Hey guys! Welcome to Episode 5 of the Freedom Seekers Podcast!

In this episode, I share key mindset shifts to help you stop letting the opinions of others rule your life. I think this is a huge challenge for a lot of people, so I’m hopeful this episode will be helpful!

I’ve always been a people pleaser, that’s my natural personality. So I used to be highly focussed on the opinions of others, wanting people to like me, wanting people to approve of what I’m doing, etc.

This made starting a business online really challenging for me. I was terrified that others would judge me, think I’m weird or that I was “that girl” now…

I’ll be honest, I’ve let the fear of judgement hold me back from starting things along my journey. It’s something I’ve had to battle with and still battle with daily!

I see this a lot in other people too. Many people let the opinions of others hold them back. Whether it’s friends, family members, a spouse, coworkers...we want to be liked and approved of by others.

But at the end of the day, sometimes those other people in our lives don’t see things the way we do, they don’t know our feelings, our personal thoughts, and they also don’t know what’s best for us. Only we know what’s best for ourselves.

These are some mindset shifts that have helped me stop letting the opinions of others control me:

Lots of people who want to start a business online or already have started a business online have mindset challenges around what others will think about them when they start showing up on social media, doing go lives, insta stories, etc. When I start to feel fear around showing up inside of my business online, I tell myself “those other people judging don’t pay your bills”. The truth is that my online business has helped me create more income so I’ve paid off debt, been able to work less and have a clear plan to achieve my financial & personal goals. If people don’t like what I do, it doesn’t matter to me because those people aren’t paying my bills, they aren't paying off my debt and they aren’t going to create financial freedom for me. They’re opinions are irrelevant!

The opinions of judgemental people have nothing to do with you and everything to do with them. They have issues going on internally, that they project onto you when you’re doing something that highlights their issues within themselves.

If someone is judging you for doing something that’s helping you grow & making you better...they are doing much less than you and that’s why they have the time and energy to judge you. Someone who’s going for their own goals will never look down on you for going for yours. It’s always those doing less than you that will judge.

Another important shift is to take action! It’s pretty hard to judge and condemn someone that’s winning and getting results. Use those judgemental people as fuel to your fire. Prove them wrong. Stick it out, start to win & get results!! That’s honestly the best confidence booster...when you start to see your hard work pay off and those opinions of others didn’t matter at all in the grand scheme of things.

Lastly I want to talk about the types of people we choose to keep close to us in our lives. So my question to you is, do you really want to let judgemental & unsupportive people have access to you and your feelings? Are you going to give them that power? I personally have weeded out certain friends or people in my life because they weren’t supportive of my business and other things I was doing. I have big goals and I don’t want those kinds of people in my life anyways! Positive vibes only please!

I hope this episode is helpful & gives you some good mindset shifts to stop caring what others think & do the things you truly want to do in your life!

Thanks again so much for listening!

Catch you on the next episode!

-Megan

xoxo

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