I waited 3 years before starting an online business for myself, despite having an idea for one. For 3 years, I told myself “I don’t have time”, “I don’t have enough money”, “I have to wait until I’m ready”. When in reality, I had a huge fear of failure.
In this episode, I give you some real talk about the real reason why so many aspiring entrepreneurs never take the first action to start an online business and instead keep putting off their online business ideas and say they “don’t have time to start”. The reality is underneath the excuse of no time sits either a fear of failure, fear of judgement, and sometimes even a fear of success.
Tune in to hear my advice on overcoming the fears holding you back from starting your entrepreneurial journey. I’ll share the four-step framework I use on myself and with clients to name that fear, test it against the evidence, and reframe the belief.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Why “I don’t have time” is never really about your online business ideas or lack of time to start.
2:26 – The real reason why so many people never start an online business
8:48 – Fear of failure vs fear of success: what’s really holding you back
13:42 – How to work through fear and finally start an online business
19:20 – Why I now have a fear of success.
In This Episode You’ll Learn:
- Why procrastination on your online business ideas is almost always fear of failure in disguise, not a time management problem
- What’s really driving the fear of failure and the fear of success that keep so many people stuck before they start an online business
- How to name your fear of failure specifically enough to actually work through it, using the four steps I use myself to overcome limiting beliefs.
- Why the excuse of “I don’t have time” quietly protects you from ever having to start an online business
Whether you’re searching for online business ideas for beginners, trying to work out how to start a business from scratch, or convinced you need money to start an online business before you’re allowed to begin, I bet underneath it all is fear.
If this got you fired up to finally work out how to start an online business, watch my Freedom Business Bootcamp here, and I’ll help you take your first steps to starting. https://onlinebusinessschool.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/registration-page
About The Freedom Method Podcast:
The Freedom Method Podcast is for women on a journey to find freedom through online business.
Whether you’re still stuck in a corporate 9-5, wondering how you can navigate the transition from employee to entrepreneur, or you’ve already made the leap to becoming a female entrepreneur, but your business is feeling anything but free – this podcast is designed to help you create a better work life balance by building an online business that is set up for you to achieve your freedom business goals.
The Freedom Method Podcast is hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff – online business coach, strategist, mentor, and founder of the Freedom Business Model Method – each episode explores how to build an online business that works for you, not one you work for!
Subscribe for real female entrepreneur stories, freedom business inspiration, practical work life balance strategies, and conversations about online business.
Freedom isn’t just a fantasy – but you do need the right method to create it!
Find your starting point:
🔍 Want to go from employee to entrepreneur, but stuck on which online business to start? Take the FREE Freedom Seekers Quiz to find out which type of online business model suits your freedom business goals: https://onlinebusinessschool.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/freedom-seekers-quiz
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