Confidence Before Success, and Other Lies I Used To Believe
It’s the classic chicken and the egg debate. What comes first – confidence or success?
Or better yet – how ‘successful’ do you need to be before you feel confident?
I’ve missed out on a lot of great opportunities in my career because I didn’t feel confident. Referrals I didn’t follow up on. Fees that I reduced because I didn’t value myself fully, so why should they? Appointments that would have gone differently if I had shown up better.
It’s like I was waiting for some imaginary fairy godmother to show up and deem me worthy.
- Worthy of charging my full fee
- Worthy of selling higher end homes
- Worthy of standing my ground when my clients questioned my process
I lacked confidence big time, and I was stuck.
Stuck hustling. Stuck working long hours. Stuck earning good money when I should have been making great money. Stuck missing time with my family.
Until someone helped me realize that confidence is an inside job. And just like C comes before S in the alphabet. Confidence comes before Success in business.
YOU are the one that decides the price points you work, the fees you charge, the number of transactions you do, and the hours you work.
But here’s the thing. While you don’t need outside validation. You might benefit from an outside coach, because when it comes to shifting your energy from lack to confidence it’s tricky to do on your own.
We all have blindspots. We all retract from time to time.
Which is exactly why I created my new course:
✨ Lead with Energy, Close with Confidence ✨
This is your invitation to check it out and join us on what will be a transformational ride.You don’t need permission. You don’t need to wait. You DO need a guide.
I’m here to guide you through the processes that took me 15+ years to refine. It’s worked for me, for 100’s of agents that I’ve coached and I know it will work for you too.If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “once I hit ___, then I’ll feel confident,” this class was designed for you. We’ll shift that story so you can create success on your own terms — now, not someday.
👉 Click here to check out the class + register
To your success!
Nicole
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