It’s been four years since I first decided to start and run my own business. At the time, I had no idea what was in store for me. But like all great heart led decisions, I was choosing the pathway that would lead me to the greatest transformations. The lessons I have learned now inform how I teach, coach and mentor, because my paradigm and understanding about how the world works has completely changed. 

I’m going to share with you these lessons - because I know that these will change the game entirely for you, too. Hopefully, if you can learn from my mistakes, you can avoid making them too. 

I’ve saved the biggest (and most life changing!) ‘til last - so make sure you read all the way through. 

We are all built differently, with different strengths, values, and if you’re into human design like I am - different energetic blueprints which show how we’re best designed to interact with the world. 

What works for one person in life, in business, in love - in a-n-y-thing, is not necessarily what will work best for you. 

For example, I was told from the start to cold call potential leads, to send cold messages and to always follow up until you get a ‘no.’ This never felt right to me - it felt like I wasn’t trusting my people to make the decision for themselves. And years later, I gave myself permission to never follow up, to never chase a sale, to always let people come to me - and of course they do. I have my multiple 6 figure a year business to show you that it’s possible. 

My best advice here - know yourself and trust yourself to feel (yes, I’m telling you to make decisions based on feeling) what is the right pathway/strategy/tactic for you. If a strategy feels off and unaligned for you, it probably is. 

Look to the mentors who are carving their own path and who will encourage you to explore your own best strategy. Be inspired by the fact that they have done it their way, and so can you! There are so many strategies that you could use - find the one that is values aligned and feels expansive to you. 

Do you know how much energy you’re using, struggling against yourself, pushing yourself to be like someone else? It’s a lot of energy. 

When I first started out, I was also watching another coach who was growing her business a LOT faster than I was. I thought this meant that to have what she had, I had to do as she did. 

Um. I can tell you that was a recipe for disaster. I pushed, hustled, and tried to take as much action as she did. I burned out. 

When I discovered Human Design in late 2019, it was like a million light bulbs going off at once. I learned that I am built to work less, to rest more and to lean back and let opportunities and invitations come to me. 

My point is - our uniqueness means we have unique ways of achieving success. 

This also means that our success will be so much sweeter and fulfilling when we achieve and experience it in a way that feels expansive, exciting and natural for us. 

Quite seriously - what is the point of making a tonne of money if you had to sacrifice your way of being to get there? 

True success is being 100% YOU and receiving all you desire as a natural outcome. 

Each and every moment I’ve decided (and there have been a few!) to lean back, trust myself more and do things ‘my way’ - it’s been met with incredible results AND a massive sense of peace. 

The world does not need you to be an imprint of someone else. 

The world needs you, to be YOU.

Phew. This is a subject that has swirled around my head for the last couple of years. 

We know that money does not have the power to make us happy. Nothing external will ever create a long lasting, true sense of happiness. But, here’s what I do know. 

Most of us have a very weird relationship with money. We might hold competing internal states like ‘rich people are snobs’ and also feel the desire to drive a Mercedes. We might feel like we never have enough money and wonder why no matter how much more we have, it always seems to disappear. We might feel stressed about the debt we hold that never seems to budge, even when we earn more. 

Like anything - what we expect to experience with money, is exactly what we will experience. When our beliefs about money are rooted in scarcity, fear, shame and not enoughness, we are creating this experience. 

Having more money will not erase these feelings. 

But spending time being curious about the paradigms you expect to experience, healing these and forming new expectations around money will. 

And it will also lead to a more abundant experience of money. 

Of course, once you have more money, you have more freedom to make investments that allow you to experience more of your values, outsource tasks so you can spend more time doing what you love, and, if you have a business - expand your message and help more people. 

^^These outcomes CAN make you happier. And as a by product, spending more time in a state of fulfillment and happiness can result in more money being drawn to you (a discussion rooted in quantum physics that I’ll leave for another day). 

I learned this lesson the very hard way. 

I left my job in May 2018. I hadn’t replaced my income and we had savings for only a couple of months. The pressure was real. 

I showed up. I hustled. I took action. If there was action to take, I did it. I was desperate - everything was on the line and there was no way I was going back to a job. 

After 2 months, I was exhausted. Money was trickling in - but barely enough, and I was constantly asking myself ‘why is this not working?’

The moment I invested in a coach and started learning about manifestation, I realised this very important lesson. 

There is no action in the world that will create an outcome if your energy + belief does not match it.

Quite simply - your entire being has to believe and know that the goal is happening, before it will.

As someone who desperately clung to action, strategy and control all her life, it’s taken a minute for me to really embody these learnings - but I can tell you that they have been incredibly pivotal in creating the life and business I have now. I know that these lessons will be the focus as we grow The Midas Academy to a million/year +.

I also know, through helping dozens of clients embody these learnings, that I’m not the exception - this work will work for you too, if you work it. Most of what I’ve discussed here is based upon observable laws of quantum physics. You are not the exception.

For those of you who are curious about taking the next step with me as your coach, to fully embody these shifts and watch your business grow exponentially, there are a few options.

Now - let me know… Which learning is it time for you to fully embody?