096 - Wrestling with Self-Doubt: A Coaching Call with Kerra Fischer

<p dir="ltr">As human beings, we all struggle with our fair share of self-doubt; but when it comes to running our businesses there are so many more areas for those doubts to creep in. Whether it is doubting your work, your pricing, or in the case of today’s podcast guest, facing an uncomfortable situation with a client, self doubt can paralyze us and cause us to act in ways that aren’t in our best interest. </p> <p dir="ltr">Ways like:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Getting Defensive</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Shutting Down</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Over-explaining</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Discounting out of Fear</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Or a host of other, less-than-helpful reactions that, if not checked, can put our businesses in jeopardy.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kerra Fischer has been a solopreneur with a thriving portrait photography business for 10 years. She is also a member of our MindShift community. She is intelligent, kind, and asks great questions. Kerra joins us today with a client dilemma and she’s agreed to let me do some one-on-one coaching to help her move forward. </p> <p dir="ltr">In our conversation Kerra opens up about a situation that she knows she needed to handle differently but didn’t have the right words at the moment (sound familiar?). </p> <p dir="ltr">Even after 18 years in business, even after refining my process over and over again, I STILL run into client conversations that set me back and make me question myself. </p> <p dir="ltr">How I move forward is to process those interactions afterward. I replay the situation, try to diagnose the problem and analyze how I might have done it better so that, next time, I HAVE the words and I’m prepared.</p> <p dir="ltr">In today’s episode, Kerra and I will role play scenarios together and discuss common problems that hold us back and how to overcome them. I hope you fi