment with your higher self. If you do not listen your emotional and physical health both suffer.
 
Rediscover your original nature which is sincerity, generosity, service, kindness, compassion, peace, joy, and reverence for all living things. Alignment is awareness in action. 
 
Catch and stop the negative habitual thoughts that do not serve you and are not for your and other’s greater good.
 
You can now choose to live your life consciously and be fully present in every moment of your day. Remove judgement and resistance from what is happening. 
 
When you blame, justify, and explain, you negate your capabilities.
 
Take the time every day to contemplate, think and meditate. What you focus upon expands. Your soul can only open to guidance if you learn to sit in silence alone. Align your thinking to your creator. Heath, success and happiness will flow into your life.
 
Align with your passion, purpose and soul’s calling. Invest in your growth, serve others by starting a purpose-driven business that you love. 
 
Your emotions and feelings serve as indicators of whether you are aligned with the source in any given moment or not. 
 
It is important to be aware that whenever you feel love, joy, peace, and abundance, you are more likely aligned with your creator. However, when you feel anger, jealousy, fear, and doubts, you are misaligned.

Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway

Fear is a very common emotion when you are changing, growing and transforming beyond your comfort zone.  Its main purpose is to keep you safe and comfortable. 
 
In our history as human beings, real threats were much more prevalent and the fear response in our brain helped us survive and kept us alive. 
 
Today, this fear response in the brain wants to protect you from uncertainty. It realizes that the new and unfamiliar situations pose the biggest threats, so it will create a sensation like anxiety, doubts, and worry to dissuade you from doing things with an unknown outcome.
 
Fear wants you to stay the same because it is familiar and safe and so it will sabotage you from participating in things that can change your life for the better.
 
You need to anticipate the resistance you feel whenever you approach the edge of your comfort zone in pursuit of your growth.
 
It can be paralyzing you to seize an epic opportunity that could transform your business and impact. 
 
Without assigning judgement to yourself acknowledge that fear is present.
 
Then thank it for trying to keep you safe. It detects threats to your comfort and safety.
 
Assess the situation and if there is no real threat to your body just to your old habits and beliefs then you know it is not justified and overreacting.
 
You will have to leave behind old habits and ways of thinking and learn new beliefs and take big, bold actions towards the life of your dreams.

Acknowledge Past Experiences And Mistakes That Served You

Always remember all the past experiences that served you and happened to teach you lessons. Life always happens for you, not to you.
 
Identify what lessons you have learnt from your past mistakes and how you can help someone else so they do not have to go through these same challenges.

Take Action

Constantly overthinking the what-ifs and about your fears and doubts without taking action magnifies them. 
 
Set a small goal and wins and start taking tiny actions out of your comfort zone before you have a chance to talk yourself out of it.
 
Find situations related to your fear and doubts that are mildly uncomfortable and do them.
 
Know and embrace failure as feedback.
 
Remember all the successes you have experienced so far by taking consistent action and used them to boost your confidence.
 
See other’s success as proof of concept and acknowledgement that you can achieve the same results too.

Seek And Connect To Like-Minded People

Invest in a coach and community of like-minded people who can help you accomplish your dreams and goals. You are worthy enough. You can borrow their courage. Together we can accomplish sooo much more and change and impact this world for good.
 
In conclusion, imagine what life would be like if you could overcome all your fears and self-doubts.
 
What new opportunities would open up to you? 
 
Challenge yourself so that you can face your fears and doubts and live your life to reach all your desired outcomes.
 
Click the button below if you are ready to move beyond your fears, self-doubts, discover your purpose and start a business that you love so that you can live a meaningful life of your dreams.

What does it mean to be living your best life? 

I believe every human being, while on this earth, deserves to live their very best life. The problem is most people never take the time to figure out what exactly that means for them. 
 
So, what does it mean to be living your best life?
 
Living your best life means you have taken the time to consciously and intentionally design every area of your life in alignment with your values, Soul’s mission, and purpose(dharma).   
 
You will know you are living your best life when you feel joy, excitement, passion, you are constantly growing every day, transforming in all areas of your life, and have loving and close relationships with others whom you serve and positively impact.
 
Now that you know what it means to be living your best life let’s go over some key areas that you should focus on so that you can start designing and living your best life too.

Design your best life 

Taking some time to consciously and intentionally design the best vision for every area of your life is one of the best and most important time investments you will ever make. 
 
Most people decide on the type of work(career/business) they want to do first and then try to fit their life around it when it should be the other way around.
 
