Receiving Cash & Compliments

We spend a whole lot of energy trying to make more, attract more, and sell more, but very little on learning how to actually receive what's already trying to reach us. 

This week, I'm talking about the unglamorous missing link in so many "abundance" conversations: Building (slowly) the capacity for the receiving.

We get into why receiving is so hard, what it's costing us, and a toolkit of small reps for letting more of the good stuff land. Don't worry, this one isn't going to involve crystals, vision boards, or affirmations taped to your bathroom mirror, I promise. 

• Why it can be hard to receive as business owners, even though the whole point is making money... 
• The Upper Limit Problem, and how we self-sabotage our way back to baseline right when things are going well
• What compliment deflection really doing 
• Making receiving cash easier
• A practice toolkit you can start today

Quotes & Resources From This Episode: 

• "You don't have to deliver to deserve." (Courtesy of my therapist :))
• "If you live by the compliment, you will die by the insult." @notetosoul on Instagram

Your Receiving Toolkit (Pick One or Two This Week)

• The full-stop thank you. Compliment, cash, or gratitude comes your way? You just say thank you. No deflecting or just swapping it out for another compliment. 
• The receiving inventory (idea courtesy of Ande Lyons @andelyons). Write down everything you receive, big or small, and celebrate it. 
• The upper-limit catch. Right after a win, watch for the self-sabotage urge, then name it.
• Practice receiving in low-stakes. Let someone carry the bags or buy the coffee. Build the muscle where nothing's on the line.
• The receipts file (aka the happy file). Keep every kind word, review, card, and testimonial in one place, and reread them when scarcity creeps in.
• The price-raise experiment. Nudge your next proposal up a smidgeon, watch nothing bad happen, and notice what stories come up.

Additional Resources

• Last week's episode on charging your worth with Karen Kenney: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2160062/episodes/19403787
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks (book)

About the Host, Emily Aborn

Emily Aborn is a Small Business Copywriter and the host of Small Business Casual, with 12+ years as a business owner and 8 years writing copy across 122+ industries. She helps you step into becoming (and sharing) the real YOU. For fun and downtime, Emily's a reader, writer, hiker, and enjoys moments of uninterrupted silence. 

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