20 years of experience in the industry comes with a whole bunch of advice and some ideas of what not to do. If you are looking to build a thriving business you not only need to know the correct steps but the right mindset to get you there. Today, I hope you don't take this lightly, and learn from my mistakes and triumphs. Building a thriving business begins and ends with you, your mindset, and your willingness to make it happen.

Today I am bringing to you 3 ways you can build a thriving business that you may not have thought of, or may be afraid to try. Either way, if this episode resonates with you, it was meant for you. I thrive from seeing my clients thrive in their business and today I am sharing with you how I achieved the success I have today, so you can too.

Biggest Takeaways:

4:13 Become best friends with fear

7:15 Build your team

10:05 Surround yourself with good people

16:36 DM Me!

Recommendations:

Negative energy surrounding you and your business will only hold you back from being able to build a thriving business. There are people right now in the Mastermind group that are doing the things you are truly dreaming of. If you feel alone in your business, I urge you to check it out and find the positivity that you have been missing. Years of questions answered a community of strength and positivity and a place where you are always surrounded by good like-minded people. To build a thriving business, you need to surround yourself with an energy that matches that.

Links:

Better Marketing With Bella

Bella Vasta Instagram

Mastermind Group

Transcript

This is episode 306 of Bella in Your Business.

Hi there, I'm Bella Vasta from Jump Consulting. You might know me from CBS, NBC, Fox, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, or maybe you've seen me speak on stage or read my book The Four Dogs That Every Business Owner Needs. In any case, get ready because you're about to get your hashtag Bella Butt Kickin' in this next episode of Bella in Your Business.

So what do you say? Let's get ready and jump.

Welcome to another episode of Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta and, you know guys, I've been in this industry for a very long time. In fact, it’s actually 20 years this year. Back in 2002, I had transferred from the University of Arizona to Arizona State University. And when I did that, it meant that I moved back home. There were a couple of instances that made that happen.

But while I was moving back home and I was the eldest, I have a younger brother who’s four years younger than me. So he was still in high school, and my parents were terrified. I don’t know if any of you guys out there had parents that ruled out of fear—sheer fear. They literally have told me in my adult life, “We didn’t want you to get hooked on drugs and we didn’t want you to get HIV.” Like, that was the time. So my parents were extremely strict. I lovingly just say that, you know, my dad’s Sicilian and that kind of explains it all.

But when I moved back in, I was a junior in college and I had a boyfriend—a very steady boyfriend, like my first love. And we liked to go karaoke. We used to go karaoke multiple times a week. And I liked to stay out until the bars closed, but my parents didn’t like that.

The reason I’m telling you this story is because I had a lady across the street, Sherry, and I used to babysit for her in high school and part of college. And she had a friend, Julie, who had two white dogs—Pomeranians, I would soon learn. And she traveled for work. She traveled almost every week—like Thursday or Tuesday to Friday, or Monday to Wednesday, practically every week. She wanted someone to sleep overnight with her dogs. She had a hot tub, she had a nice, cute little patio home here in Arizona.

It was amazing. At the time, she paid me $25 a night to sleep over with her dogs. And at that point, I would have paid her. That’s how I got into the industry, you guys.

Well, fast forward 20 years and national awards and sel...