For the first 16 months of being an entrepreneur, I was struggling. I quit my job in March 2020 and dove head-first into entrepreneurship.
One of the biggest struggles I had was going from a healthy monthly corporate wage to zero. As the months rolled by, I became desperate and I lost the joy of the work because every potential client became potential revenue, and every no felt like a knock to my self-esteem. It all felt SO personal.
How I related to money was massively holding me back from creating impact and income, even though I loved the profession of coaching.
‘Until I make significant money, I am a failure.’
‘I am not a good coach.’
‘Who would pay me for coaching?!’
‘I’m never going to make it.’
Going into conversations from this place was exhausting and yielded nothing but despair for me.
When I met the powerhouse that is my coach, Sachin Sharma, I had a conversation with him that changed everything for me. I showed up totally open and vulnerable and after experiencing a LOT of money thinking, I saw that investing in myself and hiring a coach that was helping me shift my inner world, was what was required to move my outer world.
I decided to invest £25k into a 1-year apprenticeship with him.
And… I didn’t have £25k!
I had to create the money and the agreement was to pay upfront. I was £10k short and so I loaned my business £10k and invested everything I had made in coaching so far into this agreement. Everything.
I was terrified. I also knew that I was not willing to give up, and if I was going to play the game of entrepreneurship, it had to be all in and it had to be now.
Paying upfront shifted something enormous in me. Now I had a soul in the game. It woke me up to having no other option than to fully commit and quit whining about how things weren’t working.
I had a life-altering shift because I created paying my coach as an opportunity to level up my engagement with life.
During the first 6 months, not a long happened externally, even though I was taking consistent action. Internally, my view of myself, the world and other people began to transform enormously. I got ok with getting no’s which meant I could practice the art of coaching without the dread of ‘rejection.’ I stopped looking at people as revenue and began to deeply understand what it means to serve with love and generosity. I also slipped back into old ways of thinking often, but having weekly coaching brought me back onto the path of service.
Since then, I have renewed with Sachin twice more for year long apprenticeships and each year the fee has increased. This is unsurprising since the value far surpasses the price increase.
As a result of my tenacity, openness and Sachin’s commitment to excellence, my business is now thriving. In the past 3 years, I have reinvested most of my revenue back into myself, meaning profit margins have looked slim. However, by making smart business decisions and totally backing myself, I have a healthy business that pays me, with a trajectory I could have only dreamt of 4 years ago.
I have had an explosive 2024 surpassing what I believed was possible back in January. I have created £90k in 6 months. I equate this explosive year to changing my relationship with money and my sheer commitment to take action.
I am willing to get things wrong, to fail spectacularly, and to have my coach tell it to me straight without having an ego about it.
I am a world-class student and I have hired a world-class coach.
Ultimately, the biggest and most noticeable shift during my time working with Sachin has not been in my business. It has been within me. The inner shifts happen first. And the outer world follows. There is not one part of my life that has remain untouched by this powerful work.
