So, you decide you're going to start going to the gym. You've never been there before and you're not an expert on fitness. This gym offers free personal trainers for every client. Absolutely free, no catch, no fine print. It would be completely insane to pass up that opportunity. In the US, therapy is covered under almost every major insurance in most cases. In other words, it's completely free. It's the mental equivalent of a free personal trainer, and your mind is just as important as your body. For achievement, even more so. It would be totally insane to try to figure out fitness by yourself when you have the aid of a professional.
But you say "a therapist can't teach me business skills." But in life, your mind is your biggest obstacle. Entrepreneurship isn't hard. Fix a problem and sell the solution. Just get a Economics 101 textbook. It's not hard. Yet, 90% of the people that visit this forum won't stick around here. They'll hang out here for 3 months posting inspirational posts, and then go back to their job. Why? Is selling solutions that hard? No, it's all the mental shit they're unprepared to deal with. Limiting beliefs, maladaptive views, unconscious patterns. For instance, I had a friend who wanted to expand his business, but he felt like selling was sleazy. He just had an aversion to salesmanship of any kind. But after he was able to work through that mental barrier, his results skyrocketed. A therapist can help you uncover all these hidden blocks faster than you ever could.
A therapist is to the mind as a personal trainer is to the body. A lot of guys have this 'macho' thing where they think that going to a therapist implies that they're f*cked up. And maybe they are, maybe they're not. But with the aid of someone who has studied the human mind for their entire lives, it makes the process 100x easier. As humans, there are all sorts of things going on that we have no awareness of. Stuff you didn't even notice. Fears of certain levels of success, limiting beliefs.... behavioral patterns that hold people back.
Also, while you're at it.. a lot of Entrepreneurs are hiring Life Coaches these days. Entrepreneur Magazine: The Rising Popularity of Life Coaching. Just be careful, many of those are wackos. Pick the right one.
But you say "a therapist can't teach me business skills." But in life, your mind is your biggest obstacle. Entrepreneurship isn't hard. Fix a problem and sell the solution. Just get a Economics 101 textbook. It's not hard. Yet, 90% of the people that visit this forum won't stick around here. They'll hang out here for 3 months posting inspirational posts, and then go back to their job. Why? Is selling solutions that hard? No, it's all the mental shit they're unprepared to deal with. Limiting beliefs, maladaptive views, unconscious patterns. For instance, I had a friend who wanted to expand his business, but he felt like selling was sleazy. He just had an aversion to salesmanship of any kind. But after he was able to work through that mental barrier, his results skyrocketed. A therapist can help you uncover all these hidden blocks faster than you ever could.
A therapist is to the mind as a personal trainer is to the body. A lot of guys have this 'macho' thing where they think that going to a therapist implies that they're f*cked up. And maybe they are, maybe they're not. But with the aid of someone who has studied the human mind for their entire lives, it makes the process 100x easier. As humans, there are all sorts of things going on that we have no awareness of. Stuff you didn't even notice. Fears of certain levels of success, limiting beliefs.... behavioral patterns that hold people back.
Also, while you're at it.. a lot of Entrepreneurs are hiring Life Coaches these days. Entrepreneur Magazine: The Rising Popularity of Life Coaching. Just be careful, many of those are wackos. Pick the right one.
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