Why Having the Right Mindset is So Important in Business | Jennifer van der Biezen

Mindset, we often hear how important it is to have “a positive mindset” or “the right mindset” being an entrepreneur but do you ever really practice or apply a positive mindset in your daily life?

Today’s blog post is in collaboration with Jennifer van der Biezen who will explain a bit more about having a positive mindset and how to apply this in your personal and professional life.

Meet Jennifer
Jennifer is an entrepreneur who works as a Real Estate Agent. She also gives a course called “Successful Real Estate Selling” where she coaches future agents on how to sell properties on Aruba. Additionally, she also gives workshops and courses on how to improve motivation and self-esteem. It’s safe to say that Jennifer is transitioning more into the coaching role nowadays. Jennifer also has an artistic side to her, it’s not just serious business. She is very passionate about music and started playing percussion instruments at the age of 13. She has accompanied many bands ever since.

A course about Mindset Reset, how did it all start?
So we asked Jennifer, why the topic mindset? She tells us that she participated in various workshops and courses in LA from top entrepreneurs like Tom Bilyue, Jay Shetty, Lewis Howes, Lisa Nichols from The Secret and many more. Jennifer was mind blown by all the information she was receiving and the transformation she was experiencing. Because it was such an experience for her, she wanted to share all those tools that she received with as many people as possible. “The traditional education system does not teach us how to love ourselves, how to take risks and how to deal with setbacks. So, I decided to bring all these tools to the people on the island”

So, why is mindset so important when running a business?
Jennifer says that for her, having the right mindset is the foundation of running a successful business. Your mindset determines how resilient you are, how fast you can adapt to market changes, how open you are to feedback and how fast you apply this feedback. Without the right mindset, you can have all the formulas and fancy marketing strategies in place, but you wouldn’t be able to adapt rapidly to changes or unforeseen setbacks. “By having a good mindset, you give yourself the permission to take risks and stand out versus just doing what everyone else is doing” says Jennifer.

Jennifer was kind enough to share 3 practical tips on having a positive mindset:

1. Turn “failures” into lessons
Even if your perceived failure is very painful, you can still always reflect and analyze what went wrong. My favorite question of all time is: “How can I grow from this”? The better you get at learning from past mistakes, the faster you will bloom.

2. Surround yourself with people who also have ambition & goals
Maybe this will sound cliché and you have already heard it a thousand times. But there’s a saying that goes: “you are the average of the 5 people you spend most your time with”. The moment you decide that you want to spend more time with ambitious people, the more they push you to grow.

3. Don’t take everything so seriously
When you consciously decide to look at the “the funny side of things”, you release the pressure off yourself that everything needs to be “perfect”, all the time. Studies have found that laughter lowers stress, anxiety, and depression. Laughter also improves coping skills, mood, and self-esteem. Luckily, self-esteem and productivity go hand in hand.