Bet On Yourself VS The Market
Last week I shared how the end of August is a weird time – wanting to savor summer, while also shifting back into work mode. Turns out I’m not the only one this happens to! Thank you for all of the notes and feedback.
I’ve found that when I’m not taking action, I spend WAY too much time thinking about external factors and stressing about their impact.
Will clients call? Will prices be up or down? Will listings sell? Will buyers find the right homes to buy? What will the stock market and interest rates do?
It turns into an odd blend of excitement, ambition and dread.
Left unchecked, those thoughts can undermine your success without you even realizing it. Each one of those questions is focused on an external factor – which implies that success is something that happens to you, not something you build.
If that’s where you’re placing your bet, of course you feel powerless. You’re betting on something that was never yours to control.
What if the bet isn’t on the market? What if it’s on you?
Betting on yourself looks like:
Taking action before you feel ready — confidence shows up after you act, not before.
Managing your energy like it’s your most valuable business asset. Because it is.
Deciding you’re allowed to thrive, and building a business that supports your goals AND dreams.
Having the hard conversation instead of the comfortable silence — the price talk, the expectation-setting talk, the ones you have with yourself.
Showing up on the days you don’t feel like it, not through gritted teeth, but because you’ve decided this is worth building even when it’s inconvenient.
Hoping it works out is passive. Betting on yourself is a decision, made daily.
The market will do what it does. Rates will move whether you worry or not. None of that has ever been what actually built a business.
You have.
So heading into these last four months — are you hoping it works out, or are you betting on yourself to win?
That second one’s a bet you can actually control the odds on.
To your success!
Nicole
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