If you are a loyal listener, you’ve probably heard me say before how important it is to have a success mindset, and what kind of thinking we should avoid in order to grow our business. In this episode I’ve invited back a business coach to dive deeper into this topic. He presented on this topic at the most recent American Translators Association conference and I wanted to share his tips with you here. He was also a guest in episode 226, where he gave us tips on how to overcome the fear of selling.

A lot of his coaching and research tips are based on a certain personality trait index called the Kolby A.

Important things covered in this episode:

• The most common mindset among translators
• How our mindset affects our business
• How we can shape our mindset for increased success in our translation business

Links and resources for this episode:

• 5-Part mini-class on Finding Your Special Personal Power
• Book your free Strategy Session
• Buy a Kolbe A Index
• The Wrong Freelance Mindset for a Successful Business
• Episode 71: Success Mindset for Translators – Interview with Christelle Maignan
• Episode 80: How to stop hating marketing and develop a success mindset
• How freelance translators can develop a success mindset

Being a freelancer is not for everyone. I just heard some news that many freelance linguists leave the industry because they cannot or does not want to run this type of business. For me, freelancing is perfect, but I’ve had to really change the way I think, and how I look at my business. Luckily we can all work on growing and changing our mindset.

Do you feel you have what it takes to be a successful freelancer? Are you struggling with a growth mindset? Please share in the comments below.

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Bio:

Andrew Lawless is a certified High Performance Coach and Finalist for the in Kolbe Professional Award, putting him worldwide in the top tier of executive coaches. He is on a mission to support 1,000 translators to upgrade their careers and level up their lives in six weeks.

Andrew brings a unique blend of experience in behavioral sciences, publishing, digital marketing, and localization. His accomplishments include managing a corporate turn-around of Berlitz in Central & Eastern Europe to transforming the World Bank’s global approach to localizing its analytical work.

Andrew presented his successes with transforming global teams to the Obama US White House and testified before the US Senate on the importance of professional development. He served as a trainer and consultant to the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit where he helped analyze the mindset of hostage takers.

Andrew can be contacted via email or just visit his website to schedule a Perform-at-Peak-Strategy Session.

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