We should figure out what our best life would look like and then fit our work into it. 
 
So, let’s start figuring out what our best life would look like.

Know yourself 

Know that you are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. 
 
You are a soul with a body and you are a powerful divine being.
 
You are an individualized expression of your creator. 
 
You can be, do, and have anything you want. Your life has infinite possibilities.
 
Just like your creator, your true essence is love, joy, peace and abundance which is your birthright.
 

Take Responsibility for your life

You are responsible to create and experience your best life that is unique to you. 
 
Start with a deeply personal journey inward of self-connection, discovery, and awareness. 
 
Uncover your Soul’s mission, purpose (unique gifts and talents), desires, and wants. 
 
Figure out what makes you happy and gives your life meaning (reason(s) to wake up). 
 
Discover who you are now and who you need to become to live your best life. 
 
Identify and know your limitations.
 
What habits do you have? What triggers you? What makes you happy? How do you behave under pressure? What frustrates you? What gives you energy? What drains you? 

Decide what you want

Create a Vision, desired intentions, goals, and habits for every area (Health, Personal Growth, Spiritual, Relationships, and Career/Business) of your life that is authentic and in alignment with your soul’s mission and purpose. 
 
A strong vision will empower you and pull you to achieve the intended results.
 
Your goals will identify and put you on a path, and your daily habits will keep you on this path and moving towards the realization of your future vision.
 
Identify your core values and align them to your life vision. 
Your values will, like a road map, help you stay true to yourself, and guide all your decisions and actions.

Believe in yourself 

Your inner world creates your external results and life. You cannot create anything that you do not believe you can. 
 
Believe in yourself and in the possible accomplishment of your goals and life vision.
 
Your beliefs create your thoughts, which create your feelings, which create your behaviour (words and actions) which then create your habits which then create your results and destiny and your desired vision and goals.
 
Eliminate any fear, self-doubts and let go of any limiting beliefs that may block you from achieving your goals.
 
Don’t be around negative people or consume negative information which will inform and shape your perspective and beliefs which will then determine your actions, destiny, and results.
 
Always remember you can accomplish anything you commit to and put your mind to.

Adopt a growth mindset

Know that your capacity is not limited and you can grow and expand in every area of your life. 
 
Invest your time and money in relationships that help you expand like coaches, consultants, mentors, and masterminds.
 
Invest in books, training, workshops, and courses. Keep learning, developing, expanding, and upgrading yourself.
 
Watch how you are spending your time every day. Time is the most precious resource. Once it’s gone, it will never come back. 
 
Are you intentionally doing tasks that are aligned with your life vision?
 
Schedule important steps into your calendar, so that you can move closer to achieving your goals.

Trust the Universal Timing

Don’t get attached to the timing of the desired outcome.
 
Know and trust that the universe always conspires for you. Life always happens for your greatest good. 
 
Trust the timing of the Universe and if you do not receive what you want immediately, perhaps it is not good for you, or your creator has something better planned for you to receive. 

Give Abundantly

We live in an abundant universe, so always give and know that you will never run out. The more you give, the more you will receive. 
 
By helping others experience their best life, you will get to live your best life sooner. 

Signs you are not living your best life

Don’t know who you are or what want 

Most people do not know what they want in life or what their best life would look like when asked. 
 
They do not know what they love doing and what gives them joy.
 
They have never consciously and intentionally created a vision for every area of their life.
 
They do not live a life true to themselves instead they live life fulfilling others’ dreams and expectations of them. 

Do not feel good

If you constantly feel like a failure, unhappy, exhausted, overwhelmed, frustrated, stuck, jealous compare your life to others, envious of others people’s lives chances are you are not living your best life.
 
These emotions drain your energy because they are the opposite of who you are naturally. 
 
Your emotions are giving you a sign that something needs your attention so it can be changed.
 
These emotions are the opposite of what you would feel if you were living your soul-aligned true life.

Do not enjoy work

If you hate your job/career/business and therefore hate Mondays and can’t wait for Fridays instead of enjoying every day which is a gift from your creator, you have not taken the time to discover your purpose. You have also not found work that you love that is aligned with it.
 
In conclusion, we are only on this earth for a short while so live each day to the fullest. 
 
Take the time, if you have not already, to figure out what your true best life looks like in every area of life and live it before it is too late. 
 
Focus on growing, serving others, and experiencing a life that you love to the fullest.
 
Are you ready to start living your best life? 
 
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