6. You want to do it alone or you feel alone on your journey, and you operate that way. Don't ask for help from wrong people. You are setting up your request for failure. Ask for assistance from people who are capable of giving it to you, people who are unattached to outcome.

7. You are either under funded physically, mentally, or financially. You can run a service business with almost no money, yet you will need to make up for it in time. Your time will be money exchange.

8. You spend more than you make no matter how much money your business earns. Do you have a tendency to buy more things because you are making more money? You are sabotaging your own success. Cushions are more important than new things.

9. You keep looking for next piece of information for answer, yet you still haven't used other information accumulated. Stop accumulating. Start integrating what you have into your processes or systems, and then look for new parts to add.

10. You harbor a hidden shadow that if you do sell your services, and it goes well, you will really have to get down and give service. This is a fear of success; it is usually hidden very well.

If you even suspect that you fall into one of these, your truthfulness and acknowledgment will determine your future success; you will want to find some support to work through it quickly. These mistakes cost people their business everyday. Even if one is ten percent correct, find what that ten percent is, acknowledge it, find a consultant or coach and solve it. Don't drag it through another year with similar results.

Make a choice, be honest, and find a way to change it for last time. Afterwards, lift up your glass in a toast. You deserve it.

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