Written by: Diana Carolina de la Selva, Executive Contributor
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How you can use your personal brand to shift your mindset and manifest growth in your business. Five proven methods to shift your mindset and manifest growth in your business and personal brand.
Self audit: Is your mindset fertile ground for growth
Entrepreneurs, I believe we can all agree on one thing: Our business is a reflection of who we are. An extension or an aspect of ourselves. Yet we spend so much time carefully manicuring its strategy and its outward-looking facade that we often forget to nurture the one thing that is making it grow: Ourselves.
Behind every successful business is an entrepreneur who found a way to follow through when things got tough and found the discipline and the courage to do things that were out of their scope at one point. They found the time to do the things that were not urgent but important to grow.
The difference between them and the entrepreneurs who are still struggling is their mindset.
As a personal branding and manifestation coach, I've witnessed the transformative power that a shift in mindset can bring to businesses. It has been so detrimental to my own growth that I have made it an essential part of all my programs and consultations and the client results speak for themselves.
So, play with me for a minute. Silence your phone. Close your emails and your client management software, and take a moment to check in on your mindset.
As you do, there are two crucial points you need to pay attention to: How you perceive where you are now and how you approach or think about your end goals. Just like any GPS, you need two coordinates to get there, and we often forget the latter.
Notice what thoughts you are having now about your business. Is it hard? Overwhelming? Stagnant? Or is it Thriving? Growing? Expanding?
And yourself? Are you growing or feeling stuck? What do your Personal Brand and Identity say about you, and does your internal perception of yourself reflect how you want to be perceived?
Finally, answer: what would you like your life and business to look like 6 months from now? Five years from now?
This is all important because your mindset is the lens through which you perceive and interact with the world. It shapes your decisions, actions, and ultimately, your outcomes. Cultivating a mindset aligned with growth, authenticity, and intention is akin to laying down a fertile ground for your business to grow.
In the dance of entrepreneurship, where chaos and harmony often intertwine, it's crucial to learn to navigate the different faces and sequences of your journey without falling victim to slumps in motivation and uncertainty. This is the key to find a deeper level of alignment with your purpose.
A great way to keep this in check are manifestation practices. These serve as powerful tools to reprogram your mindset, aligning your thoughts and actions with your desired outcomes.
Here are five techniques you can use daily to shift your mindset
Affirmations: Language transmission plays a significant role in shaping our reality. By consistently affirming your goals, values, and aspirations, you can imprint them into your subconscious mind, creating a resonance that guides your actions.
Envisioning/Future Pacing: Take a journey into the future you desire. Envision your business thriving, your goals achieved, and your purpose fulfilled. By immersing yourself in this vision, you create a magnetic pull that draws your present actions towards its realization.
Content creation as a manifestation tool: Your identity becomes medicine when you embrace storytelling as a leadership tool. Craft narratives that resonate with your audience, embodying your authentic expression and soul truth. Allow your stories to inspire and lead, creating a harmonious alignment between your business and your audience.Let your content become the medicine, radiating your authentic expression and attracting opportunities effortlessly. Contact me if you want help with this.
Pattern Interrupt: Interrupt the patterns of limiting beliefs and negative thought loops. Write down the ways in which you tend to self-sabotage or spiral down towards negative states of mind. Then work on becoming aware when they happen. Stop what you are doing and do something that changes your emotional state, like playing a song and dancing. Doing 20 burpies. Go for a walk. Whatever works for you. Then consciously replace the negative thought/emotion with one that serves you better.
Energy Activation: Tap into the force field energy within and around you just before you work, or in the middle of your day. Utilize practices such as visualization, breathwork, and movement to activate your energy centers and align with the frequency of abundance. What this means is that you simply feel successful even before you have achieved the goals. I can assure you it will completely change how you approach your daily tasks.
The next steps
You can find more details and worksheets on my Free Business Manifestation Toolkit, and you can test the above and tweak them to fit your schedule and personality.
However you choose to do it, it all comes down to this: You need to work on yourself as much as you work on your business because without you, it will collapse. Your mindset is your most potent asset, and building an intentional personal brand is the doorway to it. By integrating manifestation practices into your daily routine and content creation, and mastering the art of mindset cultivation, you can unlock new levels of success and fulfillment. Align with your authentic expression, embody your soul purpose, and let your business become a sanctuary for growth and expansion. Is there any reason why you shouldn’t give it a try?
Diana Carolina de la Selva, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
As a holistic Personal Branding Coach holding an MBA and certifications in Breathwork and Neuro-Energetics Coaching, Diana leverages over a decade of experience working with brands, coupled with her personal success in building an online personal brand. Her unique methodology seamlessly blends personal development with branding, empowering established entrepreneurs to enhance their online presence and mindset. Diana's focus on grounding in purpose, clarifying goals, cultivating resilience, and crafting an iconic personal brand on social media guides entrepreneurs toward sustained success in the dynamic online space.
