Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Brenda Johnston, founder of High Performance Mindset Coaching, located in Ontario, Canada.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

I help driven women stop self-sabotage, unlock their abundance mindset & activate their manifesting capabilities. Having a blocked abundance mindset isn’t a little thing, and unblocking it isn’t just positive thinking, journaling, and constantly trying to raise your vibration. Your beliefs and blocks can run deep inside of your entire body. You don’t just think things; you FEEL them and some of this stuff you’ve been carrying around years, even decades!

Tell us about yourself

After being chained to the same corporate job for close to 14 years and living with debt for most of my adult life, I decided it was time to stop playing small. I found my true life's passion, changed my relationship with money and success (and, more importantly, myself), and turned my passion-driven purpose into a profitable business. Within seven months of leaving my corporate job, I had built a successful 6-figure business. I love helping transform my client's limiting beliefs and fears that are causing patterns of worry and self-sabotage; into creating new patterns of confidence and an abundance mindset which cultivates new levels of untapped wealth. When you understand your own wealth consciousness, it creates a ripple effect to those around you.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

Getting to work with amazing people, guiding them through their transformations, and access new levels of success that they maybe never imagined were possible. I also appreciate how I was able to personally create a successful six-figure business within seven months of leaving my corporate job.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

Wearing all of the hats. There are some aspects of business that I am not a fan of doing. Although I have a 24-year background in Advertising and Marketing, I actually hate doing my own marketing. Writing emails and sequences etc., makes my eyes roll back in my head. I'm currently in the process of finding the right people to help with that side of the business so I can focus on what I do best, helping people transform.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Transform your money story! You can have all of the systems and funnels in place, but if you have a blocked abundance mindset, it becomes very hard to create the success you are looking for. What do you really believe about money and success? If on a subconscious level, you believe making money is hard, guess what your reality will become.
  2. Find clarity. I work with a lot of people who aren't clear on who they want to help or what problem they are actually solving. You need to be clear on the impact you want to make. This is key in being confident in putting yourself out into the world so you can help the people you are meant to help.
  3. Don't be afraid of "selling." Selling is actually a wonderful thing. It gives you the space and opportunity to SHARE YOUR SERVICES or products with people that you can help. Repeat after me, "I am worthy of selling my services and products. I give and receive money with love and gratitude."

Is there anything else you'd like to share?

Abundance is our natural state of being, so if you are feeling stuck or like there is something more, listen to your gut. And most importantly, You are NEVER too old to start something new...I quit my corporate job to start my own business when I was 43!

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://www.brenda-johnston.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_brendajohnston/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/bjohnston_moneymindsetcoach/_created/

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