In this episode of Flourish Academy Podcast, Heather Lahtinen and Nicole Begley is joined by returning guest Kerry Jordan to explore the impact of mindset on sales success. Kerry shares her ongoing struggle with selling private portrait photography services, contrasting it with the ease she experiences in her commercial pet photography business.

Together, they dive into how limiting beliefs, often rooted in childhood, can block potential and create discomfort around selling high-ticket items. This episode highlights the importance of acknowledging and shifting those beliefs to embrace sales with confidence and create personal and professional breakthroughs.

Show Notes:

1. Kerry’s Sales Struggles:
   • Kerry shares her ongoing challenges selling private photography services to affluent clients.
   • She contrasts the discomfort she feels in private portrait sales with the ease of her commercial pet photography business.
2. Mindset & Sales Success:
   • Discussion on how thoughts and beliefs, particularly those formed in childhood, can limit professional growth.
   • Kerry reflects on how her feelings of being an "outsider" with affluent clients affected her confidence in sales.
3. Breaking Through Subconscious Blocks:
   • Heather and Nicole guide Kerry through understanding the subconscious beliefs holding her back from fully embracing sales.
   • Insights on how past beliefs can be acknowledged and shifted to foster confidence and connection in sales.
4. The Power of Curiosity in Business:
   • Exploring how curiosity can help overcome fear and discomfort in sales.
   • Kerry’s journey to introspection, discovering how her past experiences shaped her feelings, and the shift from hesitancy to empowerment.
5. Actionable Strategies:
   • Techniques for photographers and business owners to shift their mindset, overcome limiting beliefs, and confidently sell luxury services.
   • Using curiosity and self-awareness as tools for personal and professional growth.

 

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Connect:

Heather Lahtinen: Website, Facebook, Instagram

Nicole Begley: https://hairofthedogacademy.com/

Kerry Jordan: https://www.furandfables.com/my-story/