by Rachael Roberts | Apr 25, 2023 | Business, Confidence, ELT business, Freelance, Productivity
Self-sabotaging is when the things that you’re doing, or thinking, are actually not in your best interests… and, if you’re human, you’ll have experienced this.Here are 15 very common forms of self sabotage to look out for when running your business. Not so you can...
by Rachael Roberts | Mar 23, 2023 | Business, Confidence, Inner Troll, marketing, Mindset, Social media marketing
People talk about ‘shameless self-promotion’, which gives the idea that we should be ashamed to promote ourselves and what we do. But if you are your business- which you are if you offer a personalized service, such as teaching or coaching- then surely you need to be...
by Rachael Roberts | Feb 24, 2023 | Confidence, Inner Troll, Mindset
Are you an expert? Now, if I know my audience, I’m willing to bet a significant proportion of you felt uncomfortable about saying yes…But here’s the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary definition of an expert: ‘a person with special...
by Rachael Roberts | Dec 19, 2022 | Confidence, ELT business, Money mindset
Most of us are living in a situation where prices are going up rapidly. In the UK inflation is at 10%. Now you might be telling yourself that this means you CAN’T put your prices up- people won’t be able to afford it.There is some reality to this, but, think of it...
by Rachael Roberts | Nov 1, 2022 | Confidence, ELT business, marketing, Social media marketing
I recently ran a 5 day LinkedIn Visibility Challenge for 200+ ELT freelancers, encouraging them to get their profile optimised and to start posting regularly with posts that their ideal clients would be interested to see. There were a lot of wins. People...
by Rachael Roberts | Sep 26, 2022 | Confidence, ELT business, Mindset
The whole idea of ‘money blocks’ might strike you as a bit too ‘woo’? Isn’t it just a convenient excuse to say that what’s stopping us from making more money is our subconscious beliefs? Fairly obviously, I’d say, our beliefs...
